I completed this in 8 minutes but there are a few tricky bits and pieces along the way so I imagine that less experienced solvers may not find it quite so easy. As always I … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1430 by Wurm”
Author: jackkt
Times Cryptic 27440
At 32 minutes I found this quite straightforward although 12ac as my LOI gave me more trouble than it should have. I expect to see some very fast times from the speed-merchants. As usual definitions are … Read more “Times Cryptic 27440”
Times Cryptic 27434
I needed 55 minutes for a technical DNF. I found this a mixture of the very easy and the quite tricky plus two unknowns (at 5dn and 6dn) which I eventually gave up on and resorted to … Read more “Times Cryptic 27434”
Times Quick Cryptic 1420 by Trelawney
Solving time: 9 minutes. Welcome to Trelawney, a new setter today! Wiki advises his is “a habitational surname of Cornish origin, meaning a person from a town with a church”. Above all I associate … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1420 by Trelawney”
Times Cryptic 27428
I’ve no solving time to offer as I dozed off for a while with barely half of the grid completed. I had started well in the NW corner and thought it was going to be very easy but … Read more “Times Cryptic 27428”
Times Cryptic 27422
I found this quite hard in places and needed 59 minutes to complete the grid. As usual definitions are underlined in bold italics, {deletions and substitutions are in curly brackets} and [anagrinds, containment, reversal and … Read more “Times Cryptic 27422”
Times Quick Cryptic 1410 by Orpheus
Solving time: 8 minutes. This is my second consective blog of a QC by Orpheus, and very enjoyable it is too. I thought it was straightforward but I shall be interested as always to read … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1410 by Orpheus”
Times Cryptic 27416
A mostly excellent puzzle but I didn’t find it easy and needed 2 minutes short of an hour to complete it. Great examples today of an &lit clue and a cryptic each of the highest … Read more “Times Cryptic 27416”
Times Cryptic 27410
This is my 400th 15×15 blog for Times for the Times, my first having been on 23rd November 2007. I’ve done a few Quickies too, but I’m still some way off my next milestone in that … Read more “Times Cryptic 27410”
Times Quick Cryptic 1400 by Orpheus
Solving time: 10 minutes. By a quirk of fate I get to blog the milestone QCs ending with -00 and always look to see if the setter has chosen to mark the occasion in some … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1400 by Orpheus”