Author: jackkt

I needed 59 minutes to complete this one but on refelection I’m not sure why. I shall be interested to read how others fared. As usual definitions are underlined in bold italics, {deletions and substitutions … Read more “Times Cryptic 27404”

There were one or two tricky or unknown bits and pieces here but I was not delayed by much and missed my half-hour target only by 2 minutes. As usual definitions are underlined in bold italics, … Read more “Times Cryptic 27398”

There were at least half-a-dozen unknown words or meanings in this one so I was pleased to complete it in 37 minutes aided considerably by very fair wordplay. The cattle disease, the bird and the … Read more “Times Cryptic 27392”

Another blog with no solving time to offer as I nodded off part of the way through. There were a few unknowns as detailed below including one word I cheated on and another where I checked … Read more “Times Cryptic 27386”

I spent 38 minutes on this but failed to finish without reference to aids. The level of difficulty varied from clues that would not be out of place in the QC to a couple that would have been … Read more “Times Cryptic 27380”

I needed only 28 minutes for this so I’d rate it as quite easy and would expect much faster times from our regular speed-merchants. As usual definitions are underlined in bold italics, {deletions and substitutions … Read more “Times Cryptic 27374”