My solving time was 38 minutes with several unknowns for which I had to rely on wordplay. As usual definitions are underlined in bold italics, {deletions and substitutions are in curly brackets} and [anagrinds, containment, … Read more “Times Cryptic 27368”
Author: jackkt
Times Cryptic 27362
Probably though tiredness I got myself stuck on this one early on and nodded off briefly so I have no solving time to offer, but on resumption it all fell into place fairly easily. As … Read more “Times Cryptic 27362”
Times Quick Cryptic 1360 by Teazel
Solving time: 7 minutes A couple of clues (1ac and 23ac) stopped me in my tracks for a moment re parsing and there was one answer (12dn) I didn’t know and had to guess from … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1360 by Teazel”
Times Cryptic 27356
Solving time: 36 minutes with one wrong unchecked letter at 23ac. As usual definitions are underlined in bold italics, {deletions and substitutions are in curly brackets} and [anagrinds, containment, reversal and other indicators in square … Read more “Times Cryptic 27356”
Times Cryptic 27350
I needed a little over an hour for this one with several guesses which fortunatley proved to be correct. As I started preparing the blog I still didn’t have all the parsings but I arrived at … Read more “Times Cryptic 27350”
Times Quick Cryptic 1350 by Mara
Solving time: 11 minutes. I had some difficulty getting going with this one and several longer answers (such as 1ac) needed most of their checkers before I could bring them to mind. As usual definitions … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1350 by Mara”
Live Journal Search function no longer specific to community forum
Contributors who took part in the recent discussion about the problem with the Live Journal search function may be interested to know that I reported the matter to LJ support and received the response as … Read more “Live Journal Search function no longer specific to community forum”
Times Cryptic 27344
I found this quite easy after struggling through yesterday’s. I needed 34 minutes in total, but the last 11 of these were spent on two intersecting clues at 5dn and 12ac As usual definitions are … Read more “Times Cryptic 27344”
Times Cryptic 27338
I completed all but 6 answers within 27 minutes, but needed as long again to finish off the remainder, all of them originating in the NE corner. As usual definitions are underlined in bold italics, {deletions … Read more “Times Cryptic 27338”
Times Quick Cryptic 1340 by Breadman
7 minutes and as my solving time suggests I found this one very easy apart from one parsing which I explain in more detail in the blog. Breadman has set us only 15 puzzles since … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1340 by Breadman”