I was pleased to finish just inside my target 10 minutes today having found last week’s batch of puzzles a little more difficult than usual. I hesitate to say there’s nothing too tricky here but … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1290 by Mara”
Author: jackkt
Times Cryptic 27272
49 minutes. Another mix of easy answers and occasional words or meanings bordering on the obscure, but on the whole I found it more straightforward than yesterday’s offering and I have no complaints. I wonder … Read more “Times Cryptic 27272”
Times Cryptic 27266
Solving time: 30 minutes. A curious mix of clues that would not be out of place in a Quick Cryptic and moderately tricky ones, but nothing that should disturb the most sensitive of equines. As usual definitions … Read more “Times Cryptic 27266”
Times Quick Cryptic 1280 by Tracy
Solving time: 10 minutes. Having now written my blog I’m not sure why I needed all of my target time to solve this as in retrospect it seems pretty straightforward for experienced solvers. Possibly some … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1280 by Tracy”
Times Cryptic 27260
36 minutes. I was quite pleased with my solving time as there were some tricky moments along the way with a couple of subsitution clues that took some working out – but I still managed to … Read more “Times Cryptic 27260”
Times Cryptic 27254
I needed only 31 minutes for this so I would rate it as pretty easy. Very enjoyable but with more of a Monday feel to it than yesterday’s puzzle. As usual definitions are underlined in … Read more “Times Cryptic 27254”
Times Quick Cryptic 1270 by Tracy
Solving time: 8 minutes. I thought this one was easy but I stand ready to be corrected. As usual definitions are underlined in bold italics, {deletions and substitutions are in curly brackets} and [anagrinds, containment, … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1270 by Tracy”
Times Cryptic 27248
Solving time: 33 minutes. I found this easy but there are a couple of moderately obscure bits of knowledge required which I happened to know without giving them much thought. Others may not be so … Read more “Times Cryptic 27248”
Times Cryptic 27242
I completed this in 24 minutes, one of my fastest times for solving a puzzle on a blogging day. It would have been quicker but for a hold-up at the very end in the SW … Read more “Times Cryptic 27242”
Times Quick Cryptic 1260 by Mara
Solving time: 9 minutes. When blogging there seemed to be an excess of anagrams or partials but on counting them there were only 9, which out of 24 clues is surely not above average. I … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1260 by Mara”