Author: jackkt

My solving time for this was 76 minutes over four interrupted sessions as I found it to be a toughie. I wonder if it was just me? As usual definitions are underlined in bold italics, {deletions … Read more “Times Cryptic 27116”

Some quite tricky clues here took my solving time to 54 minutes but I was pleased to come through in the end without resorting to aids as at one time that had looked highly likely. As … Read more “Times Cryptic 27110”

Just like yesterday I needed the best part of an hour to solve this one and took ages to get started –  it was 7 minutes before I managed to write in my first answer … Read more “Times Cryptic 27104”

I needed about an hour for this one but I’m not exactly sure why as most of it was quite straightforward. As usual definitions are underlined in bold italics, {deletions and substitutions are in curly … Read more “Times Cryptic 27098”

I needed 40 minutes for this one which I found quite chewy in its way .  Nothing in it was overly difficult but plenty that needed a bit of thinking about. As usual definitions are … Read more “Times Cryptic 27092”

I needed 38 minutes to complete this one as it presented no major problems. There were a couple of  words / meanings I didn’t know, but the wordplay was straightforward in these instances apart from the (almost)  inevitable … Read more “Times Cryptic 27086”

I had a very hard time with this one so I was pleased to finish it eventually without resorting to aids, which towards the end had appeared unlikely as I got seriously stuck over some answers … Read more “Times Cryptic 27080”