Author: jackkt

Solving time: 40 minutes for all but the unknown 8dn and 20dn. This had an old-fashioned feel to it with several somewhat obscure words or references. As usual definitions are underlined in bold italics, {deletions … Read more “Times Cryptic 26936”

A fairly straightforward puzzle today which delayed me only 3 minutes over my target half-an-hour. As usual definitions are underlined in bold italics, {deletions are in curly brackets} and [anagrinds, containment, reversal and other indicators … Read more “Times Cryptic 26930”

At 28 minutes I found this quite an easy puzzle but there are one or two references that may prove troublesome for those who don’t happen to know them. Fortunately for me, for once I … Read more “Times Cryptic 26924”

This one delayed me for 40 minutes and was mostly straightforward so shouldn’t cause too much difficulty for those of a delicate disposition this morning. As usual definitions are underlined in bold italics, {deletions are … Read more “Times Cryptic 26918”

My solving time for this was an hour, give or take a minute, but it was actually a case of DNF as I resorted to aids for the unknown plant at 11ac (1 of 5 … Read more “Times Cryptic 26912”

My solving time for this one was off the scale. After an extremely slow start which resulted in my falling asleep with only one word in the grid, things gradually came together for a while … Read more “Times Cryptic 26906”