Author: jackkt

I needed only 25 minutes for this one, so completed it comfortably within my half-hour target. I’m not convinced it was particularly easy so perhaps I was on the setter’s wavelength for once (and yes, … Read more “Times Cryptic 26786”

49 minutes for this very entertaining puzzle with a good mix of easy and more complicated clues and one or two moderately obscure references. As usual definitions are underlined in bold italics, {deletions are in … Read more “Times Cryptic 26780”

55 minutes for this one. I seem destined to report a slow solving time on blogging days. I don’t suffer from ‘blogger’s nerves’ any more but in the course of duty one likes to consider every … Read more “Times Cryptic 26774”

I hope I was not alone in finding this an extremely difficult puzzle. It took me only a few minutes under 2 hours to complete it, but without resorting to aids from which I take … Read more “Times Cryptic 26768”

I needed a few moments over an hour on this one but never doubted I would get there without resorting ot aids so I persevered. You’ll gather that I found it quite tricky but I fully expect to … Read more “Times Cryptic 26762”