As so often these days I needed nearly an hour to complete this puzzle, and on this occasion it was over two sessions. On reflection I can’t say what delayed me as the only difficult … Read more “Times Cryptic Number 26570”
Author: jackkt
Times Quick Cryptic 700 by Teazel
8 minutes. I was looking for something here to mark the occasion of the 700th Quick Cryptic but haven’t been able to find anything special, just another excellent puzzle, perhaps a little easier than on … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 700 by Teazel”
Times Cryptic Number 26564
Once again I have no accurate time for this as I nodded off for an unspecified period, but some of it was quite tricky and I don’t think I would have hit my target 30 … Read more “Times Cryptic Number 26564”
Times Quick Cryptic 695 by Izetti
This took me 9 minutes. A very enjoyable puzzle that may present a problem or two for the less experienced solver, but we shall see. Here’s my blog… As usual definitions are underlined in bold … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 695 by Izetti”
Saturday Times 26556 (October 29, 2016)
This one occupied me for 62 minutes. It was a steady solve with only one unknown word, yet another plant to add to my vocabulary, but it was gettable from wordplay. As I’m standing in … Read more “Saturday Times 26556 (October 29, 2016)”
Times Quick Cryptic 691 by Joker
Time taken 11 minutes. I’m not sure what’s happened about today’s QC blog so I am posting this one to cover for Chrisw. Sorry about the brevity, but if anyone has questions I shall be … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 691 by Joker”
Times Cryptic Number 26558
This continued my run of troubled solves that took me well beyond my 30 minute target. On reflection I can’t really see what gave me so many problems, although if I’d known the name of … Read more “Times Cryptic Number 26558”
Times Cryptic Number 26552
I needed more than an hour for this one but as 60 minutes approached, when I might sometimes have decided to cut my losses, I was still confident that I could solve it without reference … Read more “Times Cryptic Number 26552”
Times Quick Cryptic 685 by Teazel
I’m standing in for mohn2 this week. In response to overwhelming popular demand (well one person wrote to me) I am reinstating my practice of stating my QC solving times, but other bloggers remain free … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 685 by Teazel”
Times Cryptic 26546
After yesterday’s blog by proxy, here’s one of my own. This one presented a few problems in the solving and even more in the blogging where I found some of the parsing quite tricky to … Read more “Times Cryptic 26546”