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Sunday Times Christmas Cryptic Extra No 02 by Jeff Pearce

jackkt27th December 2016 at 2:20 PM10 September 2025Other Crosswords

This puzzle is from the archive and was originally published on 21 October 2012 as ST4508.

Times 26606

jackkt27th December 2016 at 12:15 AM10 September 2025Daily Cryptic

I’ve no solving time for this as I fell asleep in the process but I doubt it was much, if anything, less than an hour. Here’s my blog… As usual definitions are underlined in bold … Read more “Times 26606”

Times Quick Cryptic 730 by Joker

jackkt26th December 2016 at 12:10 AM10 September 2025Quick Cryptic

When I came to blog this everything seemed perfectly straightforward so I’m not sure why I needed 13 minutes (i.e. 3 over my target time) to complete the grid. Here’s my blog… As usual definitions … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 730 by Joker”

Sunday Times Christmas Cryptic Extra No 03 by Dean Mayer

jackkt25th December 2016 at 6:50 PM10 September 2025Other Crosswords

This puzzle is from the archive and was originally published in 8 September 2013 as ST4554.

Times 26600

jackkt20th December 2016 at 12:30 AM10 September 2025Daily Cryptic

This took me a little over an hour but was a technical DNF as I resorted to aids for 3dn and 12ac. It then transpired that part of my problem at 12ac was caused by … Read more “Times 26600”

Times 26594

jackkt13th December 2016 at 12:30 AM10 September 2025Daily Cryptic

I struggled to complete this in 75 minutes but technically it was a DNF because I needed aids to find the answer to 23ac which in retrospect shouldn’t have been as difficult as I made … Read more “Times 26594”

Times Quick Cryptic 720 by Flamande

jackkt12th December 2016 at 12:30 AM10 September 2025Quick Cryptic

8 minutes for this one which I found on the easy side. The surface readings here are particularly good, possibly with one exception which I have noted below. Here’s my blog… As usual definitions are … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 720 by Flamande”

Times Cryptic 26588

jackkt6th December 2016 at 12:30 AM10 September 2025Daily Cryptic

A fairly straightforward puzzle that took me 35 minutes to solve. Everything more I have to say about it is in the blog, so here it is… As usual definitions are underlined in bold italics, … Read more “Times Cryptic 26588”

Times Cryptic 26585

jackkt2nd December 2016 at 12:09 AM10 September 2025Daily Cryptic

I’m covering for Verlaine today. This was going very well but I hit a wall as the half-hour approached with almost nothing in the SW corner. Once I got going again it fell into place … Read more “Times Cryptic 26585”

Times Cryptic 26582

jackkt29th November 2016 at 12:15 AM10 September 2025Daily Cryptic

I needed a minute or two over an hour for this one but as so often when I had finished blogging I wondered why it took me so long to solve. After Ulaca’s fascinating but … Read more “Times Cryptic 26582”