I’m posting this on behalf of Hugh (ulaca) who is unable to do so himself for reasons he explains below. I only received this an hour or so ago and I haven’t had a chance … Read more “Times 26545 – Swansong (now cancelled!!)”
Author: jackkt
Times Cryptic 26540
My problems finishing off continued today and I resorted to aids for two answers as the hour approached. The one at 7dn I should have got but I was still missing the first checker and … Read more “Times Cryptic 26540”
Times Cryptic 26534
This one took me far too long over several sessions and there were at least two clues where I had to rethink the parsing several times before coming up (I hope) with the goods. There … Read more “Times Cryptic 26534”
Quick Cryptic 670 by Joker
This one by Joker took me 8 minutes, somewhat better than my times on his most recent four puzzles which I needed between 11 and 15 minutes to complete. I’ve also had many a 15 … Read more “Quick Cryptic 670 by Joker”
Times Quick Cryptic 667 by Flamande
Standing in at the last moment for William I prepared this in haste so please forgive lack of commentary. It took me 9 minutes to solve. Here’s my blog… As usual definitions are underlined in … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 667 by Flamande”
Times Cryptic 26528 – A Touch of Frost
This one took me a leisurely 37 minutes so I imagine some of the speed-merchants will be home within 10 today. There’s a reminder of the winter weather to come at 17ac and 16dn, and … Read more “Times Cryptic 26528 – A Touch of Frost”
Quick Cryptic 664 by Des (blog by Rob Rolfe)
This is Rob Rolfe‘s blog for today as set up in the LJ scheduler where it seems to be due to post late this afternoon. As he is incommunicado this morning and asked me beforehand … Read more “Quick Cryptic 664 by Des (blog by Rob Rolfe)”
Times Cryptic 26522
40 minutes with the last 10 minutes spent on 17, 18 and 29, so quite a chewy puzzle in places but with enough “gifts” to keep things moving along steadily. Unusually for a Times puzzle … Read more “Times Cryptic 26522”
Times Quick Cryptic 660 by Flamande
After struggling to complete Pedro’s Friday QC in 18 minutes it came as something of a relief to dispose of this one in exactly half that time. For that reason I would rate it as … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 660 by Flamande”
Times Cryptic 26516
I found some of this quite hard and needed more than one session on it so I was not altogether displeased with my total solving time of 48 minutes. I didn’t much care for 18dn … Read more “Times Cryptic 26516”