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)”
Author: jackkt
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”
Times Cryptic 26510
I completed all but 4dn, 18ac and 21dn in 28 minutes but then had a mental block and needed that time again to come up with the remaining answers, finally resorting to aids for 21dn. … Read more “Times Cryptic 26510”
Times Quick Cryptic 650 by Tracy
I completed this puzzle in 7 minutes. There are three or four clues that I’d guess may present some difficulties but the majority lead to everyday words and are straightforward in their construction. With those … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 650 by Tracy”
Times Cryptic 26507
This was an emergency blog thrown together in about 30 minutes so please forgive any errors, but let me know if you spot any so I can correct them. The actual solving took me around … Read more “Times Cryptic 26507”
Times Cryptic 26504
Once again on a blogging day I wasn’t really on form and needed 90 minutes to complete this one. 1ac and 2dn eluded me until the last minute and being such long answers this really … Read more “Times Cryptic 26504”
Times Cryptic 26498
I found this one quite hard but resolved it eventually without resorting to aids in 50 minutes parsing as I went. Here’s my blog… As usual definitions are underlined in bold italics, {deletions are in … Read more “Times Cryptic 26498”
Times Quick Cryptic 640 by Mara
9 minutes for this pleasant puzzle that seems fairly mainstream to me but there may be hidden difficulties that haven’t occurred to me and I look forward to reading others’ comment. Here’s my blog… As … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 640 by Mara”