Author: jackkt

This one took me 48 minutes and was mostly very enjoyable though I struggled with a couple of unknowns, the enzyme and the Hebrew unit of dry weight. Here’s my blog… As usual definitions are … Read more “Times Cryptic 26462”

I needed 52 minutes for this one. I started very well, knocking off the clues in turn but then ground to a halt and stayed in the doldrums for ages, possibly even nodding off briefly. … Read more “Times Cryptic 26456”

I wasn’t giving this my full attention whilst solving (I was listening to referendum fall-out) so although I filled in about two-thirds of it fairly quickly, say within 25 minutes,  I then got stuck and … Read more “Times Cryptic 26450”

I needed 36 minutes for this fairly straightforward offering that will probably produce some record times on the leader board. Here we go… As usual definitions are underlined in bold italics, {deletions are in curly … Read more “Times Cryptic 26444”

35 minutes for this fairly easy offering with nothing to frighten the horses although I can’t recall meeting 1ac before or the required meaning at 4ac. I thought we were heading for a pangram but … Read more “Times Cryptic 26438”

I missed my half-hour target by two minutes but this was mostly quite straightforward. There were a few definitions or bits of wordplay that raised an eyebrow whilst solving but when I came to write … Read more “Times Cryptic 26432”

 I found this one quite hard and needed nearly 70 minutes to work my way steadily through it. With hindsight it doesn’t seem particularly difficult but there were a few references that took a while … Read more “Times Cryptic 26426”