I finished this in a few minutes over the half-hour and would have thought it quite easy had it not been for four obscurities (i.e. words or meanings unknown to me) that interrupted the flow … Read more “Times Cryptic 26300”
Author: jackkt
Quick Cryptic 470 by Joker
This one took me 10 minutes but I find it hard to judge how others may have fared so I won’t say that it was easy. Most of the clue construction is straightforward but there … Read more “Quick Cryptic 470 by Joker”
Times Cryptic 26288
This one took me 34 minutes with a number of early biffs, in particular the three multi-word answers that opened up the grid nicely. The long Down single-word answer eluded me until the last moment … Read more “Times Cryptic 26288”
Quick Cryptic 463 by Tracy
This one took me 9 minutes after a rather slow start and there were several clues I needed to pass over until I had a checker or two in place to jog my brain. Access … Read more “Quick Cryptic 463 by Tracy”
Quick Cryptic 460 by Flamande
I fook a while to get properly going on this one. I bunged in 7ac immediatly but none of the adjoining answers sprang to mind so I had to find another foothold and lost time … Read more “Quick Cryptic 460 by Flamande”
Quick Cryptic 458 by Teazel
Access is here, if not through the usual channels: http://feeds.thetimes.co.uk/puzzles/crossword/20151210/11393/ 10 minutes for this one. In a hurry, so here goes. Across 1 PAINFULLY – PA (dad), IN (at home), FULLY (completely). Def: with some … Read more “Quick Cryptic 458 by Teazel”
Times Cryptic 26276
45 minutes for this pangram with much time lost towards the end in the NE corner where progress was hampered by having OVERALL MAJORITY at 7dn. This seemed to parse reasonably well on my first … Read more “Times Cryptic 26276”
Quick Cryptic 453 by Hurley
I’m not sure if our esteemed Thursday blogger is available for duty today but if there’s no news by 1:30 I shall post an emergency blog. I have disabled comments on this thread for the … Read more “Quick Cryptic 453 by Hurley”
Quick Cryptic 450 by Tracy
I had to hop around the grid quite a lot whilst solving this one to keep up momentum as I needed checkers to jog my brain into action, however I completed the puzzle in 10 … Read more “Quick Cryptic 450 by Tracy”
Quick Cryptic 448 by Corelli
I’m not sure if our esteemed Thursday blogger is around to cover the puzzle today. He may be delayed at a hospital appointment. If nothing has appeared by 1:30 I shall put up an emergency … Read more “Quick Cryptic 448 by Corelli”