This one presented me some problems with a few unfamiliar words and meanings, however there were a number of really easy clues to make up for these difficulties and I never doubted that I would … Read more “Times Cryptic 26120”
Author: jackkt
Times Quick Cryptic 320 by Teazel
This one took me about 30 seconds under my 10 minute target but there were quite a lot of answers that didn’t leap out at me so I kept skipping around the grid looking for … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 320 by Teazel”
Times Cryptic 26108
Once again I thought I was in for a tricky solve as I read through many a clue before finding an answer that leapt to mind at 5dn, but as I progressed it came together … Read more “Times Cryptic 26108”
Times Quick Cryptic 310 by Flamande
I steamed through this one in 5 minutes which I think is my fastest ever solve, and with every clue understood as I went along apart from 23 where the answer was clear but the … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 310 by Flamande”
Times Cryptic 26096
Blogger’s nerves set in as soon as I noticed that yet again I had landed a grid with no 3- or 4-letter words, so I took a moment or two to get started. My first … Read more “Times Cryptic 26096”
Times Quick Cryptic 303 by Joker
This blog was bunged together in haste as Macavity is running late at hospital and requested assitance. Given the limited time available to me I have not been able to include the clues but I … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 303 by Joker”
Times Quick Cryptic 300 by Palpatine
And so we reach Quick Cryptic No 300 having started out on 10th March last year, and to mark the occasion we have a new setter, or at least a new setter’s name, ‘Palpatine’, which … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 300 by Palpatine”
Times 26084
26 minutes, so another straightforward solve and the second within my 30 minute target this week, including all the parsing. There’s nothing more to say really so I’ll get straight on with the blog… * … Read more “Times 26084”
Times Quick Cryptic 290 by Tracy
I wonder how this one will go down. I found some of it quite tough and in several cases needed more than a couple of checkers to come up with the right answer – 1dn … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 290 by Tracy”
Times Cryptic 26072
I was off the scale with this one and gave up counting once an hour had passed. As I was on blogging duty I tried to understand all the wordplay as I went and in … Read more “Times Cryptic 26072”