Author: jackkt

Here’s the link to this puzzle at the Times if anyone needs it: http://feeds.thetimes.co.uk/timescrossword/20140925/276/ A very enjoyable puzzle by Izetti that delayed me for 18 minutes. There’s nothing obscure or out of the ordinary though … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 144 by Izetti”

I solved this in 9 minutes and I think it’s at the easy end of the spectrum.  There’s a lot of warfare and general unrest going on here, what with hostility, war, a WW1 battle, … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 141 by Teazel – Take Cover!”

As at this moment (00:12 BST) the Times Quickie button is not working, so here’s a link to the puzzle:http://feeds.thetimes.co.uk/timescrossword/20140918/271/ I solved most of this in 10 minutes but then took as long again to … Read more “Quick Cryptic 139 by Pedro”

This took me 22 minutes.  I was very slow to get things flowing and spent ages dotting answers in around the grid. And then, having completed most of it, I had a mental block and … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 131 by Izetti”

There seems to be a problem on the button at this moment so here’s the url to today’s Quickie:http://feeds.thetimes.co.uk/timescrossword/20140825/250/Edit: Fixed now but I’ll let it stand. Time taken to solve 15 minutes with 4dn delaying … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 121 by Hurley”

As always it’s difficult to predict how a puzzle will be received by others, particularly the newbies, but I’d tentatively suggest that this one might be about as easy as things can get. The vocab … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 111 by Grumpy”