Where to find explanations/solving guides for The Times Quick Cryptic books?

I’ve been trying to give The Times quick cryptics a go and got their most recent book (book 11) for practice. But I noticed that their answer guide at the back only has the completed puzzles with no explanations included.

I know there are solvers online (like Times for the Times) who walk through the puzzles each day, but I cannot figure out how to match the puzzles in the book to their corresponding solves, as they are neither titled nor dated. We are only given the general year (2024 for the book I have), the setter’s name, and a difficulty rating that I believe is specific to the book and not published with the original puzzle.

Does anyone know of a resource that has walkthroughs tied to the books, or maybe an index of the dates when each puzzle was originally published?

Thank you!

Posted Jun 27, 2026, 10:18 AM UTC

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