Feeling very pleased with myself. Attempted the Times cryptic crossword today, and got 19 answers right. Took me one hour 23 minutes to get that far (admittedly using a Chambers Crossword dictionary) before I was so stuck that I opted to reveal the answers. Kicked myself with some of the unanswered ones when I saw the answer and went back to read the clue.
19 answers in the best I have managed so far in the two weeks I have been trying to do these crosswords. :-)