I don’t see a blog for today’s 15 x 15 so I’ve taken it upon myself to do a quick one. The puzzle took me my average of about 50 minutes… Across 1 VESPERS – … Read more “Times 28217 – This’ll do for now”
Month: February 2022
Quick Cryptic 2074 by Izetti
Straightforward with some nice touches. My favourite is 24ac with its spotless surface. 20dn is a cracker too. 7 minutes for me. Across 8 Information being published concerning property contract (7) RELEASE – RE + LEASE 9 … Read more “Quick Cryptic 2074 by Izetti”
Times 28216 – why don’t you come to your senses?
Time taken: 11:25. Took me a long time to figure out some of the anagram answers in this puzzle, which has some interesting words, and a lot of fun wordplay. Rather enjoyed this one. Even … Read more “Times 28216 – why don’t you come to your senses?”
Times Quick Cryptic No 2073 by Teazel
An uncommon diagonally symmetric grid this morning from Teazel, with an unusual number of double definition clues (5 of them, all in the down clues). I blasted through this in 11 minutes, which is at … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 2073 by Teazel”
Times Quick Cryptic 2072 by Joker
Introduction 7:09, with some tricky bits! Solutions Across 1 Avoid cold and fever? (5)CHEAT = C + HEATMaybe as in, like, ‘cheat death’? 7 In peril at disturbing snake, perhaps (9)REPTILIAN = anagram … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 2072 by Joker”
Times 28215 – boom boom.
As a Q, an X and a Z appeared quite quickly, I was thinking this might be a pangram, but I can’t see a J, so it isn’t. I romped through it in 15 minutes … Read more “Times 28215 – boom boom.”
Times Cryptic 28214
Solving time: Over an hour and I still needed aids to finish off my last entry. The clue at 27ac suggests this may have been compiled by one of our regular QC setters. As usual … Read more “Times Cryptic 28214”
Times Quick Cryptic 2071 by Pedro
Well, this one nearly went on the ‘too hard’ pile. After 8 minutes there were whole swathes of blanks in the grid. 13dn then 3dn cleared the log jam to some extent but I was … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 2071 by Pedro”
Times 28213 – All You Need is Love
A gentle introduction to the week, which I completed in 19 minutes. Today, in memory of the good old days when you had to rely on your memory and wouldn’t by challenged by someone Googling … Read more “Times 28213 – All You Need is Love”
Times Quick Cryptic 2070 by Orpheus
Solving time: 9 minutes. I found this not entirely straightforward but still completed it 1 minute within my target 10. As is usual, the trickier clues are balanced by easier ones, so the key thing … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 2070 by Orpheus”