Author: astartedon

Doctor! Doctor! I feel like a pair of bookends! Punchlines on a postcard please. Or a posted comment will do. It’s just that I have realised (I suppose it is pretty obvious really) that having … Read more “QC 1255 by Hurley – Bookends Theme”

Oh dear, I think I made a bit of a meal of this one. Managed it in 10 minutes but I feel as though I should have been posting a PB down around the 6-minute … Read more “QC 1245 by Izetti”

Still not fully back to doing quickies on a daily basis although I have done a few since my last blog. Perhaps this contributed to my completing this in about 9 minutes, as it ‘felt’ … Read more “QC 1235 by Breadman”

I am still not following the quickie on a daily basis, so I don’t know the current state of the debate on how difficult people are finding the puzzles at present. All I can say … Read more “QC 1225 by Teazel”

Well here I am blogging at you, not, as predicted in my last blog two weeks ago, from New York after a cruise down from Canada, but instead from the majestic streets of Hammersmith as … Read more “QC 1215 by Felix”

Still suffering from my QC withdrawal symptoms (if indeed they exist and are not simply dimwittedness symptoms – see last blog from me), although I do believe that the QCs are getting harder. Nevertheless, that … Read more “QC 1205 by Joker”

Right, I really liked this puzzle, and found a lot of the clues entertaining and challenging. Unfortunately it shows in my time which was uncomfortably near the 12-minute mark. Oh I can make excuses. Chief among … Read more “QC 1195 by Hurley”

This was medium difficulty for me, about 10 minutes, although I cannot be exact as I have just been all over the place the past couple of weeks with too much going on and not … Read more “QC 1185 by Teazel”

Well I found this a bit like eating a piece of cake during a walk in the park with a gentle breeze blowing whilst swiping tasty candy from passing babies with a load of children running … Read more “QC 1175 by Hurley”

Fairly straightforward this one. I certainly came in at under 10 minutes but was interrupted by having to perform baggage checks for my wife who has been called away to Dubai at short notice on … Read more “QC 1165 by Flamande”