Our third puzzle from Dangle, and a chewy enough challenge.
Author: Cedric Statherby
Quick Cryptic no 2973 by Juji
Today we have only the second QC set by Juji, and after a challenging début, the setter appears to have quickly grasped the requirements of a QC.
Quick Cryptic no 2955 by Corelli
Another absolute gem from the store of puzzles left us by Richard Rogan
Quick Cryptic no 2943 by Jalna
I found this a stiff test, and following my solve I would like to coin a new acronym: BTP, or “Biff Then Parse”.
Quick Cryptic no 2931 by Cheeko
A puzzle in which your blogger struggled mightily, especially over the parsing.
Quick Cryptic no 2919 by Felix – X marks the spot
Yet another puzzle from the back catalogue of Richard Rogan gems, and this one was a real sparkler I thought.
Quick Cryptic no 2907 by Shay
Another new setter, Shay, joins the QC roster and, like some of their recent predecessors, kicks off with what I found was quite a tough puzzle.
Quick Cryptic no 2895 by Trelawney
A fairly gentle puzzle from Trelawney in the main, but with a couple of clues that I found required more thought
Quick Cryptic no 2883 by Hurley
I found parts of this quite tough, both to complete and to fully parse.
Quick Cryptic stats for 2024
Many of us like to keep statistics on our solving times and this post is to allow people to share their experiences of 2024