Author: Chris

A fast start to the week for me – yesterday’s and today’s both in 8 minutes. The top half flew in and then I worked just as fast down the right hand side. The left … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1711 by Orpheus”

I was interrupted half way through this so don’t have time to reflect level of difficulty but I would say this is at the easier end of the Izetti spectrum. As, usual, there’s lots to … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1706 by Izetti”

My goodness, I found this 19dn. It is true that the building work next door has been somewhat vexing and that I haven’t had time since last Tuesday to enjoy any cryptic work-outs, but 18 … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1701 by Wurm”

With honourable mentions to 9ac and 10dn, COD goes to 18ac which took some crunching and took me just over my 10 minute target, but did so with humour. In fact, the whole puzzle was … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1696 by Joker”

Very fast through this one until the SW slowed me down. A couple of clues I consider tricky crossed – 15ac/16dn which proved to be my LOsI. 9.28. Otherwise lots of fun QC type clueing … Read more “Quick Cryptic 1691 by Hurley”

A hold up on 1ac and 3dn delayed my finish to 10 seconds outside my target of 10 minutes. No grumps from me, though, as I enjoyed this one a lot. Clues to enjoy around … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1686 by Orpheus”

Very rapid progress – all bar the last two in just over 6 minutes. The 13ac/dn pair were LOsI. Finished in 7:27 – so A Good Day. I found this extremely enjoyable. Crisp clueing and … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1681 by Oink”

Three clues put me in a nautical mood so I found this plain sailing with a following wind and fair tide. My voyage took only 7:05 so I’d hardly had time to break out the … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1676 by Tracy”

Excellent QC fare from Joker. Quick (9 minutes) with some great surfaces to enjoy along the way. There seemed to be a lot of anagrams but I now count only 5. I’ve had to push … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1671 by Joker”

Cap’n Corelli in good form, producing a very challenging puzzle with a sting in the tail and a theme. Click ‘read more’ for more details. Slow, quick slow for me today with the SW proving … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1666 by Corelli – feel the heat”