Author: Chris

A mix of easy and less than easy clues here led to an enjoyable 13 minute solve – quite some time of which was spent in the NW. It contains some long definitions which can … Read more “Quick Cryptic 571 by Tracy”

Excellent! A good, fun start to the day. 9 minutes for me which included a couple of definitions I had to think through. A note for iPad users – I’ve had the ‘Sunday’ subscription which … Read more “Quick Cryptic 566 by Orpheus.”

Not much time to blog today so this is about as brief as it gets. A good, accessible crossword though – there should be plenty of completers today. My time was 13 minutes. Hopefully other … Read more “Quick Cryptic 561 by Joker”

I have a long drive today so hope my fellow bloggers will field any questions. Fortunately the crossword was easy – I took longer trying to get the new format to work on an iPad … Read more “Quick Cryptic 556 by Teazel”

I romped through this in 7 minutes 43 and enjoyed every clue. The word play has been equally pleasurable to blog. This is about as ideal a QC as I think you can get. I … Read more “Quick Cryptic 551 by Rongo”

Hurley has served up an excellent lesson in cryptic crosswording containing positioning instructions in the clues and plenty of standard abbreviations. The only unusual vocabulary is a religious movement which is gettable from the anagram. … Read more “Quick Cryptic 546 by Hurley”

A mainly easy crossword with a couple of knotty clues and an unusual number of hyphenated words thrown in. 10 minutes. I’ve kept the blog brief – we’re all lined up ready to field any … Read more “Quick Cryptic 541 by Orpheus”

Something of a struggle today – 17 minutes and a final slip at 14ac making a DNF. The bottom half of the grid came together slowly but it wasn’t until 3dn finally clicked that the … Read more “Quick Cryptic 536 by Tracy”

The western half flew in – the eastern half was a different story. I acknowledge that I misread the clue at 4dn which didn’t help at all but I had the feeling that I was … Read more “Quick Cryptic 531 by Teazel”

Answers fairly flew in today – sometimes without fully checking the word play. After 7 minutes, with everything else complete, I got to 23ac and came to a grinding halt. Every other letter was filled … Read more “Quick Cryptic 526 by Tracy”