Author: Chris

One too many gods (or one O too few) combined with a crossing COD plus a quick chemistry lesson made this trickier than it might have been and I came in at 15 minutes. Well, … Read more “Quick Crytpic 521 by Mara”

On the easy-ish side today in around 10 minutes. The ‘ish’ is thanks to the SE corner which held me up for a while. Good fun as there are lots of clues where word play … Read more “Quick Cryptic 516 by Hawthorn”

Today is my first experience of the timer and I can accurately report that I took 14 mins 31 seconds on today’s puzzle. A little slow, perhaps, for what felt like a not too difficult, … Read more “Quick Cryptic 511 by Teazel”

Excellent offering today. Didn’t seem too hard but took me 13 minutes – some of which was spent admiring the clues. Good, humorous clues just kept on coming – in my solving order – 23, … Read more “Quick Cryptic 506 by Mara”

Distractions meant that I jumped in and out of this which can sometimes help but in this case caused incorrect entries at 9 and 20ac. Unraveling all this together with long anagrams gave me a … Read more “Quick Cryptic 501 by Joker”

I found this on the easier side – completing in 10 minutes – plus one extra minute for 7dn where I couldn’t see the wood for the trees. Very enjoyable though with lots of very … Read more “Quick Cryptic 496 by Flamande”

Even though I knew the Mercian King, the detective, the shrub and the film they took some time to arrive – 17 minutes. Some clever clueing made this a very satisfactory work out whilst completing. … Read more “Quick Crytpic 491 by Tracy”

The anagram at 6dn caused me so much trouble that I discovered a ‘get the keyboard out of the way on the screen’ button on the iPad keyboard which enabled me, eventually, to see the … Read more “Quick Cryptic 486 by Hurley”

Lots to enjoy in this puzzle by Flamande – humour and well crafted word play. Hard to call a COD but think it has to go to 20ac. It’s even harder for me to call … Read more “Quick Crytpic 481 by Flamande”

A gentle romp from Teazel today – for which thank you! I was pushed just over ten minutes by some ponderings over 5dn. Rushing out – so forgive any typos (again!). ACROSS 7. Print run … Read more “Quick Cryptic 476 by Teazel”