Author: Chris

If you’ve heard a thing or two about Wagner, Spike Milligan’s WW2 experiences and Drones Club greetings then this will be up your street – as it was mine – 8 minutes of good fun … Read more “Quick Cryptic No 421 by Tracy”

I’m on my travels and won’t get back to normal service until the long awaited TfTT bash in December. Comments may therefore be sparse and, in the unlikely event that wifi or time zone problems … Read more “Quick Cryptic No 416 by Grumpy”

A 20 minute head scratcher for me yet very enjoyable with plenty of ‘doh’ moments. How our more recent solvers will get on I’m not sure – but do post in and let me know. … Read more “Quick Cryptic No 411 by Izetti”

Huge problems today – Livejournal is not saving drafts and the iPad isn’t allowing me to place letters or identify text to copy. This all after I blogged the wrong crossword and had HTML errors … Read more “Quick Cryptic No 406 by Orpheus”

No setter’s name online as I post this. I found this a tough but fair Quickie until we get to 6dn which caused me to read jackkt’s post of yesterday on the original aim of … Read more “Quick Cryptic no 401 by Breadman”

A medium difficulty (some will zoom through, of course) and amusing crossword which held me up in the bottom half more than the top. Double and cryptic definitions abound in this highly satisfactory quick cryptic. … Read more “Quick Cryptic No 396 by Teazel”

An unusual setter (I’m not implying the setter is odd in any way – simply that I can only find 2 previous puzzles) with some unusual vocabulary to match. There’s also some challenging word play, … Read more “Quick Cryptic No 391 by Alconiere”

Some challenging clues in an enjoyable crossword of mid-difficulty. Travelling at the moment so keeping this brief – please do ask for any clarifications. Definitions underlined, cd=cryptic definition, dd=double definition, deletions CROSSED OUT Across 1 … Read more “Quick Cryptic No 386 by Joker”

It seems a long time since I had one at the easier end of the spectrum to blog. Most of this went in on first pass and all was finished off just within 10 minutes. … Read more “Quick Crytpic No 381 by Flamande”

All was going swimmingly until the sea creature came along but the real sting in its tail for me was the NE where I ‘struggled to survive’ with little ‘improvement’. I expect times/completions to vary … Read more “Quick Cryptic No 376 by Tracy”