Author: Chris

I made something of a meal of this, finishing in 12 minutes. Some good, fun clues to enjoy – thanks Breadman.

Happily buzzed through this in 8 minutes. Hope you enjoyed it as I did.

I found this hard for the reasons mentioned in the blog (for which please click – ‘read more’ below). I didn’t get a quadrant filled in and had several clues with partial answers before moving … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 2121 by Orpheus – crossed tails”

Having failed to get anywhere in the NW, I started slowly in the NE and worked clockwise round the grid speeding up as I went. Coming home in 7:39 seems remarkable having had such a … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 2116 by Joker”

I feel like I made a real pig’s ear of this. I finished in 14 minutes after struggling in the NW and then, inexplicably, unable to see LOI 9dn 9ac for an age. I’ll put … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 2111 by Oink”

I seem to have been tuned in to Joker on this one, zipping through in 6 minutes. Did I have a good day or was it easy? Do let me know. Definitions are underlined. Across … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 2106 by Joker”

Started in the NE and worked round clockwise nearly finishing in the NE in 7 minutes. 7ac, 2dn and 3dn had other ideas, though, so after a bit of a late skirmish, I brought things … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 2101 by Breadman”

Lots to enjoy here – and lots of anagrams. I got into all sorts of problems in the SW where I confidently entered completely the wrong answer for 22ac. Over in the SE I hit … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 2096 by Mara”

Despite getting snarled up in the NW, where I finished on 11ac, my time was 9 minutes. The rest must have all slotted in pretty quickly. Definitions are underlined. Across 1 Pub’s first of eight … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 2091 by Pedro”

8 minutes for this pleasurable solve. I worked steadily from top to bottom finishing with 13dn. How did you get on? Across 1 Golf club: Irish one, not English (4) IRON – Irish (IR), one … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 2086 by Tracy”