Author: galspray

Probably a puzzle that favours the experienced solver, which I guess is stating the obvious, but there are quite a few devices you’ll have seen before if you’ve been doing these things for a while. … Read more “Quick Cryptic 879 by Izetti”

Morning all.  No surprises from Hawthorn today, all the answers are well-known words or expressions, and I would imagine everyone’s heard of the movie. That doesn’t guarantee that it’s easy of course, you still have … Read more “Quick Cryptic 869 by Hawthorn”

Another Friday struggle for me, falling outside the magical (?) 11-minute barrier by one second.  An enjoyable challenge as usual though. Breadman seemed to dip into the “extended” set of Crossword standards for this one, … Read more “Quick Cryptic 854 by (Sir Donald) Breadman”

Just over five minutes to solve this Teazel teaser, not bad for a Friday.  I’m a bit pressed for time today, so I’ll post the parsing of the clues now and possibly add some observations … Read more “Quick Cryptic 849 by Teazel”

Typical Friday offering I think, gently pushing the Quicky solver towards a higher level of solving difficulty.  Or not, as the case may be.  Plenty of room in the comments to let us know how … Read more “Quick Cryptic 844 by Tracy”

Not much to comment on today.  The range of clue types and vocabulary presented by Joker is (I think) perfectly pitched at the aspiring solver.  Most of the words are pretty well known, at least … Read more “Quick Cryptic 839 by Joker”

I commented yesterday that my solving speeds had improved as the week went on, but predictably that trend was reversed today, coming in at 10:36. I make no comment though on the relative difficulty of … Read more “Quick Cryptic 834 by Izetti”