Author: galspray

Morning all.  Not much to say today on what I thought was a fairly straightforward offering from Pedro.  Took me 4:08. Anyone trying to improve his or her solving skills could do a lot worse … Read more “Quick Cryptic 899 by Pedro”

Well, what a week it’s been in Crosswordland, at least for those using the Crossword Club.  I guess Quicky solvers have been relatively unaffected.  The Club site, which now includes the Quicky along with its … Read more “Quick Cryptic 889 by Rongo”

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”