Author: ianb21

I’m standing in for Chris whilst I understand he is enjoying locally caught scallops in Scotland.  I didn’t have a lot of time so please excuse the brevity and inevitable errors. I haven’t been doing … Read more “Quick Cryptic 122 by Alconiere”

Hello all! As Olivia once remarked, the office temp here standing in for Chrisw91 whilst he is on his travels. A perky little number this one. Some really clever clues I thought and I puzzled … Read more “Quick Cryptic No. 72 by Flamande”

Little to say about this puzzle. I seemed to rattle through it reasonably quickly and didn’t get a kick out of any of the solutions which is most unusual. Definition parts of clues underlined where … Read more “Quick Cryptic 32 Hurley”

At time of posting, the Times online link was broken.  I presume the automated process still requires attention but one would think they would have got their act together by now.  I got access to … Read more “Quick Cryptic 22 by Izetti”

Posting early because I won’t have time in the morning. I found this puzzle tricky to finish. Most of it went in within 20 minutes but I spent another 45 on the remainder. Can’t really … Read more “Quick Cryptic 12 by Rongo”

Completed via the web edition of the paper because that is all my subscription permits. Pleased to see correct letter counts for multiple word solutions but disappointed not to see a print button. I notice … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic (Number 2) – Vicars and Tarts”