A fairly straightforward puzzle to mark my first time filling in the Tuesdays between my regular 15×15 slots and I completed it in 26 minutes. The count of references to people in clues and answers … Read more “Times Cryptic 26330 – The blog wot I wrote…”
Author: jackkt
Quick Cryptic 500 by Corelli – D-Day!
Today sees a milestone with the publication of Quick Cryptic No 500 following the inaugural puzzle which I had the pleasure of blogging on 10 March 2014. This innovation has certainly created a lot of … Read more “Quick Cryptic 500 by Corelli – D-Day!”
Times Cryptic 26324
I needed 43 minutes to solve this rather tricky puzzle and extra time to understand some of the clues. My last one in was 14ac where there were only a couple of possibilities for the … Read more “Times Cryptic 26324”
Quick Cryptic 490 by Orpheus
I found this a fairly straightforward start to the week though there are a couple of bits of General Knowledge that may not be familiar to all. 9 minutes. Definitions are in bold italics, deletions … Read more “Quick Cryptic 490 by Orpheus”
Times Cryptic 26312
I completed all but four answers in 30 minutes but needed another 15 to crack 4dn, 6dn, 12ac & 13ac. Most of clues are straightforward though the parsing at 9ac took a bit of thinking … Read more “Times Cryptic 26312”
Quick Cryptic 480 by Izetti
I struggled to get going on this one, perhaps a little in awe of the setter as I don’t often have the opportunity blog one of Izetti’s offerings, but having finished eventually after 14 minutes … Read more “Quick Cryptic 480 by Izetti”
Times Cryptic 26300
I finished this in a few minutes over the half-hour and would have thought it quite easy had it not been for four obscurities (i.e. words or meanings unknown to me) that interrupted the flow … Read more “Times Cryptic 26300”
Quick Cryptic 470 by Joker
This one took me 10 minutes but I find it hard to judge how others may have fared so I won’t say that it was easy. Most of the clue construction is straightforward but there … Read more “Quick Cryptic 470 by Joker”
Times Cryptic 26288
This one took me 34 minutes with a number of early biffs, in particular the three multi-word answers that opened up the grid nicely. The long Down single-word answer eluded me until the last moment … Read more “Times Cryptic 26288”
Quick Cryptic 463 by Tracy
This one took me 9 minutes after a rather slow start and there were several clues I needed to pass over until I had a checker or two in place to jog my brain. Access … Read more “Quick Cryptic 463 by Tracy”