Author: macavity123

Solving time: Fairly straightforward Hello everyone We have a puzzle by Flamande today who certainly knows how to set for the target market. This is quite an accessible puzzle, which didn’t cause too many problems … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 129 by Flamande”

Solving time: Straightforward Greetings everyone. Today we have a puzzle by Tracy which is one that should delight the newer solvers. It’s reasonably straightforward and should not cause too much hassle, although a couple of … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 124 by Tracy”

Solving Time: Relatively straightforward The Don is along with today’s Quick Cryptic and it’s a reasonably accessible puzzle with our setter’s invariable smattering of religious clues (a little irritating for those of us who don’t … Read more “Quick Cryptic No 119 by Izetti”

Solving time: Fairly straightforward. One that will raise a few smiles today with one or two clues with the air of the seaside postcard about them and would probably never make the daily puzzle. Top … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 114 by Mara – Nudge Nudge Wink Wink”

Greetings all. Thanks to jackkt for covering for me last week while I was away. I thoroughly enjoyed this puzzle which I tackled while waiting for my hospital appointment. I didn’t find it particularly strenuous. … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 109 by Teazel”

Hi everyone Apologies for the late posting. Trip to doctor’s just to check things ok for my holiday tomorrow held me up. Quite a tricky puzzle from Corelli today, certainly at the harder end of … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 99 by Corelli”

Solving time: Straightforward(ish) This was an odd exercise for me. I looked at the puzzle on first reading and felt quite blank about it, but as I solved a couple of clues, everything just seemed … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 89 by Dazzler”

Time taken: Middling (Longer by NHS!) Apologies for the delay. Poking and prodding (and tweaking) took longer than expected. Enjoyable stuff from our setter with some nice clues to tease the mind. Favourite clue is … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 79 by Marty”

Solving time: Easier end of scale Greetings everyone. Standing in today after a late-night email from the boss! A nice straight forward quickie from Orpheus that should provide a pleasant solve for most new solvers. … Read more “Quick Cryptic No 77 by Orpheus”

Solving time: Medium. I found this quite a challenge today, with a couple of definitions that were new to me and had to be verified by my dictionary (the trusty Big Red Book – Chambers … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 74 by Teazel – Double Trouble!”