Author: Mike Harper

Solving time: 7:08 A decently-paced Pedro puzzle which provided sufficient footholds in each sector to build upon. And bravo Pedro for including those two long scientific anagrams, 4d and 14a, around which presumably, the rest … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 3108 by Pedro”

A QC puzzle that should please many if not most.

I found this quite tricky in places, and was not helped by a brief spousal ’emergency’

Hopefully, you didn’t find this puzzle too troubling – to me, it appeared to be of the ‘fairly gentle’ variety

The grid with the big black H in the middle

All breeze, no block

Solving time: 9:34 In similar fashion to my previous blog (QC3024 by Teazel), I was once again breezeblocked at the final hurdle in the South East corner of the grid. Before that, the going had … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 3036 by Joker”

There I was, sailing along quite merrily, until a great breezeblock rose up out of the water

Something between gentle and medium-paced, I felt.

Happy 3000th QC everyone!