Author: piquet

It doesn’t seem more than a few months since the ‘Quick Cryptic’ kicked off, yet here we are at No. 200; for me, it was easier than Wednesday’s 198 and no harder than they were … Read more “Quick Cryptic No 200 by Pedro”

I found this a little harder than those offered on most of my Quickie blog-days; it was almost on a par with Monday’s Times Cryptic which I tackled at the same session and romped through … Read more “Quick Cryptic No 198 by Felix”

My first time blogging a puzzle by “Corelli”; not the Captain of mandolin fame, or the Italian baroque composer chap, but perhaps inspired by them. Either way, I thought this was a fine, harder-than-usual Quickie … Read more “Quick Cryptic No 190 by Corelli”

Three of the four long answers being anagrams, and 5d too, means there are plenty of checking letters to work with once these are sorted. Out of curiosity I was moved to investigate the origin … Read more “Quick Cryptic No 188 by Hurley”

A pleasant, well balanced puzzle, a little harder than Wednesday’s, mainly because of some long anagrams at 1a, 5d, and 23a; once these are done you have plenty of checkers. Nothing too tricky, if you … Read more “Quick Cryptic No 180 by Hurley”

Mostly straightforward, with 1a and 21a perhaps requiring a little more thought. Some familiarity with London geography, rhyming slang and north of England endearments would make it easier, but the word play is clear enough. … Read more “Quick Cryptic No 178 by Flamande”