The LHS went in smootly and the two long across clues followed, I thought I was going to get off lightly and set a hot time, but the NE corner took longer; 37 minutes in … Read more “Times 25852 – not a 10 ac by any means”
Author: piquet
Quick Cryptic No 100 by Joker
So here we are 20 weeks on and a century of quickies. They’re still some way short of the usual difficulty of the main cryptic, of course, there are no obscure words for the solutions … Read more “Quick Cryptic No 100 by Joker”
Quick Cryptic No. 98 by Rongo
Sorry for delay. I arrived at the polyclinique for my 6 monthly going-slowly-blind check-up, to find the space now occupied by a ‘gynaecologiste’, which was not of much use to me. Eventually I discoverd the … Read more “Quick Cryptic No. 98 by Rongo”
Times 25840 – Not 1 ac for me
I tackled this early but not early enough to pre-empt the ‘petites’ seeking porridge; it took me a while to get going, then all but the NW corner went in quickly enough, then fifteen of … Read more “Times 25840 – Not 1 ac for me”
Quick Cryptic No. 90 by Oran – pleasant pot pourri
I arose early to find a little tranquillity in which to blog this, but the grandchildren mayhem started eleven minutes later just as I finished solving and started typing. I haven’t had the pleasure of … Read more “Quick Cryptic No. 90 by Oran – pleasant pot pourri”
Quick Cryptic No. 88 by Izetti
For once I am on UK time and awake late enough to do this before hitting the hay. Also relieved that our holiday house has broadband so there’s no need to decamp to McDonalds for … Read more “Quick Cryptic No. 88 by Izetti”
Cryptic 25828 – nearly a Greek tragedy
I tackled this, waiting with unusually disgusting instant coffee, while M. Grimaud put my car through 104 tests for the Controle Technique; At first I thought this was going to be ‘setter’s revenge’ and my … Read more “Cryptic 25828 – nearly a Greek tragedy”
Quick Cryptic No. 80 by Joker
A fine, well balanced puzzle from Joker again, IMO easier than Wednesday’s blog although that might be down to a lack of hangover today. Nothing obscure and a few to make you smile when the … Read more “Quick Cryptic No. 80 by Joker”
Quick Cryptic No 78, by Hurley – not that quick I’m afraid.
This took me eleven minutes with a fuzzy head from last evening’s festivities. It seems to me that the Quickies are approaching the easier main puzzles in degree of difficulty, with fewer really obvious clues … Read more “Quick Cryptic No 78, by Hurley – not that quick I’m afraid.”
Times 25816
At first sight I thought I was going to be a rabbit in the headlights with this one; with weightier problems on my mind, the little grey cells were slow to wake up. But in … Read more “Times 25816”