Author: plusjeremy

Introduction 9:47. Definitely some chewy bits here, but my kids didn’t help! There’s a bit of loose wordplay, for my tastes, but I didn’t mind. Solutions A brief summary of cryptic crosswords —feel free to … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1782 by Teazel”

Introduction 12:08, with nearly half that time spent on 12 Across. The vast majority of the puzzle went in quite easily, so I imagine I’ll be outpaced by many. Solutions A brief summary of cryptic … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1772 by Mara”

Introduction 6:37. I felt like I moved briskly, but there were several answers I couldn’t get until I had crossing letters, so my suspicion is there are some harder synonyms involved in this puzzle. As … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1762 by Mara”

Introduction 9:31. Things were off to a fluent start, but bogged down toward the end with unknown meanings of words. Newer solvers are invited to browse the glossary presented after the solutions for any bits … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1752 by Tracy”

Introduction 7:04, but felt like it should have been 3 minutes. I was a bit distracted. I imagine many will fly on this one. I have been informed that this is only Bob and Margaret’s … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1742 by Bob and Margaret”

Introduction 8:01, with several minutes spent on 16 Across. Newer solvers are invited to browse the glossary presented after the solutions. Solutions Across 1 Dish: take hearts of some eels, feta and stew (8) OMELETTE … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1732 by Joker”

Introduction 4:45. Newer solvers are invited to browse the glossary presented after the solutions. Solutions Across 1 Pam rang excitedly — “This includes every letter!” (7) PANGRAM – PAM RANG anagrammedThis puzzle being an example, … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1722 by Hurley”

Introduction 8:32, with a full 3 (!) minutes spent on 10 Across, which I’d misparsed. Hopefully that’s not too much of a spoiler. In any case, I’m sure I must have come across the correct … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1712 by Breadman”

Introduction 22:09. Took longer than many 15×15 puzzles take me. I was mainly done in by the long anagrams. Not being British, I had to take bits and pieces of names of UK locales and … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1702 by Tracy”

Introduction 8:59. Was hoping to do better, but I think I will have to get better at doing anagrams without pencil and paper if I’m to improve. Nothing much to comment on. Is there something … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1692 by Oink”