Author: rolytoly

I found this easier than yesterday’s, which I did just beforehand, but I was aware of that nice experience, notable by its rarity, where for a good number of the clues the first thing that … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1398 by Tracy”

Gentle enough puzzle, perhaps, but that didn’t stop me incorrectly guessing the girl at 24ac and giving 6d less than a minute’s consideration before giving up and sticking in the only remotely plausible answer that … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1393 by Orpheus”

Good quality puzzle from Tracy, somewhere around the average difficulty mark. I finished a few seconds under my target with a few unparsed. Not too much in the way of obscurity, but there are a … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1378 by Tracy”

A bit easier than average, I’d say, and certainly so for an Izetti: I came in with a bit of change from eight-and-a-half minutes, and that included a minute staring dumbly at 2d, for no … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1368 by Izetti”

I crept in a few seconds under my target but I was slow to get going today, only getting 6 of the acrosses on a first read through (1,6,8,10,17,19). It was a case of gradually … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1358 by Pedro”

Perhaps a touch on the trickier side today, hard to say sometimes. At any rate, I did Tuesday’s just before this in a bit under 7 minutes and was correspondingly over the 10 minutes today, … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1348by Tracy”

I found this on the trickier side of things, being pushed over the 15 minute mark thanks to some faffing about in the NE. I mis-parsed 7d, and spent some time trying to square the … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1338 by Mara”

I’m afraid I have no time to offer. Self-inflicted cognitive impairment. Drunk, you might call it. I did try, I stared at the swimming letters for nearly ten minutes, even got an answer or two, … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1328 by Des”

Average difficulty puzzle from Hurley today, which isn’t to say that I managed to finish it: I had all bar 15d done by the 10 minute mark, and then spent two minutes on a less-than-algorithmic … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1318 by Hurley”

Gentle enough from Rongo today. I did Tuesday’s not-too-tricky QC just beforehand, took about 14 minutes, and did this in a bit under half that. Missed three of the acrosses on the first read through: … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1308 by Rongo”