Author: rolytoly

I’m feeling about as slow today as johninterred is feeling quick, but I’d still say this was tricky enough – I threw in the towel around the twenty minute mark and clicked on the the … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1268 by Howzat”

A gentle enough puzzle from Breadman today – I was twelve minutes yesterday and just over half that today (making a welcome change of pace after yesterday’s championship crossword!). This is only Breadman’s tenth QC … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1258 by Breadman”

I was a bit shy of 12 minutes, held up a touch by carelessly bunged in last letter at 1ac. I was also held up by an admiration of a good number of the clues, … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1248 by Oink”

I would have been close to bang on target had it not been for 1d, which I stared at for three minutes before giving up. I must confess to a bit of a mental block … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1238 by Orpheus”

Sorry for the late posting – unforeseen circumstances not entirely unrelated to alcohol. Anyway, all good, and good puzzle, a bit on the trickier side. I did this straight after Tuesday’s QC and took pretty … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1228 by Orpheus”

With about nine-and-a-half minutes on the clock and just 12d left to get, I’d say this was about bang on average difficulty, but a carelessly bunged in wrong ending at 17ac saw fit to my … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1218 by Hurley”

A gentle enough puzzle by Izetti’s standards. After Jeremy’s excellent blog yesterday, detailing his very good approach to solving a cryptic crossword, I’ll just say I rushed through this, paying scant attention to the artfully … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1208 by Izetti”

A gentler puzzle today from Teazel, hopefully something of a relief after a run of trickier offerings. I tackled this directly after doing Tuesday’s 15x and QC, both of which were tough, and was rewarded … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1198 by Teazel”

Slightly on the tricky side, I found, coming in two minutes over my target (with the possibly mitigating factor of a hangover). A fairly straight solve, but I was held up for a bit in … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1188 by Hurley”

I was bang on my target for this good quality puzzle, but there was a bit of trickery and misdirection so I’d say it was a touch on the harder side. The misdirection was of … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1178 by Flamande”