Author: rolytoly

This looks like quite a gentle solve in hindsight that I didn’t make especially light work of, coming in a minute-or-so under target. No particular hold-ups, although I was slow to unravel the anagram at … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1838 by Hurley”

I finished just outside my target time, as I dithered at the end over what vowel could best be stuck in the middle of 21d. Three ‘Unlucky!’ signs and a couple of increasingly confused guesses … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1828 by Joker”

I found this rather tricky, and at three-or-so minutes over target took fully twice as long as yesterday’s done just beforehand. No particular hold-ups, but I only got five of the acrosses on a first … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1818 by Teazel”

A lovely puzzle today from Alfie with lots of inventive clues, pitched a bit towards the harder end: I was 9 minutes yesterday and 11 today, done straight after. So this is Alfie’s 11th puzzle … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1808 by Alfie”

Another difficult QC: I was nearly four minutes over target, which was nearly four minutes quicker than yesterday’s, done just beforehand. So perhaps a bit easier today (although I am more used to Izetti’s style, … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1798 by Izetti”

A bit the trickier side of things, I found, and despite several clues that seemed familiar from crosswords past there were a couple of sticking points that left me a bit over two minutes over … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1788 by Mara”