Author: TheRotter

Back on duty after a few welcome day’s break in Devon. After my miserable failure to spot an obvious superhero theme in my last blog, I have searched in vain for a theme or NINA … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1663 by Joker”

One of Setter Des’s rare visits, which are invariably welcome.  He scores quite high on Jackkt’s League Table of Difficulty (fifth, and just ahead of Izetti), so I expected the worst when I saw his … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1653 by Des”

I took 17 minutes including a distraction, so I think that this is just at the tougher end of the Rotterometer.  There are a couple of new or unfamiliar devices to grapple with from Teazel … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1643 by Teazel”

Teazel has come up with some very succinct clueing, all nicely parsed, in this morning’s puzzle, which entertained me for just 12 minutes (well inside my target range).  I suspect there will be some quick … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1633 by Teazel”

A nicely accessible puzzle from Oink, which took me 14 minutes to complete.  I had to write the anagrist down before seeing the answer at 10a, but otherwise it was all plain sailing, if slightly … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1623 by Oink”

Whilst there were some very nice clues here, and nothing obscure or unusual, I’m not convinced that this offering from Izetti is up to his usual very high standards.  It may just be me, but … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1613 by Izetti”

Happy last day of April everyone – I thought it would never end! I think that this is the first QC from Breadman that I have blogged, and I enjoyed doing it despite the solve … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1603 by Breadman”

This was an absolute delight from Joker, all done and dusted in 13 minutes, so a perfectly targeted quick cryptic as far as I was concerned.  From the very first clue there was much to … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1593 by Joker”

The Don (Izetti) again takes me over my target to just inside 20 minutes with a nicely challenging QC.  I enjoyed seeing novel devices used to indicate the requirement to drop a letter in the … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1583 by Izetti”

This was comfortably inside my upper (generous?) time limit at 14 minutes, but again, held some traps.  Hopefully, you will have managed to complete in a reasonable time yourselves.  I see neither theme nor NINA, … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1573 by Pedro”