Author: TheRotter

A few bits of slightly chewy parsing from Pedro this morning, together with a couple of foreign or adopted words / phrases, but nothing too taxing on the GK front.  I completed this, fully parsed … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1263 by Pedro”

Well, that was Christmas!  I hope that you all had a good one and are ready for the New Year. I have never knowingly blogged a Juno puzzle before, and this one took me outside … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1253 by Juno”

A lot of quite long answers in this grid by Tracy means that there are only 22 clues in total (it is more often 24 or more in a QC frame), but this is more … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1243 by Tracy”

Only my second ever Felix puzzle to blog, and like the first, this one boasted a goodly number of anagrams (6) to help me on my way.  I traditionally spot anagrams quickly, which is a … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1233 by Felix”

I don’t remember blogging an Oink puzzle before, but found this a gentle offering, completed in just under 9 minutes. Nothing to frighten the horses here.  The only bit of general knowledge required is the … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1223 by Oink”

For some unaccountable reason, this gentle puzzle by Pedro took me 17 minutes, 2 minutes over my target, although I can’t understand why looking back.  I think it took me a couple of minutes to … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1213 by Pedro”

12 minutes for me this morning, helped by a plethora of anagrams, nothing too obscure, and a good sprinkling of easier clues.  There is some unusual vocabulary though, both in clues and answers – FRISSON, … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1203 by Hurley”

I’m going to stick my neck out and predict that this puzzle by Mara will cause a few newbies some difficulties. I started quickly with 1a and 4d going straight in, but then found it … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1193 by Mara”

Apologies for the 14d blog this morning – I’m doing this in California separated from my usual devices and tools, which has slowed me down somewhat. This took me a little over 12 minutes to … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1183 by Rongo”

I have blogged Tracy a fair few times, enjoying the range of his clue types and difficulty levels.  This one took me 12 minutes from start to finish, so was nicely in the middle of … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1173 by Tracy”