Category: Quick Cryptic

A bit on the trickier side of things today from Teazel, with a lot of effective misdirection (for me, 10ac) and a dash or two of the less-than-obvious. I only managed four of the acrosses … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 2108 by Teazel”

Quite tricky today. Although I managed to finish just inside my target time, Tracy has a way of making you second guess how the clue works while solving it. I did not know 3dn, 7dn, … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 2107 by Tracy”

I seem to have been tuned in to Joker on this one, zipping through in 6 minutes. Did I have a good day or was it easy? Do let me know. Definitions are underlined. Across … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 2106 by Joker”

Hi everyone.  I spent well over two minutes on my last two in, 8a/2d, but managed to finish in 8:11, still comfortably in my expected time zone. I didn’t notice until writing up the blog … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 2105 by Izetti – T’ya love DDs?”

Nice and straightforward, though for some reason  I couldn’t see 2dn for ages. I was on the lookout for some April-fool-type shenanigans but I can’t see any. 8 minutes for me. Across 3 A dish … Read more “Quick Cryptic 2104 by Oink”

Some neat surfaces, nice definitions and more unusual words in this puzzle from Wurm, and a European and Asian geographical feel to it, with several towns and regions included in the answers and clues.  My … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 2103 by Wurm”

Introduction DNF after 21:26. Did I lack heart, or was this really quite hard? In any case, many minutes were spent staring blankly at the screen, and I confess that I didn’t really enjoy the … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 2102 by Teazel”

Started in the NE and worked round clockwise nearly finishing in the NE in 7 minutes. 7ac, 2dn and 3dn had other ideas, though, so after a bit of a late skirmish, I brought things … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 2101 by Breadman”

Solving time: 8 minutes. I found this straightforward, but what did you make of it? As usual definitions are underlined in bold italics, {deletions and substitutions are in curly brackets} and [anagrinds, containment, reversal and … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 2100 by Joker”

Today we have a Quick Cryptic from Jalna, a relatively infrequent contributor, and who’s crosswords I sometimes find a bit tricky. Not overly so today, although I did get held up a little in the … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 2099 by Jalna”