Category: Quick Cryptic

Two minutes at the end spent staring at 13d took me to 11 minutes, and there were a few trickier bits along the way after what initially seemed like a gentle enough puzzle. I had … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 2028 by Hurley”

Off to a flying start, but slowed down on the right hand side a bit. My last two in were 23ac and 21dn. The answers and clues all feel pretty fresh and fun, which is … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 2027 by Oink”

Good to be back with you. I’ve been jabbed, boosted, passported, Lateral Flowed until I’m blue in the nose, PCR’d and even Located on a Passenger Form. These were more wearing than the actual travel … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 2026 by Teazel”

I felt this was a pretty standard Monday puzzle with a lot of the types of clue that I find most straightforward. I think there were three anagrams, four double definitions and two hidden words. … Read more “QC 2025 by Orpheus”

I found this awkward to start with, though it started to flow once I got going. I’ll be interested to see how others get on, but I reckon this is at the trickier end of … Read more “Quick Cryptic 2024 by Izetti”

Another very fine puzzle from Joker (my second in a row whilst blogging), which took me 12 minutes to complete, fully parsed.  There was only one piece of unknown GK (12 across) and some fine … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 2023 by Joker”

Introduction 4:42, which I imagine will be a slowish time by comparison with the speed demons! As often with Trelawney, the puzzles are not usually very taxing, but the clues are very nicely constructed. This … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 2022 by Trelawney”

It’s my turn to come off the blogging team substitutes’ bench again today for this crossword of the year – or is it just the year of the crossword? Yes, we’ve reached Quick Cryptic number … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 2021 by Mara”

Solving time: 11 minutes, delayed 3 minutes at the end by my last one in at 22ac. As usual definitions are underlined in bold italics, {deletions and substitutions are in curly brackets} and [anagrinds, containment, … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 2020 by Tracy”

A lovely middle-of-the-road quick cryptic to end the week from Corelli that took what is, for me, an average time of about 5 1/2 minutes. A few trickily disguised definitions caused me a bit of … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 2019 by Corelli – Yes I saw Lisa”