Category: Quick Cryptic

A very pleasant puzzle of about average difficulty from Mara: I came in a notch under 9 minutes, held up briefly at the end with 18ac. It seemed like there were a lot of references … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1998 by Mara”

Really enjoyed this. Not a puzzle with exceptionally polished surfaces, but just confusing enough to entertain. There is not a single word in any of the clues or answers that is unusual or unreasonable, nor … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1997 by Hurley”

Lots of entertaining clues in this one and I enjoyed the nearly 10 minutes it took to complete. Not much more to say so click below for the blog and let’s get going. Definitions are … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1996 by Orpheus”

A lot of good clues here and for the most part the surfaces were shiny smooth and read very naturally. Medium difficulty from my end, what say you, good people? Pleased to see ‘drunk’ used … Read more “QC 1995 by Breadman”

I enjoyed this. I wondered if we were in for a Nina with all the mercy and charity going on. Largely straighforward, but I couldn’t see 1dn for some reason. I suppose ‘scum’ for ‘film’ … Read more “Quick Cryptic 1994 by Felix”

An excellent QC as usual from Joker, I think one of our fairest setters.  I took just 11 minutes to complete, all parsed, which is at the faster end of the Rotterometer scale, but not … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1993 by Joker”

6:35 w/ 1 err. A.1 MANIFEST + O6 B + AG8 DEBACLE = L + CAB rev. in DEE9 D(R)ONE10 TIGHT{s}12 P(LANE)T14 TOOK ONE’S LEAVE = dd16 S + TITCH17 {f}RIGHT19 AROMA = hid’n20 SAN … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1992 by Tracy”

A difficult blog day – including a very unusual (for me these days) train journey and much less leisure to enjoy the pursuit of crosswordland than usual. So I have no time to report but … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1991 by Teazel”

Times Quick Cryptic 1990 Solving time: 10 minutes. One answer turned out to have a meaning I wasn’t aware of but other than that this seemed mostly straightforward. How did you fare? As usual definitions … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1990 by Hurley”

A crossword from our old cruciverbal adversary Izetti today to end this week’s series of Times Quick Cryptics. I enjoyed this a lot, particularly 22A and the smattering of cleverly vague definitions that made them … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1989 by Izetti”