Category: Quick Cryptic

A bit on the tricky side today from Pedro, with a generous dose of originality that made it great fun. It would be easy to get bogged down with the harder clues, so a good … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1958 by Pedro”

Not too much to say about this, except I enjoyed solving it. Only the cat and a bit of Latin are somewhat obscure, but they’re very familiar words to regulars here. I stumbled with the … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1957 by Marty”

I didn’t get the long anagram at 1ac until towards the end so worked round the grid finishing up in the NW. Last 3 were 1ac, 2dn and LOI 10ac which had a, to me, … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1956 by Wurm”

I thought this was probably the most challenging quickie I have ever blogged. I get the feeling that the Monday morning ‘ease them into the week gently’ effect is even more pronounced for the quickie than … Read more “QC 1955 by Tracy”

I enjoyed this one. I’ve given up pronouncing on difficulty because I always seem to have the opposite view to the rest of you. Nothing unfair in the wordplay, though perhaps a slightly dodgy anagrind* … Read more “Quick Cryptic 1954 by Teazel”

How is your knowledge of Dutch portraitists, Indian transport systems or Caribbean capitals?  You’ll need them all for this puzzle from Orpheus.  I completed this comfortably inside 11 minutes, and knew all the General Knowledge … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1953 by Orpheus”

Introduction 7:42. A good, strenuous test. I worried for a bit I might not finish but persistence, as always, is key. (Edit on writing the blog: I see that my problem may have been that … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1952 by Breadman”

Interesting – as I finished, I thought I could have done better than just missing my ten minute target. Having now completed the blog, I find that this was probably a good biffing puzzle – … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1951 by Joker”

Solving time: 8 minutes. This is only Jalna’s 9th puzzle so his style may seem a little different, but perhaps I’m getting used to him as this was the very first time I have solved … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1950 by Jalna”

A rather tricky but perfectly fair challenge for us for the end of the week from Don with the usual neat and precise clues and some nice pieces of misdirection. I found it at the … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1949 by Izetti”