Category: Quick Cryptic

A pleasant romp through QC land with Tracy today finished just inside 9 minutes. Definitions are underlined. Across 1 Rescue brute, grabbing end of tail (7) SALVAGE – brute (SAVAGE) holding tai(L). 5 Band‘s mega … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1971 by Tracy”

Solving time: 7 minutes. I found this one easy. I hope you did too. As usual definitions are underlined in bold italics, {deletions and substitutions are in curly brackets} and [anagrinds, containment, reversal and other … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1970 by Mara”

A gentle end to the week compared to the last couple of days (and my last couple of Fridays) with this Quick Cryptic from Breadman. It is a curious grid with no answers more than … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1969 by Breadman”

I was 8 minutes yesterday and 12 today, done straight after, so either this was a(nother) tough one or my wavelength is all over the show. My major holdups were having to write out the … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1968 by Corelli”

A fairly difficult puzzle that pushed me comfortably over my target time. I couldn’t see the setter’s name when I solved it (on my phone), and wouldn’t have guessed – it seemed to lack his … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1967 by Izetti”

Started fine in the NW then messed around in the bottom half before finishing (with LOI 9ac) in the NE. I came in a few seconds over 10 minutes. Lots of fun clues make this … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1966 by Teazel”

Last time out I said that Tracy had served up probably the most challenging quickie of my blogging history. This offering from Orpheus I found to be much more in line with the normal Monday … Read more “QC 1965 by Orpheus”

Well, well. Looks like we have another Dickens Nina. Barnaby Rudge is not a book I’m particularly familiar with, but a quick consultation with Professor Wikipedia yields GORDON, CHESTER, MAYPOLE, DOLLY VARDEN, GRIP… any more? Some … Read more “Quick Cryptic 1964 by Felix”

A rather hurried blog today as I have little time.  I completed this puzzle from Trelawney inside 11 minutes, finding it at the easier end of the Rotterometer scale.  1a didn’t come to me straight … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1963 by Trelawney”

Emergency Blog. No time for full explanations but if anything needs more detail please ask. I found this one particularly hard for some reason. I actually stopped the clock twice and took breaks. Solving time: … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1962 by Oink”