Category: Quick Cryptic

Everything here went in pretty smoothly for me. There were a couple of clues (17A and 5D) that pushed me to the edge of my GK, but they still went in straight away because in … Read more “QC 1935 by Orpheus”

I reckon some will find this a bit of a challenge. The NW corner is the hardest part, which makes it difficult to get going and tends to put you on the back foot for the … Read more “Quick Cryptic 1934 by Teazel”

An interesting challenge from Mara, with a high number of double definitions and enough anagrams to keep me happy.  I finished the puzzle in 11 minutes, despite finding it difficult to make an initial entrance, … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1933 by Mara”

Introduction 6:29. Some tricky stuff in here I was lucky to semi-biff. I’ll be parsing many of these clues fully for the first time as I write the blog! Solutions A brief summary of cryptic … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1932 by Joker”

The peace and quiet in which I started this puzzle was very soon shattered by Radio 4 being played loudly enough elsewhere that I could nearly, but not quite, make out what was being said. … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1931 by Hurley”

Solving time: 9 minutes. Dare I say I found this straightforward? Please let me know how you all got on. As usual definitions are underlined in bold italics, {deletions and substitutions are in curly brackets} … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1930 by Breadman”

I enjoyed today’s Quick Cryptic from Teazel a lot. Teazel at his teaziest. It’s a bit tricky in places with a couple of cryptic definitions and a few cryptic hints; a good test of lateral … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1929 by Teazel”

Some quite tricky things going on in an inventive puzzle from Orpheus: I was a 9:30 DNF, with a couple of optimistic guesses at 20ac before giving up and clicking on the answer. I was … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1928 by Orpheus”

8 minutes for this fun puzzle. I didn’t get 1ac at first and ended up working clockwise from NE round to SW. Nothing too hard in my opinion, entertaining cluing – a good QC which … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1926 by Oink”

FOI was the well signposted anagram at 1A, and funnily enough I think my LOI was the next clue in order, 8A, which I just didn’t see until the end. No particular standout COD but … Read more “QC 1925 by Pedro”