Category: Quick Cryptic

Very short on time today as travelling so my usually succinct blog may seem even thinner than usual. Do chat amongst yourselves! Definitions are underlined. Across 1 Card put back inside uppermost part of boot … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1961 by Mara”

Solving time: 9 minutes. Only a couple of words here that aren’t perhaps in daily use so I hope, like me, you found this on the easy side. As usual definitions are underlined in bold … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1960 by Hurley”

Another Izetti Quick Cryptic for me to blog today. It took me just over 7 minutes, so, as with my last QC blogging duty 2 weeks ago, it is somewhat on the harder side of … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1959 by Izetti”

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”