Category: Quick Cryptic

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”

I spent a long time staring at my final two (5d and 10ac) before taking a break, and saw them fairly quickly on my return. So 13-ish minutes, in total, if you don’t include the … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1948 by Tracy”

I really enjoyed this. I’m posting early for the benefit of our transatlantic solvers, for whom this crossword may have special relevance. The top half didn’t put up too much resistance (except 11dn – I … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1947 by Felix”

I wonder how many others will be caught out by 3dn. I’d very much enjoyed this solve and I was getting right uo to my 10 minute target when I rather rashly plumped for an … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1946 by Joker”

An almost completely sequential solve for me, the good walk spoiled by just a couple of shots slicing off into the rough. Many thanks to Hurley for a gentle start to my holiday week (although … Read more “QC 1945 by Hurley”

Grateful for a straightforward one as I am feeling ever-so-slightly fragile this morning. Interesting solve, with any tricky wordplay generally compensated by biffability, e.g. 7dn which I didn’t parse until afterwards, and some nice anagrams. … Read more “Quick Cryptic 1944 by Pedro”

One of my fastest solves for a while at just inside 8 minute, so I expect to see some fast times from the Greyhounds and Whippets. I noticed a large number of the letter S … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1943 by Orpheus”

Introduction 7:02, with some dithering about 9 Across to take me over the seven-minute mark. I had intended a surprise for everyone: the plan was to live-stream not only the solving of the puzzle but … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1942 by Oink”