Category: Quick Cryptic

I was slow solving this, but remained short of the SCC at 19 minutes.  Looking back as I write the blog, I can’t think why I was so slow as nothing seems to be unusually … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1873 by Joker”

Introduction 5 minutes… no, wait, 9:48… grrrrrrrrrrr….. Solutions A brief summary of cryptic crosswords —feel free to skip— : Each clue has at least one “definition”: an unbroken string of words which more-or-less straightforwardly indicates the … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1872 by Wurm”

I didn’t get 1ac at first pass so had to dip into the grid. I ended up chasing all around it until finally finishing in the SE with 22ac. There doesn’t seem to be anything … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1871 by Trelawney”

Solving time: 10 minutes. I was very surprised to bring this in on time if only by a whisker as I felt I was struggling throughout the solve. On blogging it I wondered what had … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1870 by Izetti”

An enjoyable, neat crossword from Tracy to end the week. I generally find I catch his wavelength quite quickly and I did so again today. After my misjudgement of how diificult others would find it … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1869 by Tracy”

A gentler one today from Teazel, if you’re prepared to do a bit of shrugging-and-entering along the way. Three cryptic definitions and two cryptic hints felt a touch excessive (and I do like a good … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1868 by Teazel”

Lovely. This puzzle seemed effortlessly cryptic, with nothing too obvious or obtuse. I didn’t get 1ac straight away, but did manage 1dn and built from there. Although there were a couple of clues where I … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1867 by Hurley”

Something of a biff-fest today, many answers seemed so straightforward that only a very causal glance at the cryptic was required. This was a good thing as there’s quite a lot of moving and placing and … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1866 by Orpheus”

I went through this completely sequentially, from top to bottom then left to right. Either I was on that mysterious ‘wavelength’ or Pedro was being especailly kind to us for the bank holiday weekend. Only … Read more “QC 1865 by Pedro”

This took me a little longer than usual, so I suspect it is at the harder end of the spectrum. Generally an enjoyable solve with some nice surfaces. 9 minutes for me. Across 1 Correct … Read more “Quick Cryptic 1864 by Izetti”