Category: Quick Cryptic

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”

After yesterday’s travails, this was just 10 minutes for me, with a good mix of clue types, middling GK required and a fair bit of tongue-in-cheek humour (but no nina that I can spot).  The … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1863 by Orpheus”

Introduction No time today, as I solved with my five-year-old son, Oliver: his first introduction to the art of cryptic crosswords. He has a much easier time with these than he does with US crosswords … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1862 by Marty”

A quick QC today – 5 minutes for all bar 13ac and LOI 21ac. 6:13 to complete the grid. I enjoyed some interesting anagram indicators and wondered about the hidden indicator at 24ac. COD 4dn. … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1861 by Joker”

7 minutes for me. How did you all get on? As usual definitions are underlined in bold italics, {deletions and substitutions are in curly brackets} and [anagrinds, containment, reversal and other indicators in square ones]. … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1860 by Tracy”

A fairly gentle quick crossword, I think, from Wurm today to ease us into the weekend, although there are a couple of tricks that might catch some. Lots of anagram practice here, with an anagram … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1859 by Wurm”