Category: Quick Cryptic

On the gentle side of things today from Trelawney, at least I think so – for some unknowable reason I’ve been on a run of decent form of recent, and at 5.20 this is my … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1848 by Trelawney”

I had a pretty hard time with this – hopefully it’s just me. Couldn’t see what was going on at 1ac (my LOI), NHO 5ac or 15dn, and thrown by the Guardian-esque 2dn. There are … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1847 by Orpheus”

An old school Izetti full of cunning, deviousness, unusual terms, double definitions, cleverness, marvellous surfaces and long answers – in short, I’d rate this as hard (I took just over 15 minutes). Old hands will, … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1846 by Izetti”

Went through this pretty quickly and almost sequentially. Thank you Hurley for an enjoyable puzzle although it was marred I think by 5D at which my eyebrow went so far up my forehead that it … Read more “QC 1845 by Hurley”

This was a five-minute romp, and very wecome given my post-birthday hangover. It’s probably the easiest one I’ve ever blogged, despite the slighly unhelpful grid. Loads of double definitions. I did enjoy the freak of nature … Read more “Quick Cryptic 1844 by Mara”

An excellent puzzle with a clever theme or NINA from Corelli, who traditionally gives us a theme of one sort or another.  Just in case you want to look for it yourself, I won’t give … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1843 by Corelli”

Introduction 5:43. Thought I was on track for a really fast time, as most of these clues were straightforward. So I found it rather delightful when I got slowed down towards the end for some … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1842 by Orpheus”

What a difference a week makes – the weather, the vaccination rate, the relative freedoms and a really Q C. 2 seconds under 6 minutes for this one to fly by more or less top … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1841 by Breadman”

Solving time: 7 minutes. This seemed mostly straightforward, give or take a clue or two, so I hope our newer solvers will be happy with it, but don’t be downhearted if you struggled, we’re here … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1840 by Teazel”

A typically smooth but testing Quick Cryptic from Don today. He certainly kept me on my toes with one or two tricky clues that needed all my experience to navigate. Never one to just follow … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1839 by Izetti”