Category: Quick Cryptic

Introduction 6:32. Plenty of anagrams and very few abbreviations to be found today! Solutions A brief summary of cryptic crosswords —feel free to skip— : Each clue has at least one “definition”: an unbroken string of … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1812 by Hurley”

If only I’d have got 1ac straight off, I think his would have been another fast solve. As it was I ended up chasing around the grid and filling in piecemeal. Still, I’m not complaining … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1811 by Tracy”

Solving time: 7 minutes. This was fine puzzle to solve but when I was blogging it felt a bit repetitive in the type-of-clue department – 6 anagrams and 8 double meanings including 4 of the … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1810 by Mara”

A fairly gentle Quick Crossword, I think, from Oink to end the week today. I always enjoy an Oink puzzle, and this one was as fun as ever. It also includes a trademark porcine clue … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1809 by Oink”

A lovely puzzle today from Alfie with lots of inventive clues, pitched a bit towards the harder end: I was 9 minutes yesterday and 11 today, done straight after. So this is Alfie’s 11th puzzle … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1808 by Alfie”

Due to considerable difficulty breaking into the NW corner, and a couple of other spiky clues, I finished in a respectable but above average time. I thought some of the anagrams (and indicators) were lovely. … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1807 by Orpheus”

7 minutes for a very enjoyable and quick cryptic. The NW was my only hold up – the rest were in by a remarkable 4-5 minutes. LOI was the long anagram at 3dn where I … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1806 by Breadman with a bishy barnabee”

Very enjoyable puzzle with quite a few anagrams or anagram elements that were well signposted. One MER at 15D but no doubt someone will point out why I am wrong. FOI was 1A and LOI … Read more “QC 1805 by Izetti”

I ripped through this in 5 minutes, in may cases without parsing, and on reflection there are some absolute crackers. I’m particularly fond of 1ac, 8ac, 14 ac and 3 dn, but overall the surfaces are … Read more “Quick Cryptic 1804 by Wurm”

This took me just inside my 15-minute target to solve, but looking back on it as I write the blog, I wonder why it took me so long?  Typically Jokeresque, there is nothing unusual, obtuse … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1803 by Joker”