Category: Quick Cryptic

Introduction 12:08, with nearly half that time spent on 12 Across. The vast majority of the puzzle went in quite easily, so I imagine I’ll be outpaced by many. Solutions A brief summary of cryptic … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1772 by Mara”

I find the difficulty of this one hard to call. I seemed to struggle throughout yet surprised myself by finishing in 8:53. FOI 1ac and then I worked down the LHS before getting checkers to … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1771 by Joker”

At 7 minutes I found this one straightforward but I shall be interested to read how others fared, especially our most recent recruits. Before getting down to business, Jonathan (vinyl1) has asked me to post … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1770 by Tracy”

Orpheus is the provider of our Quick Crossword today. I found it not as hard as the last two I blogged, although I suspect a couple of bits of less common vocabulary may lead to … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1769 by Orpheus”

Bit of a chewy one today from Izetti: I did yesterday’s just beforehand in 7 minutes and this in 13. I was held up slightly at the end at 6d/16ac, but the grid was half … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1768 by Izetti”

Well that was a struggle! I couldn’t get any of the perimeter clues at the top of the grid, nor did any of the long answers jump out. The SW proved a little more tractable, … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1767 by Teazel”

After a great start with 1ac and 1dn going in straight away, it went rather downhill from there so I’m happy that I managed to struggle home just 10 seconds under 10 minutes. COD 21ac … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1766 by Wurm”

After having had a long run of very easy Monday puzzles we have had two on my watch that I believe have been a bit more difficult. I found this a medium challenge in QC … Read more “QC 1765 by Oink”

Nothing to scare the horses here, I think. Overall a nice set of surfaces, my favourite has to be 10ac. 6 minutes for me. Across 1 Look at and follow monitor (8) WATCHDOG – WATCH  … Read more “Quick Cryptic 1764 by Tracy”

Twenty eight clues and answers, and much to enjoy in this crossword puzzle from Felix, who I last blogged back in January (No 1533), at the start of this strange year.  On that occasion, his … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1763 by Felix”