Category: Quick Cryptic

Introduction 6:37. I felt like I moved briskly, but there were several answers I couldn’t get until I had crossing letters, so my suspicion is there are some harder synonyms involved in this puzzle. As … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1762 by Mara”

A good puzzle, over which I puzzled for 11 minutes. Never seemed to really get going but enjoyed it never the less. FOI 8ac, LOI and WOD 16ac, COD 17dn – thanks Joker. ACROSS 1. … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1761 by Joker”

After a very tough puzzle from Pedro on Friday – it took me 16 minutes, way over my 10 minute target – we have another tricky one today from Izetti. This took me 13 minutes … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1760 by Izetti”

Pedro provides us with today’s mental workout. I don’t know about you, but I found it quite difficult and it took me over 50% over my target time finishing in 7:52. The clues are quite … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1759 by Pedro”

A couple of tricky bits in this very neatly-worded puzzle from Teazel – at nine minutes it took a minute longer than Tuesday’s done just beforehand. Good, concise clues with smooth surfaces made for a … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1758 by Teazel”

A relativley rare offering from Jalna, and the first one of theirs I’ve blogged. It did feel a little different, although I don’t subscribe to the idea that a setter’s style reliably gives them away, … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1757 by Jalna”

A very enjoyable romp through Crosswordland which took 9 minutes. Finished in the SE with 20dnac. Some crisp clueing and enough mental gymnastics to make this a challenge whilst also being quick. Sorry – posted this … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1756 by Hurley”

I thought this was just a touch more difficult than the usual Monday morning fare and so I found myself jumping around a bit rather than following the largely sequential course of most recent weeks. … Read more “QC 1755 by Breadman”

Right, so what to say about this one. Fairly chewy in places, some not-altogether-straightforward vocabulary, but enjoyable nonetheless. I’m not sure about 1dn, but I expect someone who owns four different dictionaries will provide definitive … Read more “Quick Cryptic 1754 by Margaret and Bob”

Always nice to blog an Izetti, and this was no different.  Very little GK required (maybe for 9a, 15a and 19a) and everything fairly clued.  The result in my case was 12 minutes of easy … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1753 by Izetti”