Category: Quick Cryptic

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”

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”