Category: Quick Cryptic

Welcome to October.  No accurate time for me this morning after a computer crash mid-solve, but it didn’t feel like it took too long – I’d guess inside my target of 15 minutes.  Lots of … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1713 by Mara”

Introduction 8:32, with a full 3 (!) minutes spent on 10 Across, which I’d misparsed. Hopefully that’s not too much of a spoiler. In any case, I’m sure I must have come across the correct … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1712 by Breadman”

A fast start to the week for me – yesterday’s and today’s both in 8 minutes. The top half flew in and then I worked just as fast down the right hand side. The left … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1711 by Orpheus”

My solving time was 15 minutes for all but 7dn but I needed another 8 minutes to come up with the missing answer. I discovered later that my problem was a wrong checker supplied by … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1710 by Jalna”

Today’s quick crossword is from Alfie, a setter who always (under that pseudonym) provides a crossword with an alphabetical twist. And indeed this one has too, as hinted at by 1A and 11A. I’ll not … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1709 by Alfie”

A bit of a trickier one today from Teazel – at a minute-and-a-half over target this took a touch longer than yesterday’s 15×15, with five fewer clues. That was also with several unparsed until post-solve, … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1708 by Teazel”

Nice puzzle – average time. Following on from yesterday’s Japanese poetry lesson, I was forced to guess a bit more general knowledge today (18ac, 20ac), and I was slow to think of the required woman … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1707 by Orpheus”

I was interrupted half way through this so don’t have time to reflect level of difficulty but I would say this is at the easier end of the Izetti spectrum. As, usual, there’s lots to … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1706 by Izetti”

A very enjoyable puzzle for the start to the week. Fairly straightforward as is the Monday tradition but once again I did enjoy quite a few of the clues even though they didn’t hold out … Read more “QC 1705 by Mara”

I found this thoroughly enjoyable. Some fairly convoluted wordplay, but not too difficult. Describing a banjo as a ‘sort of guitar’ sounds like it might upset a purist somewhere. 6 minutes Across 1 Miser upset … Read more “Quick Cryptic 1704 by Joker”