Category: Quick Cryptic

My solving time was 9 minutes for all but 1ac, which after a further 5 I abandoned hope and resorted to aids as I knew it was a word I would never come up with … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1660 by Wurm”

I found this not as hard as Pedro’s yesterday, but still a tricky enough challenge from Tracy today to end the week. There are one or two stretchy definitions and an unusual double anagram, but … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1659 by Tracy”

A bit on the trickier side today, I found – the RHS certainly looked pretty sparse after a first read through of the acrosses, with only 19 and 23 going in. I don’t have an … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1658 by Pedro”

Posting a bit later than usual – apologies to our esteemed friends across the pond. This one held me up a little, taking me average time and a half,  but I can’t see why now. … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1657 by Teazel”

At 8:04 this solve was 1 second faster than yesterday’s which was generally considered to be an easy start to the week. Lots to enjoy. With a fair smattering of question marks, I’ve been trying … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1656 by Izetti”

Sorry, no time to say very much this week, too much going on in the world outside the blogosphere. Another very gentle Monday. One of those ones where I think I might have had a … Read more “QC 1655 by Trelawney”

Nice fun puzzle, not too hard. I got tripped up in a couple of places by overcomplicating it. 7 min for me. Across 1 Drunk bringing large snake into bed (9) BLADDERED – L + … Read more “Quick Cryptic 1654 by Wurm”

One of Setter Des’s rare visits, which are invariably welcome.  He scores quite high on Jackkt’s League Table of Difficulty (fifth, and just ahead of Izetti), so I expected the worst when I saw his … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1653 by Des”

Introduction 16:46, which was disappointing, given that I’ve been on a roll lately with a bunch of sub-8 solves. It’s always harder when it’s your blog! That being said, this one actually seemed quite difficult, … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1652 by Joker”

A zippy start to week – 6:33 yesterday and 6:54 today. This solve took on an X-rated approach starting by completing the NE then SW then up to NW and finally puzzling through the SE. … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1651 by Mara”