Category: Quick Cryptic

This is my 200th blog of a Quick Cryptic and my solving time was 9 minutes. I don’t hold the record btw, as that belongs by a country mile to Chrisw93 who will post his … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1650 by Hurley”

A fun Quick Crossword with a gentle theme from Pedro today. It took an about average time for me of 5 1/4 minutes, although I think one or two clues are maybe on the tricky … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1649 by Pedro – Sing along with me”

I can’t remember the last time I crept in under the 5 minute mark so I’d put this right at the gentle end of things. I don’t really keep track of the setters’ various difficulty … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1648 by Trelawney”

Not much say about this one, except that I hope it is a confidence-booster for any improvers out there. I biffed quite a few, to be honest, so now to figure out how they all … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1647 by Tracy”

Add a few names, a fair few abbreviations and the odd composer then mix cleverly. 9 minutes for this enjoyable QC with a mind-blank on the two longer downs – 6 and 9. All questions … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1646 by Orpheus”

This was another straightforward crossword which, unusually for a quickie, employed no full anagrams as far as I can see. In fact by my counting there were only two clues that involved an anagram at all … Read more “QC 1645 by Breadman”

Not the easiest, but fairly straightforward after the fact. I took a while to spot 7 & 8 down. 9 ac is interesting. Obvious answer, but very unusual parsing, with the definition being dragged into … Read more “Quick Cryptic 1644 by Joker”

I took 17 minutes including a distraction, so I think that this is just at the tougher end of the Rotterometer.  There are a couple of new or unfamiliar devices to grapple with from Teazel … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1643 by Teazel”

Introduction Finished in 9:23. I had hoped for something a bit faster as I’ve been working on improving my speed. But when the pressure’s on, I seem to slow down! In any case, a tricky … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1642 by Felix”

9 minutes – so a little trickier than yesrterday’s but not much. A fair few anagrams, a couple of not too obvious double definitions and lost of fun deciphering the parsing. Very enjoyable – thanks … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1641 by Pedro”