Category: Quick Cryptic

A tough one today from Izetti, broadly on a par with Monday’s and Tuesday’s 15×15 puzzles, and I bunged in 1d with no great certainty just to creep in under the 16 minute mark. We … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1668 by Izetti”

Not my fastest time for an Oink, but I can’t tell if that’s the result of me being offline for a week or so, or if it’s really a tester. I put my LOI 22ac … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1667 by Oink”

Cap’n Corelli in good form, producing a very challenging puzzle with a sting in the tail and a theme. Click ‘read more’ for more details. Slow, quick slow for me today with the SW proving … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1666 by Corelli – feel the heat”

I have had some very easy Monday crosswords in recent weeks. This one was also quite straightforward although I would say it was slightly more difficult than the others. It also contained some very entertaining … Read more “QC 1665 by Teazel”

8 minutes. Immediately abandoned my attempt to do it as a clean sweep, having been unable to spot 1ac without a bit of help. Generally straightforward, unusual (and helpful) grid pattern. COD 1 dn for sure. … Read more “Quick Cryptic 1664 by Orpheus”

Back on duty after a few welcome day’s break in Devon. After my miserable failure to spot an obvious superhero theme in my last blog, I have searched in vain for a theme or NINA … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1663 by Joker”

Introduction 13:06, keeping with my new tradition of doing 2-3 times worse on my blog days than on other days. Solid puzzle. Postscript: After completing the blog, I realize there are many many many double … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1662 by Mara”

Another fast start to the week – today’s time of 7:57 improving slightly on yesterday’s. All seemed fair play and entertaining as I sailed through. I’ll see if anything comes up as I dissect it … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1661 by Hurley”

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”