Category: Quick Cryptic

My solving time was 10 minutes. Congratulations are in order for yet another 150th Quick Cryptic notched up by a setter, this time by Hurley. Well done, and please keep them coming! Hurley began this … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1630 by Hurley”

Well hello everybody and welcome to this Friday’s Quick Crossword. Tracy is our setter today. I found this a bit of a curate’s egg and will be interested to hear everyone else got on. It’s … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1629 by Tracy”

Pitched on the gentle side of average difficulty today from Breadman: I stopped the clock at 7.30, hindered at the end by the last bit of 17ac, but helped along earlier in the puzzle by … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1628 by Breadman”

After a slow start at the top of the grid, I found the rest yeilded more easily so finished in an average time. I’ve never heard of the type of drama at 2dn but with … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1627 by Oink”

I struggled with the long anagrams, in fact, I struggled with almost everything around the grid. I suspect that wasn’t my finest quarter of an hour. LOI by about 2 minutes was 15dn as I … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1626 by Mara”

Back with you later than expected, with ‘my’ puzzle having been accidentally blogged by Peter a couple of weeks ago during the Times mix-up. Since last time, when I was grateful for a relatively easy … Read more “QC 1625 by Joker”

Super-straightforward today. 8 minutes for me as a clean sweep. Slight pause at 23ac, but otherwise straight through. Across 1 Distributing stern notices brings penitence (12) CONTRITENESS – anagram (‘distributing’) of STERN NOTICES 8 Tramp … Read more “Quick Cryptic 1624 by Wurm”

A nicely accessible puzzle from Oink, which took me 14 minutes to complete.  I had to write the anagrist down before seeing the answer at 10a, but otherwise it was all plain sailing, if slightly … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1623 by Oink”

Introduction 15:59. Took longer than I’d hoped to but got tangled on 8 Down and 9 Across, where I had a wrong letter at first so nothing made sense. A hearty, enjoyable challenge. Solutions Across … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1622 by Joker”

I saw the setter’s name and took it carefully, only to gradually realise that this was one of the milder examples of the genre. I was happy to complete in a little over 9 minutes.No … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1621 by Izetti”