Category: Quick Cryptic

I didn’t find this particularly easy and finished in 6:12, my slowest QC time for a while. Nothing too tricky, I think, but some clever clues that took me a bit of deciphering. I particularly … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1569 by Marty”

After attempting both of yesterday’s puzzles with varying degrees of failure, I was starting to feel like patient zero in the latest twist to the zombie apocalypse whereby the brain is rendered down to a … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1568 by Trelawney”

This had a familiar feel about it mostly, perhaps because I’m finally tuning in to Orpheus’s wavelength, or perhaps because the clues are all composed of pretty standard QC fare. Apart from an unkown region … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1567 by Orpheus”

LHS filled in first with a bit of a biff fest towards the bottom. Then the rest completed a little more slowly, but still steadily, leaving me with a time happily within target (for a … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1566 by Joker”

I think this coronavirus thing isn’t just physically infecting loads of people worldwide. In my house it also seems to be infecting our very thought processes. As I was sitting down to write this for … Read more “QC 1565 by Teazel”

Not sure what to make of this. A bit chewy in places because of some slightly stretched definitions. Can’t belive I didn’t get 20d immediately. Reasonably enjoyable overall, just over 8 minutes for me Across … Read more “Quick Cryptic 1564 by Wurm”

I expect to see some very fast times quoted here, as I completed this in a PB of 6 minutes, which I think is a record by a long way.  My last blog was also … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1563 by Mara”

Introduction Super distracted with the kids, but no major difficulties here. There were a lot of head-scratchers on first pass, but I was always able to get some crossing letters and figure everything out. Solutions … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1562 by Oink”

I really struggled getting going in this one. My problems stemmed from the NW where LOIs were 2dn, 3dn, 1dn and finally 8ac. 10ac didn’t help matters either so I ended up at 16 minutes. … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1561 by Tracy”

Solving time: 10 minutes. I found this straightforward but I’m sure others will view it differently and I look forward to reading all comments. As usual definitions are underlined in bold italics, {deletions and substitutions … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1560 by Hurley”