Category: Quick Cryptic

This was comfortably inside my upper (generous?) time limit at 14 minutes, but again, held some traps.  Hopefully, you will have managed to complete in a reasonable time yourselves.  I see neither theme nor NINA, … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1573 by Pedro”

Introduction Was it just me? I found this hard. It took me about 20 minutes, although I was distracted planning a 4th birthday party. But, no, I think this one was hard. Solutions Across 1 … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1572 by Tracy”

I found the last Izetti I blogged really hard but, by contrast, this one proceeded calmly and smoothly. Each sector filled in by turn from NW, NE, SE to SW finishing with LOI 14ac on … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1571 by Izetti”

Solving time: 10 minutes. I was a bit slow on the uptake on some of the ideas here but overall found it reasonably straightforward. As usual definitions are underlined in bold italics, {deletions and substitutions … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1570 by Mara”

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”