Category: Quick Cryptic

A nice QC from Mara, with plenty to delight us, but… Well I usually print out the crosswords and do them on paper before entering the answers online to create the outline of the blog … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1509 by Mara”

Nudging a bit past average difficulty from Hurley today, I found. I had all bar 19ac done around the 10 minute mark, and spent the next couple of minutes considering it and various Christmas related … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1508 by Hurley”

This might prove dispiriting for those on the K-scale – it’s going to be difficult to keep up, I think! Trelawney has typically been a welcome respite from obscurities and tortuous wordplay, and while no … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1507 by Trelawney”

On holiday so as brief as ever. Having struggled in the top half, I was lining this one up as difficult but progress further down and a 13 minute finish has made me ease the … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1506 by Izetti”

No idea about timing for this one, I was away on holiday at the time and too much else was going on, but I thought it was above average difficulty for a Monday quickie. Looking … Read more “QC 1505 by Teazel”

A welcome 6-minute romp for me after a bit of a late night. Not too hard but very neatly clued and thoroughly enjoyable. Contains a few of the staple niche definitions found in crosswordland, that some … Read more “Quick Cryptic 1504 by Joker”

So here we go for the much anticipated, it felt like it would never arrive, election day!  I hope that, as for Christmas, you get what you wished for. This lovely puzzle from Tracy shouldn’t … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1503 by Tracy”

Introduction I was putting my older son to bed while trying this one, so I guess I can blame my poor performance on that, but the truth is that this puzzle really stumped me. I … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1502 by Orpheus”

I can’t give a time as I’d just crept to the 10 minute mark with 1ac, 5ac, 11dn and 21ac yet to complete when I was interrupted. I came back to find the timer at … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1501 by Hurley”

My solving time was 10 minutes. A rare appearance by Juno marks Quick Cryptic 1500 and is only her (?) 9th puzzle to date*. There is a number-related Nina which I shan’t reveal until the very end of … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1500 by Juno”