Category: Quick Cryptic

First of all, my apologies – I may have messed up the posting of today’s blog.  If you see this twice, it is entirely my fault. I found this to be on the easier side … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1543 by Tracy”

Introduction I spent a long time thinking about 1 Down. Of course, with a really hard one, it’s not unusual for me to struggle. After trying in vain for several minutes to get a good … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1542 by Joker”

The long anagram at 1ac didn’t click so the top section took some time at the end. Still finished in 9:38 so at the easier end for me (and the old stagers, I’d imagine). All … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1541 by Hurley”

I just noticed I blogged only one Izetti puzzle in the whole of 2019 but this is my second consecutive in 2020 and it’s only 3rd February! Also he has set 143 QCs  of which … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1540 by Izetti”

A medium difficulty puzzle from Breadman to finish the week, I feel, taking me just under my average time. Some eclectic general knowledge needed, although nothing too obscure – A famous boxer, Baltic geography, a … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1539 by Breadman”

A bit on the gentler side today from Tracy: I came in about a minute under my target after finishing off with a slightly sluggish LH side and then taking a minute to locate the … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1538 by Tracy”

A middling difficulty excursion that has only a few unusual bits. But they’re mixed in with a very healthy number of simpler ones, and they’re all clued quite transparently. If you asked my five years … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1537 by Hurley”

I’m just acting as postman on this one blogged by Chris: An eminently ‘do-able’ QC which should have been quicker but I got held up with the many anagrams. 9 minutes still means on the … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1536 by Oink (blog by Chris)”

I think that I found this about the most enjoyable QC that I have ever blogged. I did find it very straightforward, and it could nearly have been a PB, but as I have mentioned … Read more “QC 1535 by Joker”

I am posting this as an emergency blog.  I needed 19 minutes having been stuck on 16dn and 22ac. As usual definitions are underlined in bold italics, {deletions and substitutions are in curly brackets} and … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1534 by Grumpy”