Category: Quick Cryptic

As expected, this is another lovely puzzle from the Don (Izetti) which pushed me to the upper end of my target range at about 14 minutes fully solved and parsed.  My previous blog of an … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1523 by Izetti”

Introduction Hey all. On vacation here, on an unfamiliar laptop, so forgive the terseness and messiness. At the very least, have a look at the answers in the four corners of the grid. Solutions Across … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1522 by Noel”

A swiftie today – I clocked in just less than 7 minutes so that must make a K a very small number indeed. All very accessible and easily clued – but that is simply my … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1521 by Teazel”

Solving time: 8 minutes. Nothing to frighten the horses here, I think, but we shall see how others fared. As usual definitions are underlined in bold italics, {deletions and substitutions are in curly brackets} and … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1520 by Hurley”

A bit of a slow start with 10A being my FOI, but, apart from an initial miscue at 1D, I got through this without further mishap in just over 5 minutes. A little tricky in … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1519 by Tracy”

Quite a tricky one from Pedro (although I mightn’t be in peak solving condition), holding me to the 18 minute mark. The last couple in particular (21ac and 19d) required a few minutes teasing out, … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1518 by Pedro”

Happy New Year to all – I hope that 2020 brings you many PDMs and fast times. I found this tougher than average, and it took me a long while to get going. We seem … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1517 by Howzat”

I found myself diving into, then backing out of, cul-de-sacs all over the grid with a good few not fully parsed until writing up in the blog. A good challenge and a pangram to boot … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1516 by Breadman”

This was a very straightforward puzzle, but I can’t really tell you how that translates into time as I did it during a fairly chaotic interlude spent lodging with my mother while her carer was … Read more “QC 1515 by Orpheus”

Pretty straightforward today, but we have a Nina all about Little Dorrit: AMY, MARSHALSEA, french dungeon, FLINTWICHES, BLEEDING HEART, Creditor, ANTWERP, TIP, SPARKLER, stir – any more? Across 1 Girl starts off at Marshalsea yard … Read more “Quick Cryptic 1514 by Corelli”