Category: Quick Cryptic

A good Friday workout from Wurm today, with plenty of cleverness and deception. I enjoyed this a lot, but I suspect some of our less experienced solvers (and maybe even some of our more experienced … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1459 by Wurm”

An enjoyable, average-difficulty puzzle from Hurley. I usually like to try the across clues first, which seemed like a slight handicap today, what with that nice big 7d on the far left – without it … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1458 by Hurley”

Well… I made a complete hash of this – very much hope you did better. After my average completion time, I had only 5 answers, and not so much as an inkling about how any … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1457 by Izetti”

Plain sailing today (but not the blue riband of yesterday) – taking just on 8 minutes. COD to 12dn for the surface. Not a great deal more to say from me – over to you. … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1456 by Tracy”

I found this very easy. In fact I think it would have been a PB if I had sat down and done it under exam conditions. As it was though I got started, realised I … Read more “QC 1455 by Joker”

This one was fun, and a pangram no less, which helped when I was staring at 2dn and realised I still needed a Q. A good range of difficulty, 11 min for me. Across 7 … Read more “Quick Cryptic 1454 by Alfie”

I found this fairly easy with a rare sub-10m solve, so I expect to see some very quick times recorded. After seeing the letters X, Z and K in the first few answers, I suspected … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1453 by Trelawney”

Introduction This one took me 15 minutes, but that doesn’t tell the whole story. I was done after only eight minutes, except for three clues in the upper-right corner: 9 Across, 11 Across, and 5 … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1452 by Pedro”

Just under ten minutes today which seems to be my new normal. A few clues were potential slip ups – particularly 14ac and 18dn and others had some interest – see below. ACROSS 1. High-ranking … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1451 by Mara”

Solving time: 9 minutes. I found this pretty straightforward. As usual definitions are underlined in bold italics, {deletions and substitutions are in curly brackets} and [anagrinds, containment, reversal and other indicators in square ones] Across … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1450 by Orpheus”