Category: Quick Cryptic

Introduction Didn’t time myself as I had to work in dribs and drabs, but there wasn’t anything of note here. As always, feel free to leave questions in the comments if you’re newer to solving … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1382 by Breadman”

A smidge over 10 minutes for this geographically themed puzzle – where we travel as far as the Middle and Far East before returning to Ireland and Kent. I can’t remember being held up on … Read more “Time’s Quick Cryptic 1381 by Felix”

At 6 minutes I found this one very easy and it takes my run of consecutive solves within my target 10 minutes to 8 so far. There are a few answers that may not be … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1380 by Mara”

A well-constructed and entertaining end of the QC week today. I breezed through this finishing in a sub-average time of less than 6 minutes, but maybe I was just on our setter’s wavelength. A nice … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1379 by Hurley”

Good quality puzzle from Tracy, somewhere around the average difficulty mark. I finished a few seconds under my target with a few unparsed. Not too much in the way of obscurity, but there are a … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1378 by Tracy”

All the vocabulary known to me today, and the clues were easy enough to unpick, which led to a pretty quick time. I had to return to the two longish anagrams at the top and … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1377 by Oink”

All bar one went in uncharacteristically fast for an Izetti – in about 8 minutes. That one was 21ac which, with all the checkers had me stumped. I could see a name which fitted but … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1376 by Izetti”

Average difficulty for me. Would have probably been about the 8-minute mark had I not got held up slightly by 14A (see below) which was my LOI. FOI was 9A and COD goes to 5D. … Read more “QC 1375 by Teazel”

Whoops, sorry I’m late. Had it in my head that my day was next week. Luckily this is a very straightforward offering from Corelli which I managed in just under 6 minutes. Nice surfaces on … Read more “Quick Cryptic 1374 by Corelli”

A nice puzzle as always by Joker, which I was happy to complete in a sub-target 9 minutes, helped by seeing the two long anagrams very quickly.  SERENDIPITOUS is one of those favourite words that … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1373 by Joker”