Category: Quick Cryptic

I really enjoyed this puzzle by Pedro, taking just over 13 minutes, so no walk in the park, but with quite a few smiley moments and some clever clue construction.  When I saw Qs and … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1343 by Pedro”

Introduction This one took me about 46 minutes, thanks to a few clues in the lower left corner which stumped me for at least a half an hour. I was able to complete the puzzle … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1342 by Orpheus”

Well, what a pleasure. This took some time (15 mins) but I was never grumpy as I enjoyed every moment relishing the surfaces. To anyone coming recently to cryptics from concise crosswords – look for … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1341 by Grumpy”

7 minutes and as my solving time suggests I found this one very easy  apart from one parsing which I explain in more detail in the blog. Breadman has set us only 15 puzzles since … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1340 by Breadman”

Our Friday entertainment today comes from Teazel. And a very neat puzzle it is too. Lots of very straightforward clues to give the less-experienced a good foothold, I think, and a good variety of clue … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1339 by Teazel”

I found this on the trickier side of things, being pushed over the 15 minute mark thanks to some faffing about in the NE. I mis-parsed 7d, and spent some time trying to square the … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1338 by Mara”

I struggled accross the line in twice my normal time, and didn’t really get to enjoy much of it unitl writing the blog. I thought the last few down clues were really good fun, for … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1337 by Marty”

Another fine offering from Izetti. Not, for me at least, an easy write in (I took over 12 minutes) but all the clues seem clever and well defined. LOI was 6dn as I groped for … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1336 by Izetti”

Another very brief visit from me this week as this solve and blog were squeezed into the early morning fog in the middle of a packed bank holiday weekend of entertainment and general feeding and … Read more “QC 1335 by Joker”

I enjoyed this, and I don’t think it’s too taxing. A couple of engineered anagrams, a tad of slightly obscure vocab, and some pleasingly corny homophones. I got repeatedly interrupted so I don’t know how … Read more “Quick Cryptic 1334 by Orpheus”