Category: Quick Cryptic

A fine puzzle by Jalna this morning, a very typical QC offering.

A stiff and cheeky Friday challenge from Cheeko today.

Fortnightly Weekend Quick Cryptic.  This time it is Sawbill’s turn to provide the extra weekend entertainment. You can find the crossword  here. 

Very nice, middling difficulty.

Joker delivers another quality puzzle

Phew what a scorcher, the temperature this weekend, not my time, which was a respectable 9:52.

Hi all, and happy bank holiday if that applies to you. It’s good to see Wurm again so soon.

I enjoyed this puzzle more than usual. In general I thought the definitions were nicely incorporated, not too plainly in sight but not so disguised as to push the difficulty sky high.

For the blog title I nearly went with “on fire, then burned!” which describes my solve: I was on course for a near-record time when I found myself stalled for a more than a minute on a clue which shouldn’t have troubled me … It is too hot!

I hope you are keeping cool and had as much fun as I did today. Thanks Wurm.

A tale of one City…

In which we coin the phrase ‘outré anagrind’

A jolly number from Pedro, with some witty definitions, neat doubles and nothing to frighten the horses. [On edit: this seems to have been a proverbial wavelength puzzle, clicking for some people but not others. … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 3307 by Pedro”

I found this one harder than I probably should have.