Category: Quick Cryptic

Another sub-10-minuter for me at exactly 8 minutes, so easy on the Rotterometer.  There is little here to cause any problems to experienced solvers, with a minimum of gentle general knowledge required and the usual … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1333 by Hurley”

Introduction I solved this puzzle in just under 10 minutes, and enjoyed every second of it thoroughly! If you’re looking to improve your solving skills, this puzzle is chock full of chestnuts and will undoubtedly … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1332 by Tracy”

A quick QC – coming in at just under 8 minutes. Our setter may be making a commentary on current politics at 8, 10 and 11ac but this doesn’t preclude a porcine reference or two. … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1331 by Oink”

On reflection this seems pretty straightforward but for some reason I needed 12 minutes (2 over my target 10) to unravel it all. If anything requires further explanation, please ask. As usual definitions are underlined … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1330 by Mara”

It’s Friday and we have our old friend Izetti to give us a proper Friday work-out. He has treated us to some great clues and entertaining and smooth surfaces today. Nearly all perfectly fair, although … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1329 by Izetti”

I’m afraid I have no time to offer. Self-inflicted cognitive impairment. Drunk, you might call it. I did try, I stared at the swimming letters for nearly ten minutes, even got an answer or two, … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1328 by Des”

Joker continues this week’s run of mid-difficulty puzzles. Nothing jumped out to start with in the NW, so my FOI was 4dn, but one clue led to another nicely after that. I was thrown off … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1327 by Joker”

Quite a few anagrams, a bit of piecing together, some thought required on exact definitions and some clever clues. A good QC completed in 09:12. LOI 9ac, COD 10ac.I know the QC is a long … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1326 by Hurley”

The blog is here but I am not. I am away celebrating a wedding and extending it into a long weekend so I am solving and posting as quickly as possible in between the festivities … Read more “QC 1325 by Grumpy”

This was not straightforward. I seemed to do quite a lot of biffing* for a QC, with the parsing only coming later. There are a couple which I don’t think quite work, and a few devices … Read more “Quick Cryptic 1324 by Pedro”