Category: Quick Cryptic

It is always a pleasure to blog an Izetti puzzle, my last one was 17 blogs ago.  I was just outside 10 minutes for this one, but some of that time was spent worrying over … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1303 by Izetti”

A rare DNF (“did not finish”) for me: I had LESLIE for 7 Down and SPECTRE for 21 Across. Rather silly mistakes, but I was demoralized/demoralised by what felt like rather heavy UK-centric content. Whenever … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1302 by Felix”

I breezed through this one (just over 7 minutes is fast for me) so quickly that I didn’t notice some of the intricacies of the word play. Having now gone through the blog I think … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1301 by Breadman”

Solving time: 9 minutes. I think this is mostly straightforward, with only one meaning of a word unknown to me, but less experienced solvers may find it takes some unravelling. As usual definitions are underlined … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1300 by Tracy”

This seemed like the easiest Saturday puzzle it’s ever been my task to google. All clues are well constructed, but few if any would be out of place in a Quick Cryptic. Perhaps using the … Read more “Saturday, 23 February 2019 – Times Cryptic No 27282. Quick, it’s Saturday!”

Oh my goodness, March already! Well I just had to say that after my introduction to my blog before last when one of my friends reminded me that February, this year at least, has only … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1299 by Izetti”

Pleasant puzzle from Pedro – I worked through it fairly steadily and crept in a few seconds under my target. Looking back over it there seems to be a bit of an over-reliance on the … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1298 by Pedro”

A new setter, and some new vocabulary for me at 16dn. I found the bottom half harder than the top, and had to think a bit to untangle some of the wordplay, but still managed … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1297 by Aureliano”

Inside my target with 9:13. Some satisfying head scratch moments but still quite quick. A tip of the hat to Teazel for 18dn and 23ac. ACROSS 1. PROMPTER – double definition. One feeding (lines/cues to) … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1296 by Teazel”

Another skeletal blog from me this week I am afraid. Too much going on in real life for me to spend much time on it. Gradually managing to clear my backlog of 15x15s I am … Read more “QC 1295 by Hurley”