Category: Quick Cryptic

I seem to have tackled this one without serious obstruction, despite my ignorance of equine anatomy. 11ac seems to be some sort of error, but a pleasant solve overall. Across 1 Before disaster, switch footwear … Read more “Quick Cryptic 1274 by Mara”

Comfortably inside 12 minutes for me, so at the easier end of the spectrum, and certainly nothing to frighten the horses here, unlike yesterday – which I found hard.  The Welsh name at 21a may … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1273 by Orpheus”

Should have been 8’30” but ended up at 9’30” as I spent a full minute trying to figure out the last three letters of 22 Across. A very straightforward puzzle with a lot of answers … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1272 by Alconiere”

This seemed a bit on the tricky side to me but I have no time to report due to travel interruptions. Let me know how it was to go at in one sitting as I … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1271 by Hurley”

Solving time: 8 minutes. I thought this one was easy but I stand ready to be corrected. As usual definitions are underlined in bold italics, {deletions and substitutions are in curly brackets} and [anagrinds, containment, … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1270 by Tracy”

A bit of a quirky puzzle from Joker today, I think. It felt like there was almost a theme hidden somewhere, but not quite. A lot of Es Ns and Xs. (Hmm. Have I missed … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1269 by Joker”

I’m feeling about as slow today as johninterred is feeling quick, but I’d still say this was tricky enough – I threw in the towel around the twenty minute mark and clicked on the the … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1268 by Howzat”

I stared for an age at my LOI 22ac, as I was playing around with ‘c’ (start of concert), ‘r’ (right) and some sort of word reversal (back). And I had a mistake at 17ac … Read more “Quick Cryptic 1267 by Orpheus”

Izetti is at his gentlest today. Even with an unnecessary mix-up in the NE (caused by loi 11ac) this took me 8:45. A good spattering of anagrams, double definitions and homophones helped make this fun … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1266 by Izetti”

Thank you for all the good wishes for my mother who is still recovering in hospital after her New Year fall. Once again I am writing this in a hurry before going to keep up … Read more “QC 1265 by Teazel”