Category: Quick Cryptic

It’s all going wrong today. First there is the error at 23 ac which threw me. Then distracted by that, I failed to spot a typo elsewhere and was plugging in ever more ridiculous answers … Read more “Quick Cryptic 1254 by Izetti”

Well, that was Christmas!  I hope that you all had a good one and are ready for the New Year. I have never knowingly blogged a Juno puzzle before, and this one took me outside … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1253 by Juno”

Introduction Some challenging wordplay here! Finished just under 20 minutes. Distracted by children, but also legitimately stuck on the lower left-hand corner of the grid. I didn’t take full notes on my solve, but I’ll … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1252 by Tracy”

HO, HO, HOpe you all have a good day/week/year. During the last year it’s been a pleasure to see the progression of lurkers to newbies to old hands, increasing completions and shortening times. I’ve also … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1251 by Joker”

13 minutes with the last 3 spent on 12ac. Mostly straightforward, but as usual there are some clues that may present problems for less experieced solvers or those lacking particular items of GK. Merry Christmas … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1250 by Teazel”

Like Mara’s puzzle on Wednesday, we have one for anagram fans today, with no less than 5 bits of unscrambling to do – and I failed solve any of them at first glance. In fact I failed … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1249 by Hurley”

I was a bit shy of 12 minutes, held up a touch by carelessly bunged in last letter at 1ac. I was also held up by an admiration of a good number of the clues, … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1248 by Oink”

Plenty of clearly signposted anagrams and double definitions make this a highly accessible quickie. Provided you didn’t have to struggle with the (fairly mild) bit of Far Eastern geography and cricketing terminology, I suspect that 14dn may be the … Read more “Quick Cryptic 1247 by Mara”

A quick quickie today – I went from top to bottom, latching on to a checker each time. No hold ups (except a pause for reflection on the spelling of 7ac) and sprinted across the … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1246 by Orpheus”

Oh dear, I think I made a bit of a meal of this one. Managed it in 10 minutes but I feel as though I should have been posting a PB down around the 6-minute … Read more “QC 1245 by Izetti”