Category: Quick Cryptic

On reflection I see I’ve been a bit harsh on this one, nitpicking a couple of the definitions. What I realise now is that, as a whole, it is a masterclass in the art of … Read more “Quick Cryptic 1224 by Joker”

I don’t remember blogging an Oink puzzle before, but found this a gentle offering, completed in just under 9 minutes. Nothing to frighten the horses here.  The only bit of general knowledge required is the … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1223 by Oink”

A nice puzzle with fine wordplay, mostly solved in ten minutes. But then I spent the next five trying to figure out 10 Across, 19 Across, and 24 Across, all of which I had in … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1222 by Wurm”

A very pleasant jaunt through crossword-land today with Flamande – nothing too scary as far as I can see. It took me 8:48 which I suspect will be around a 2 on the Kevinometer. Let … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1221 by Flamande”

My solving time was 6 minutes. I almost hesitate to suggest that I think most solvers will find this accessible and there may be few, if any, complaints about its level of difficulty. As usual … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1220 by Tracy”

A lovely puzzle from Izetti today, as always, with plenty of wit and inventiveness in the clueing and neat surfaces. Although I finished in an average time for me, I needed to keep my thinking … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1219 by Izetti”

With about nine-and-a-half minutes on the clock and just 12d left to get, I’d say this was about bang on average difficulty, but a carelessly bunged in wrong ending at 17ac saw fit to my … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1218 by Hurley”

I suspect this will be another puzzle rated too hard by many. I thought I’d got lucky with some half-remembered vocabulary, along with trusting the wordplay where my ignorance was exposed, but ended up with … Read more “Quick Cryptic 1217 by Orpheus”

Well, that was fun. I finished just shy of 14 minutes which would indicate a difficult QC in any case, but I’m now looking forward to writing the blog to piece together the many bits … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1216 by Howzat”

Well here I am blogging at you, not, as predicted in my last blog two weeks ago, from New York after a cruise down from Canada, but instead from the majestic streets of Hammersmith as … Read more “QC 1215 by Felix”