Category: Quick Cryptic

Well, well. I dread to think what any solver would make of this if they had never heard of the TV series Only Fools and Horses. For those of us based in the UK, it … Read more “Quick Cryptic 1174 by Del Boy”

I have blogged Tracy a fair few times, enjoying the range of his clue types and difficulty levels.  This one took me 12 minutes from start to finish, so was nicely in the middle of … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1173 by Tracy”

Teazel in the morning, Teazel in the evening, Teazel at suppertime; when Teazel’s on a puzzle, you can solve Teazel anytime! My second straight week of Teazel. I did this puzzle during a conversation with … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1172 by Teazel”

A decent time (9:23) but I didn’t find this easy. Towards the end I was faced with gaps in all four quadrants but was relieved that none of these took too long to fall, the … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1171 by Breadman”

Solving time: 11 minutes.  I nearly achieved my target 10 minutes but lost time at the end as I had inadvertently spelt 16ac with EI instead of IE and this delayed solving 15dn as my last … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1170 by Orpheus”

A fresh and simple mixed salad from Rongo, the god of cultivated plants*, today. One or two crunchy bits, but nothing meaty, only a bit of fish. A good mix of clue flavours and nicely … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1169 by Rongo – Salad Days”

I came in a minute or so under my target with no major holdups beyond an unparsed 22ac, so on the gentle side of average difficulty. There were three instances of directly using the words … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1168 by Hurley”

A striaghtforward puzzle with only 13ac (LOI) holding things up for me. I was trying to make an anagram of ‘complex Briton’ to no avail. I had to go back and check what was going on at … Read more “Quick Cryptic 1167 by Mara”

Like yesterday’s I started off at a sprint, especially the left side, but then struggled with some of the chewier clues. I was left staring at the last two – COD 7dn then LOI 16ac … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1166 by Joker.”

Fairly straightforward this one. I certainly came in at under 10 minutes but was interrupted by having to perform baggage checks for my wife who has been called away to Dubai at short notice on … Read more “QC 1165 by Flamande”