Category: Quick Cryptic

Right, so I overslept today and had to rush to meet (miss) my 08.00 deadline, and I could have done with an easy one, but in my bleary-eyed state this was quite a workout. Nice … Read more “Quick Cryptic 1164 by Wurm”

I haven’t knowingly blogged or solved Howzat before, so I wasn’t sure what to expect.  However, this proved to be a gentle romp home in 10 minutes and 51 seconds, so at the easy end … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No. 1163 by Howzat”

Simon Thelonious Schaffner Weissmann, born August 16th at 11:43 PM, weighing 6 pounds 11 ounces, and measuring 19 1/4 inches. By all accounts this puzzle took me longer than Simon’s birth, all thanks to my … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1162 by Teazel”

Having got no joy in several clues in the top half, I ducked down to the SW and built the grid up from there. Last two standing when everything else was complete were 17ac and … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1161 by Orpheus”

Solving time: 9 minutes Juno is a rare visitor to QC-land, this being only the 6th puzzle he/she has posted for our delight. The first was QC65 which appeared on 6 June 2014 and was … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1160 by Juno”

A typically neat and entertaining puzzle from Tracy today. Not too hard – it took me just under my average solving time, but with plenty to think about and some educating byways of vocabulary and … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1159 by Tracy”

I threw in the towel at the 18 minute mark with a guess at 23ac and a made-up anagram of “female” at 10ac. Lots of tricky cluing with surfaces that read seamlessly and required a … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1158 by Izetti”

Highly enjoyable. I was quick off the mark but soon came across those clues that were not so generous in the wordplay, and one unknown word at 11dn. Also found that 1ac, 18ac and 3dn (my … Read more “Quick Cryptic 1157 by Hawthorn”

LOI 8ac took a while to drop and took me to a fraction over 8 minutes. If one were to feel particularly strongly about it, one could formulate a reference to US politics in 1ac, … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1156 by Pedro”

Medium dificulty for me, I would say just under 10 minutes although I fielded an early morning business call in the middle which muddied the waters. But it felt like the easy side of average … Read more “QC 1155 by Joker”