Category: Quick Cryptic

Well well. All pretty fair and straightforward but with a major controversy at 4dn. BIt heavy on the double definitions for my taste but enjoyable overall. A couple of well constructed anagrams. 8 and a … Read more “Quick Cryptic 1154 by Felix”

I seem to be blogging a plethora of Mara puzzles lately, with this my third in four weeks.  No complaints though, his puzzles are always enjoyable even if at the easier end of the spectrum.  … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1153 by Mara”

Don’t know that I can think of a better compiler name than Oink, especially since my 2 1/2 year old is working on a pig puzzle while I write this blog. I didn’t time myself … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1152 by Oink”

16:32. This was slow going all the way through and I wondered if I’d ever complete the NW. Last two in (LTI) 8ac and then 2dn. Normally when I go through the clues in detail … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1151 by Teazel”

This really was as easy as it gets, and I would be surprised if there were not a few PBs flying around. There are though four or five place names, so I suppose that if … Read more “Times 27109 – Monday Quickie”

This one took me 9 minutes, a welcome return to form after three tricky puzzles in a row towards the end of last week.  I think most of it is straightforward but that may depend … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1150 by Flamande”

Hello all. Well here is, I think, a quite testing Friday QC from Orpheus, with a smattering of quite chewy clues among the more easily digestible standard fare. We have a reverse cryptic, a couple … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1149 by Orpheus”

Middle of the road from Tracy today. I was held to a couple of minutes over my target thanks to a mental block at 1ac: I had all but five done by the 6 minute … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1148 by Tracy”

Exactly what you’d expect from the Don. Slightly trickier vocabulary, but very clear and fair wordplay. There are a number of common crossword abbreviations and conventions, but solving it did not feel stuffy as the … Read more “Quick Cryptic 1147 by Izetti”

Although I felt there was quite a lot of complexity in the parsing I ended up with 7:41 – which continues my run of good times.Today’s puzzle will be great if you like 13 letter … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1146 by Hurley”