Category: Quick Cryptic

Once again I find myself having to keep things brief. The fact is that my mother-in-law had to be hospitalised yesterday for something that initially seemed to be very minor but ultimately turned out to … Read more “QC 1105 by Mara”

Well, what to say here? I expect all will find this straightforward for the most part, given the number of parsings that are just A+B+C. I suspect it is deliberately so after a recent series … Read more “Quick Cryptic 1104 by Felix”

For the second consecutive day this consumed exactly the upper limit of my target time range (10-15 minutes) with the SW accounting for about a third of that, after I was held up in that … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1103 by Orpheus”

Greetings from your newest blogger, Jeremy, in New York City.  I’m a stay-at-home dad of one boy (soon to be two), and occasionally a math teacher, pianist, conductor, and one-fourth of a barbershop quartet. My puzzle backstory:  I … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1102 by Tracy”

A QC not to be taken lightly – I’m not sure biffers will find much joy – and then, when you get to the parsing, there’s quite a lot to work through. At 13ac, for … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1101 by Flamande”

My solving time today was 9 minutes. For this landmark puzzle, QC 1100, Izetti has given us a grid containing 10 Xs and with one of them checked that makes a total of 11 answers with X … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1100 by Izetti – X Marks the Spot”

I’m doing this with a bit of a woozy head this morning after a visit to the Cambridge Beer Festival last night. Fortunately, we have quite a straightforward puzzle from Joker today; one for our … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1099 by Joker”

Somewhat unusual solve for me today: I was getting through the acrosses rightly, with every one solved, so was busy anticipating an extremely rare perfect solve, only to come unstuck at each of the bottom … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1098 by Teazel”

I’ve finally got round to using mohn’s excellent script and instructions to post this blog – kudos to him for solving that puzzle! I’m very glad that I can now show clues in blue, as … Read more “Quick Cryptic 1097 by Felix”

A lot of multiple word play clues, many anagrams, made this on the hard side for me today – 16 minutes to complete. Thinking of a comparison to the main 15 X 15 puzzle, I … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1096 by Mara”