Category: Quick Cryptic

Another very quick blog from me this week as I have been away at a music festival with my son, so my head is fuddled with too much drink and noise from last night. Plus … Read more “QC 1085 by Tracy”

I enjoyed this. A little more challenging than usual, but all the better for it. Some of the answers are obscure (to me) but presented with straightforward wordplay, so fair enough. Took me around 12 … Read more “Quick Cryptic 1084 by Wurm”

13 minutes for this little cracker from Izetti. This does require a modicum of General Knowledge, 1a, 12a, 18a, 20a, 9d and 13d, but nothing too difficult (and well short of Teazel’s 100th on Monday!).  … Read more “Quick Cryptic No 1083 by Izetti”

Good puzzle for the newer solvers today – nice variety of clue types and all pretty straightforward, I believe.  One obscure bird at 23ac, but the wordplay was very generous and (if one regards the … Read more “QC 1082 by Hurley”

1081 by Corelli Smiles all round today starting at 1ac, again at COD 7dn and finishing with LOI 13dn – a ‘doh’ to end the puzzle. I spent 11 enjoyable minutes completing this so I’d … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1081 by Corelli”

I needed 17 minutes to complete this, held up by a few things bordering on the obscure. On edit, perhaps I should have said ‘bordering on the obscure even in the main puzzle, but definitely … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1080 by Teazel”

Another lovely puzzle from Izetti today. This one took a bit of work to crack with one or two clues rather more devious than the usual QC affair, but there are enough relatively easy ones … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1079 by Izetti”

Tricky enough one today, I found, taking me nearly four minutes over my target ten – as a comparison, I did yesterday’s immediately before this and came in two minutes under. Not my finest performance: … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1078 by Mara”

A touch harder than the previous puzzles this week, but not by too much. I was slowed down by the Hampshire town and the Russian house (but not the noisy party or wine from castile… … Read more “Quick Cryptic 1077 by Flamande”

I can’t remember such a fast start to the week – two 7 minute solves in a row.Today wasn’t plain sailing though – FOI 6ac and LOI 9ac showing how much I had to jump … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1076 by Tracy”