Category: Quick Cryptic

I rather liked this. Not sure I have blogged Des before, but this one has a certain wit about it and certainly raised a few smiles. At one point I thought there was a very … Read more “Quick Cryptic 1054 by Des”

Eleven minutes this morning, which is just outside my new target time, but this was a nice puzzle from Hurley.  I spent an extra minute or so trying to parse SPENDER for 18a after falling … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1053 by Hurley”

Not sure if this was particularly tricky or if I just made unduly heavy weather of it, but this took me an age to complete.  I suspect it was probably a bit of both: some … Read more “Quick Cryptic 1052 by Hawthorn”

I completed this in a medium difficulty time which would have proved quicker had I not missed 1dn. I only found this relatively easy clue when I was struggling to complete 8ac. How does one … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1051 by Mara”

12 minutes for this, so now a week has passed since I last achieved my 10-minute target and I think I have entered a sort of vicious circle so that I am apprehensive as I … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1050 by Joker”

What a delightful crossword from Orpheus. As you will see below, I had great fun with the lovely surface readings of the clues, some of which were quite witty. There were a couple of words … Read more “Times Quick Crossword No 1049 by Orpheus”

This is the first puzzle I’ve blogged from Pedro, and a lovely one it was too. I thought some of the surface readings were excellent, adding a rich extra layer to the answer. I particularly … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1048 by Pedro”

First of all, apologies for the supremely sparse blog – it’s the result of work troubles, technical failure, and last-minuteness. I found the puzzle hard, possibly due to the aforementioned stresses, or just having an … Read more “Quick Cryptic 1047 by Teazel”

Thanks to Tracy for a well crafted puzzle which required some unscrambling and contained some great clues. Whilst I think I can say that it wasn’t in the easy category, I find it difficult to … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1046 by Tracy”

Good morning happy bloggers! I am afraid I don’t have much time this morning what with clearing up after yesterday’s obligatory Mother (Ma, Mam, Mum, Mama, Mater, Mum, Dam, hush, sh, quiet, stum etc to … Read more “QC 1045 by Hurley”