Category: Quick Cryptic

Sorry this is a bit late. I overslept, Friday being the new Saturday in this house. 8 minutes for me this morning. This is a good demonstration of the wonderful and infinite world of anagrinds, … Read more “Quick Cryptic 1024 by Mara”

A lovely little QC this morning from Pedro, taking me less than 10 minutes to solve, so my best time for a while, but full of interesting stuff.  Following yesterday’s discussion of first letter abbreviations … Read more “Quick Cryptic No 1023 by Pedro”

Not too tricky, but no pushover either – I thought this was a very good QC. In particular I felt it gave newcomers exposure to a number of frequently recurring conventions / tricks of the … Read more “Quick Cryptic 1022 by Teazel”

I don’t want to talk anything up here, but there seems to have been a change in the puzzles produced by that once most fearsome of setters – our great friend, Izetti. Time was, when, … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1021 by Izetti”

I needed 12 minutes for this but am at a loss to explain why I failed to hit my 10-minute target as it all seems perfectly straightforward in retrospect. There are a few UK-centric references … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1020 by Flamande”

I always enjoy Joker’s puzzles and this is no exception. Nothing too 8a or 23a, I think – I got home in well under my average time, but there were a couple of tricky ones … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1019 by Joker”

A bit of an animal theme going on – we have bulls and birds and rodents and a marine mammal or two. Also, after double-checking the history of “rook”, I found a bonus, animal-related verb … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1018 by Tracy”

This puzzle was as much fun in the unpicking as it was in the solving! It took me a bit longer than average, owing mainly to the handful of clues where my general knowledge was … Read more “Quick Cryptic 1017 by Corelli”

A thoroughly enjoyable slice of crossword fare here in this far from bread and butter puzzle. Our setter obviously used their loaf to cook up 4dn, 5dn and possibly 1ac – I hope you rise … Read more “Time Quick Cryptic 1016 by Breadman”

I do normally like to ramble on a bit in the preamble, talking of this and that, of shoes and ships and sealing-wax and cabbages and kings…, but this week I find I have rather … Read more “Quick Cryptic 1015 by Orpheus”