Category: Quick Cryptic

I enjoyed this. Mostly straightforward, but with a couple of decent teasers. I’ll be interested to hear what others think. I Came in at just under 10 minutes. Across 1 Referring to Conservative and Green, … Read more “Quick Cryptic 994 by Hurley”

An interesting offering from Tracy, which was right on my target time, so if my yardstick is any good, the rest of you should find this about medium difficulty.  Coincidentally, this is the same grid … Read more “Quick cryptic No 993 by Tracy”

A typically elegant offering from Izetti, beautifully crafted with very smooth surfaces. I would guess this one to be about Medium level of difficulty, with no obscurities (the references I was unsure of – at … Read more “Quick Cryptic 992 by Izetti”

Greetings to all setters, bloggers, posters and lurkers. I found this quite tricky as I struggled to get the long clues at 1ac and 8dn. All highly enjoyable as usual. 1. Keyboarder – one typing … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 991 by Orpheus”

13 minutes for this one, slowed down a little as I was expecting Christmas references and taking my time to look for them. I found some but not necessarily all and this setter often has other … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 990 by Noel”

I’m not sure if there’s something going on here, with LA or AL appearing in no less than nine of the answers. Or maybe I’m just imagining it. Whatever. A nice teaser from Pedro today … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 989 by Pedro – La-la-land?”

A lovely puzzle from Flamande, a bit towards the harder end of things. I was four minutes over my target ten, having stared blankly at 13 across for a good couple of those before impatiently … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 988 by Flamande”

A neat and entertaining puzzle from Mara this morning, with no hold-ups or unfamiliar vocabulary. Thanks to our setter. Definitions underlined. Across 1 Hanger-on, where jumping soldiers found? (8) PARASITE – cryptic definition. One might … Read more “Quick Cryptic 987 by Mara”

This one just squeaked within my ‘quick’ category but it felt along the way that I was riding a wavelength with Joker. Having completed the blog I see quite a lot of multiple word play … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 986 by Joker”

Before getting into the meat of this puzzle I must say hello and introduce myself as your newest blogger. Having hung around on the periphery of this community for a few years, I finally plucked … Read more “Quick Cryptic 985 by Teazel”