Category: Quick Cryptic

Sorry this is a bit late. I managed to fat finger my nearly-completed blog into oblivion, and had to do it all again. Interesting puzzle today, providing a few examples of the double definition and … Read more “Quick Cryptic 964 by Wurm”

Nothing too difficult here, if one discounts the UK centric General Knowledge (TYNE), a new word (for me at least), the school pudding and the dodgy homophone.  At 13 minutes, this was comfortably inside my … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 963 by Orpheus”

I thought this was a particularly good QC from Hurley, containing a mix of some straightforward fare to help everyone on their way, and some trickier stuff to stretch the old hands a bit or … Read more “Quick Cryptic 962 by Hurley”

At 14 minutes this was something of a contrast (double the time) to the speed trial of yesterday. I suspect some will find parts of this too closely verging on 15×15 material but there’s lots … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 961 by Felix”

This one took me 10 minutes. I was expecting to complete it well within my target 10 but only just made it because of a hold-up at the end over 3dn.  I thought of STAGE … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 960 by Joker”

Hello fellow Friday QC solvers. I think you will like this. It has a great mix of fairly easy clues and some that need a bit of thought. It is as concise and precise as … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 959 by Izetti – Pretentious? Moi?”

A nice gentle one from Rongo today, I think I’m safe in saying, providing a pleasant introduction to the world of cryptic crosswords, with clearly signposted cryptics and definitions. A bit of a biff-fest, then, … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 958 by Rongo”

Two early unknowns (1ac and 2dn (I was sure it would be Qatar) put me off to begin with, but the rest was straightforward and fair. I liked 6dn for the unlikelihood of medium-sized reversals … Read more “Quick Cryptic 957 by Flamande”

The two long anagrams at 14ac and 4dn hold the key to this puzzle – I found them both reasonably easy to get (I particularly enjoyed cod 14ac) and so I had a good time … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 956 by Pedro”

This will be a brief one as I only got back from the Championships mid-afternoon yesterday and was immediately confronted with an impressive laundry list of family problems that had somehow managed to pile up … Read more “Quick Cryptic 955 by Oran”