Category: Quick Cryptic

I enjoyed this despite the ungodly hour. Good mix of clue types, nothing particularly fiendish. Came in at just over 9min. My favourites are 20ac and 15dn. LOI 16ac, for no obvious reason Across 1 … Read more “Quick Cryptic 944 by Flamande”

Well this threw up a surprise or two, with 12a slowing me down in particular, and resulting in a time of 17 minutes for me.  Some nice succinct clues though, and a nice selection of … Read more “Quick cryptic No 943 by Tracy”

The usual mix from Mara of some very straightforward stuff to help newcomers get some early runs on the board, and some trickier fare that is more at the 15×15 level. Which, all in all, … Read more “Quick Cryptic 942 by Mara”

Thanks to Izetti for a puzzle which I found surprisingly accessible today – until a small stutter in the NE and then loi 16ac. Even then the clue clearly indicated an anagram and with all … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 941 by Izetti”

It’s becoming dangerous to attribute levels of difficulty to Quick Cryptics so I shall limit myself to saying this one didn’t present me with any particular problems and I completed it within my 10-minute target, … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 940 by Hurley”

After a slow start, things fell nicely into place as I worked through this. Nothing too taxing, but a few that took a bit of thought – just how the quickie should be, I think. … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 939 by Joker”

A very enjoyable puzzle, I thought. I crept in a minute under my target 10, having dithered a bit at the last bit of the Welsh town. So I learnt two things from my last … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 938 by Juno”

I worked my way through this one relatively easily until I was just left with 23ac, which took me an absolute age to see (I spent longer on this one clue than the rest of … Read more “Quick Cryptic 937 by Flamande”

Steady going through this one with several obvious definitions (biffable) but then the usual hold ups towards the end. No particular vocabulary issues and the French composer is well known. Struggled with 20ac in order … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 936 by Teazel”

I don’t know whether setters get to choose their own grids or if they’re allocated them in rotation, but this is a helpful grid for solvers as almost all of the answers’ initial letters are … Read more “Quick Cryptic 935 by Orpheus”