Category: Quick Cryptic

Very straightforward today, but still some nice clues. 15ac my favourite. Still took me over 10min. I shall never be a neutrino like Verlaine (Neutrino: something that passes through absolutely everything at light speed) Across … Read more “Quick Cryptic 934 by Hurley”

I’m ashamed to say that this took me 16 minutes, which I put down to a combination of jet-lag and lack of practice, both the result of more than two weeks spent in Florida.  As … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 933 by Joker”

If, like me, you learnt something new (20ac), had to scratch your head a bit (15ac), and marvelled at the craft (12ac and 3dn, my COD) you’ll have enjoyed this well enough. Or perhaps the … Read more “Quick Cryptic 932 by Hawthorn”

Very enjoyable QC with good surfaces throughout – 22dn, 17ac and COD 2dn to mention a few. There’s quite a high anagram count, some write ins and an odd flower part. ACROSS 1. Redbreast – … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 931 by Mara”

This one took me 12 minutes with the 2 over my target 10 accounted for by 23ac where I needed an alphabet trawl to come up with the answer, and even when I’d found the … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 930 by Tracy”

A slightly quirky and not entirely straightforward teaser from Izetti today, taking me nearly 3 minutes over my average time. A few unknowns or only vaguely remembered words for me in IDO, DRILL, OSAGE and … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 929 by Izetti – I don’t”

If 100 is average difficulty (à la snitch), I’d put this at 100. The four long clues at the borders rather dictated the march of things: the north is an ungainly anagram; the east is … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 928 by Hurley”

Not as difficult as yesterday’s, but I think this is just on the trickier side of things. I can’t blame any unusual vocabulary or general knowledge required (of which there is little), so I’m left … Read more “Quick Cryptic 927 by Howzat”

Well, this was fun – but not in a ‘zoom though a QC in less than ten minutes’ sort of way. There are all sorts of really clever clues which are worth appreciating – some … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 926 by Felix”

Rather tougher than the usual Flamande, I think, with a fair dollop of general knowledge required, including a couple of actors whose peak was arguably in the 1940s/1950s. I do like some general knowledge in … Read more “Quick Cryptic 925 by Flamande”