Category: Quick Cryptic

So I’m typing this from Switzerland with a breathtaking mountain view and rather dodgy wi-fi, so fingers crossed it makes it through. Quite a straightforward offering today I think. There are some old chestnuts which … Read more “Quick Cryptic 904 by Noel”

Another nice puzzle from Hurley, with a little bit of GK (general knowledge) in 12a, 13a and 22a, but all fairly clued.  Hurley traditionally utilises a good mix of clue types, and this is repeated … Read more “Quick cryptic No 903 by Hurley”

A fairly straightforward offering which I managed to knock over easily enough notwithstanding being somewhat under the weather with a touch of summer flu. 17dn held me up for a while as I managed to … Read more “Quick Cryptic 902 by Mara”

Foreign capitals, Indian cities, flora and fauna plus some less usual vocabulary would, I’d have thought, have held me up longer than 12 minutes (less 1 second – if you’re interested). However everything flowed pretty … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 901 by Orpheus”

This one took me 8 minutes with no real hold-ups. Most of the vocabulary is straightforward although there is a two-word expression at 5dn that may not be familiar to all. It’s clearly an anagram … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 900 by Izetti”

Morning all.  Not much to say today on what I thought was a fairly straightforward offering from Pedro.  Took me 4:08. Anyone trying to improve his or her solving skills could do a lot worse … Read more “Quick Cryptic 899 by Pedro”

I found this very tough today. Or at least, I made very heavy weather of it – I threw in the towel at the 25 minute mark with 1d and 9ac unanswered, which is my … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 898 by Teazel”

Happily completed this one with my other half. Despite not being a regular solver, she completed much of it without hesitation or complaint, and only needed my (doubtful) help to crack the SE corner. COD … Read more “Quick Cryptic 897 by Flamande”

Having fun with a new version of live journal editor. This blog was posted some time ago but ended up in the wrong place. So – here we go again.Thought I was on for a … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 896 by Joker”

I took a bit longer than usual for this, which I’d like to say was due to savouring one of the more geography-heavy puzzles we’ve had in recent times but was probably more just due … Read more “Quick Cryptic 895 by Mara”