Category: Quick Cryptic

Reasonably smooth going today. I solved this having got up early to take Mrs Curarist to the airport, so I am a bit more awake than usual, It came in just under 7 minutes. Lots … Read more “Quick Cryptic 894 by Teazel”

A mostly excellent workout from Izetti which I predict will cause some new solvers a few problems.  I certainly struggled with some parts of this and took well over my target of 15 minutes.  There … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 893 by Izetti”

A thoroughly enjoyable puzzle from Tracy which contained a nice mix of a few “gimmes” (e.g. 12ac, 3dn) and some more tricky stuff. I particularly liked the nicely disguised hidden at 8ac, the literary postman … Read more “Quick Cryptic 892 by Tracy”

Four long answers look daunting but break down quite simply. With these in, the rest ought to follow reasonable easily. I took 12 minutes but spent some time chewing on some word play. I quite … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 891 by Felix – it’s a gas…”

This is only Wurm’s  second outing as our setter, his (?) first appearance being on 21st June this year when I completed the puzzle in 7 minutes. I needed 17 minutes to finish this one, … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 890 by Wurm”

Well, what a week it’s been in Crosswordland, at least for those using the Crossword Club.  I guess Quicky solvers have been relatively unaffected.  The Club site, which now includes the Quicky along with its … Read more “Quick Cryptic 889 by Rongo”

Amid the novelty of the exciting new website, this is Howzat’s fourth puzzle since first appearing at the start of the year. Very nice it was too! I had a mere two mistakes at the … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 888 by Howzat”

A satisfying and entertaining solve! I was immediately stumped by 1dn, having never heard of the (dictionary says “dated”) synonym for boycott, and was helped at 5dn by the very generous definition and wordplay. Final … Read more “Quick Cryptic 887 by Joker”

Clocked stopped at 9.43 with loi 15ac. Nothing too difficult here and although 10ac may be less familiar to non-nautical types, the whole grid is fairly clued. Quite a few words from the clue go … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 886 by Hurley”

I found this one a little on the easier side, though it probably helped that I’ve been recently catching up on a backlog of FT and Guardian cryptics and hence my short-term memory has been … Read more “Quick Cryptic 885 by Orpheus”