Category: Quick Cryptic

I haven’t knowingly blogged an offering by Flamande before, but found this nice and certainly up to scratch.  It took just inside my 15 minute target, with two or three of those spent looking at … Read more “Quick cryptic No 863 by Flamande”

I’m currently in Australia for a couple of weeks and have to confess I totally forgot my blogging duty today, so this one was pulled together in a hurry. Fortunately it was a relatively straightforward … Read more “Quick Cryptic 862 by Felix”

Having returned from the seas again (the lonely sea and the sky), I would like to thank jacckt very much for covering the last two Tuesdays. Normal service, such as it is, resumes with an … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 861 by Izetti”

Commenting on the level of difficulty in Quickies seems to be a bit controversial these days so I shall limit myself to saying that this one took me 8 minutes leaving 2 minutes of  my … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 860 by Tracy”

Galspray is having a well-earned Friday off so I am standing in. This took me 13 minutes but I can’t now account for why I missed my 10-minute target. As usual definitions are underlined in … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 859 by Hurley”

Towards the gentler end of things from Rongo today, with the long anagrams at 1ac/1d opening things up nicely. I came in a bit under the 9 minute mark, almost to the second the same … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 858 by Rongo”

Our good timelord notified me that we have a new setter today, who has offered up this pleasing and gentle puzzle. Perhaps a sign that those who prefer a milder challenge are being heeded? Or … Read more “Quick Cryptic 857 by Wurm”

I’m standing in again for Chris who you will be relieved to know will be back from his hols to resume blogging next week. I found this one straightforward and completed it in 8 minutes. … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 856 by Mara”

Our current Friday Quickie blogger, Galspray, would like to cut back a little on his blogging activities. We are, therefore, looking for a new blogger who would be willing to take the Quickie blog every … Read more “We are looking for a new Quick Cryptic blogger”

After a disastrous weekend during which some decidedly abnormal temperatures on Teesside gave my Dairy Milk cache a molten consistency that did not enjoy my favour, Teazel has served up a puzzle that has kept … Read more “Quick Cryptic 855 by Teazel”