Category: Quick Cryptic

This one took me 10:42, so I’m going to venture that it was tough for a Quicky, not the first time that Izetti has set us a challenge.  Then again, I’m notoriously bad at assessing … Read more “Quick Cryptic 814 by Izetti”

Well Joker does it again and provides an entertaining puzzle that kept me occupied for a full 17 minutes, well outside my target.  My first look at the early across and down clues didn’t reveal … Read more “Quick cryptic No 813 by Joker”

A pleasant, relatively straightforward puzzle from Hurley today. Nothing particularly tricky and not much general knowledge required, although a basic familiarity with rugby positions will help with 13d. Took me a while to spot what … Read more “Quick Cryptic 812 by Hurley”

Just crept under 10 minutes – which was something of a surprise as it seemed more challenging than that. Take some time to appreciate the art of some of the cluing. There’s some excellent stuff … Read more “Quick Cryptic 811 by Mara”

9 minutes As usual definitions are underlined in bold italics, {deletions are in curly brackets} and [anagrinds, containment, reversal and other indicators in square ones] Across 1 Period pieces in France that will divide opponents … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 810 by Orpheus”

Good Friday, good puzzle.  Nothing too obscure in the answers, a nice spattering of anagrams, and most of the definitions were right there at the start of the clue (actually, ALL the across clues had … Read more “Quick Cryptic 809 by Tracy”

I really enjoyed this – there lots of lovely clues on show today. I particularly liked the intriguing cryptic definition at 1d and the light bit of black humour at 1ac – got a chuckle … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 808 by Teazel”

I was very quick out of the blocks with this one, but soon found the more difficult clues and ended up with an average time. Nothing too convoluted, although I’m curious to see how many … Read more “Quick Cryptic 807 by Pedro”

9 minutes – so quite straightforward. Some ‘nice’ surfaces – especially 7dn plus a few Roman numerals (6dn) bunged in for good measure. Any questions just ask. ACROSS 1. Sapphire – blue stone. County (SHIRE) … Read more “Quick Cryptic 806 by Joker”

Well here we are, 100 days into the year already, and with Middlesbrough falling slightly short of the Champions League place that I felt sure awaited them after last season’s heady promotion campaign. By contrast, … Read more “Quick Cryptic 805 by Flamande”