Category: Quick Cryptic

Times Quick Cryptic 714 by Izetti Friday, 02 December 2016 A fair Friday challenge from Izetti today, with a sting at 7d and a possible shake of the head at 6d. There are several clues … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 714 by Izetti 2nd December 2016”

I don’t think I remember coming across Marty before (but no doubt, Jack will correct me), but this was a relatively simple QC although my time was still one minute over my new target of … Read more “Quick cryptic No 713 by Marty”

Maybe it was my jet lag kicking in as I tackled this one shortly after flying in from Sydney to London, but I found this quite tricky in parts and it took me an unfeasible … Read more “Quick Cryptic 712 by Flamande”

12 minutes. It seemed to me that some answers were easier to come up with than the full explanation of the word play. This made for a fun time blogging – I even have a … Read more “Quick Cryptic No 711 by Pedro”

For this I needed 9 minutes, my first QC solve within my target 10 since Joker’s offering last Monday.  Today’s grid was particularly helpful with 4 x 6-letter words each having only 2 unchecked letters. … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 710 by Tracy”

Teazel has given us a breezy puzzle today, light on anagrams but with more than a spattering of whimsy.  Took me 4:29, so I’m going to guess it was easier than average.  Wonder what you … Read more “Quick Cryptic 709 by Teazel”

Well that wasn’t a great performance – a DNF with 3d remaining (and 2d unparsed, and 21ac queried) at the 18 min mark, after which I gave up and checked the answer. In fairness I … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 708 by Mara”

A grid full of perfectly everyday words, hidden behind Izetti’s trademark smooth clueing. Whether owing to mood or wavelength, I did not find it dropping into place fluently, though, and I still have one answer … Read more “Quick Cryptic 707 by Izetti”

18 minutes because my final three answers (1ac, 2dn and 4dn) effectively doubled my time taken for the remainder of the puzzle. I’ve no idea why I had problems with the latter two clues, but … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 706 by Hawthorn”

Back to my usual numbers-ending-in-a-5 slot – thanks again to jackkt for filling in for me whilst I was away. A slightly trickier offering than usual from Joker today, I think, though my view on … Read more “Quick Cryptic 705 by Joker”