Category: Quick Cryptic

A swift solve for a Friday, about six minutes, accompanied by Us and Them and Hound Dog simultaneously running through my brain, joined by Another Brick in the Wall and See You Later Alligator; and … Read more “Wish you were here: Times Quick Cryptic 694 by Felix Friday 4th November 2016”

A very quick blog today necessitated by a very early start in the morning to head off and play golf.  Luckily, Hurley obliged by producing a relatively easy challenge which didn’t hold me up too … Read more “Quick cryptic No. 693 by Hurley”

A pleasant puzzle from Orpheus which I personally found to be at the easier end of the spectrum, although these things are always somewhat subjective. For those very new to this game, this puzzle contains … Read more “Quick Cryptic 692 by Orpheus”

Time taken 11 minutes. I’m not sure what’s happened about today’s QC blog so I am posting this one to cover for Chrisw. Sorry about the brevity, but if anyone has questions I shall be … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 691 by Joker”

Thanks again to jackkt for agreeing to swap blogging slots with me. Just like last time I find myself crossing swords with Flamande, who has embarked on something of a world tour in this one, … Read more “Quick Cryptic 690 by Flamande”

Today’s puzzle is brought to us by Izetti, and took me a bit over seven minutes to complete.  Would have been a minute quicker if not for a bad case of vertical dyslexia at 20dn, … Read more “Quick Cryptic 689 by Izetti”

This was a lovely crossword. Tricky in parts, with the SW and NE corners taking me past the 15 minute mark, but lots of smooth surface readings and satisfying clues to solve along the way. … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 688 by Orpheus”

A real mixture of difficulties here; plenty went in without a scratch of the head, whilst others required significantly more thought (at least in parsing). For me, examples of the latter include 4ac, 9ac, 22ac, … Read more “Quick Cryptic 687 by Marty”

13 minutes – some of which were taken revelling in some of the clue constructions. A big thank you to Mara for such entertainment. Once again I’m on the road so have little time. Please … Read more “Quick Cryptic 686 by Mara”

I’m standing in for mohn2 this week. In response to overwhelming popular demand (well one person wrote to me) I am reinstating my practice of stating my QC solving times, but other bloggers remain free … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 685 by Teazel”