Category: Quick Cryptic

This started quickly and finished slow for me, with the left-hand side of the grid being completed before any significant incursion into the right-hand side. It took about 15 minutes, so for some reason was … Read more “Quick Cryptic No 643 by Tracy”

An elegant puzzle today from Joker, a delightful man I had the pleasure of meeting at the TfTT anniversary shindig last November. A couple of bits of GK required (nothing too taxing, I’d have thought) … Read more “Quick Cryptic 642 by Joker”

What an excellent QUICK cryptic. It was quick – 7.47 which may be a record but also full of humour. Several stand out – my favourites being 10dn and 21ac.Thanks for a great start to … Read more “Quick Cryptic 641 by Felix”

9 minutes for this pleasant puzzle that seems fairly mainstream to me but there may be hidden difficulties that haven’t occurred to me and I look forward to reading others’ comment. Here’s my blog… As … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 640 by Mara”

Morning all, hope you enjoyed this Quickie, which I think was of average difficulty. I usually rely on anagrams to get a foothold, and there are only two in this puzzle.  On the other hand … Read more “Quick Cryptic 639 by Teazel”

A really enjoyable puzzle from Flamande. I came in around 15 mins, so maybe a bit harder than average. I came a bit of a cropper at 21ac, happily bunging in “resort” for “reorganise religious … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 638 by Flamande”

After getting off to a flying start at the top of the grid, I ended up thinking this was quite a difficult quickie. There’s certainly some reference to general knowledge that one might not need … Read more “Quick Cryptic Number 637 by Hurley”

I seem to have had many hard QCs to blog of late so it was refreshing when this one seemed simple – but then 9ac and 10ac had me in knots. 12 minutes in the … Read more “QC 636 by Grumpy”

I found this on the whole at the easier end of the difficulty spectrum, with 5D I imagine being the likeliest unknown for solvers (though the wordplay isn’t unhelpful). Based on my previous experiences of … Read more “Quick Cryptic 635 by Izetti”

Welcome, this is my first ever blog. All comments and feedback appreciated. Slightly harder than an average QC, I felt (notwithstanding struggling with technology), came in at eleven minutes. Some super clues (8ac, 23ac, 1d), … Read more “Quick Crossword 634 by Des”