Category: Quick Cryptic

Greetings from Colombia – about to travel back to UK following a wonderful time on a remote island off Cartagena. Apologies for any slips but blogging under sub-optimal circumstances and very much in holiday mode. … Read more “Quick Cryptic 622 by Corelli”

I thought this was excellent – quite a few trip-ups to catch the unwary and certain clues needed a real focus to break through. There’s also a French wine and an Italian island – so … Read more “Quick Cryptic 621 by Orpheus”

I needed 14 minutes to complete this one and have to say I found it quite hard, though looking back on it when blogging I am unable to explain why. There’s one possibly unfamiliar answer … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 620 by Mara”

As Emma (emu66)’s stint as blogger has come to an end I am covering Friday Quickies for the moment. I had a few problems getting started on this one and lost several minutes hopping around … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 619 by Hurley”

I enjoyed this puzzle – some novel clues and lots of nice surface readings. Within the bounds of average difficulty, I’d say, almost coming witin 2 minutes of my target 10 mins. I particularly liked … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 618 by Izetti”

I’m away early tomorrow so it’s an early post. The most difficult crossword I’ve had to blog for a while, and very entertaining too. I couldn’t find a hold anywhere, so flitted around the grid, … Read more “Quick Cryptic Number 617 by Tracy”

If you’re familiar with saints days then getting the long anagram quickly will speed you through this. I ended up on 14 minutes. A good crossword with plenty to work out – a good balance, … Read more “Quick Crytpic 616 by Alconiere”

I found this one fairly straightforward, with only 15D registering on my might-not-be-familiar-to-all radar. A selection of good surfaces today, though the only biscuits I can think of that occasionally come in blue (12A) are … Read more “Quick Cryptic 615 by Teazel”

Some tricky, but fun, clues here. I had 11a as my LOI, not because the word play was hard, but because I had in my mind the ‘doing well’ meaning of flourish rather than the … Read more “Quick Cryptic 614 by Mara”

Well, it has been a bit of a struggle this morning.  Not the crossword itself, which was easy enough, but accessing it.  My iPad app refused to download a new edition of the newspaper despite … Read more “Quick cryptic No 613 by Flamande”