Category: Quick Cryptic

Apologies – not much commentary on this one – blogging with dodgy WIFI link at Bogota airport so keeping it brief! Unlikely I will be able to field comments, so hopefully some of the usual … Read more “QC 612 by Joker”

A bit of a hold up in the top half pushed this over the ten minute mark. Quite a bit of mental agility required in the word play plus a couple of bits of GN … Read more “Quick Cryptic 611 by Hurley”

When I came to blog this puzzle it seemed quite straightforward but the solving of it took me 13 minutes, 3 over my target and more like double what I really hope to achieve. The … Read more “Quick Cryptic 610 by Tracy”

Lots to enjoy in this one. I liked the repeated openings of 1a and 7a, and the use of setter’s name in 13d. LOI and COD, 8d, great definition, and could so easily, and incorrectly, … Read more “Quick Crossword 609 by Pedro”

A pleasant solve this, towards the easier end – I was 15 mins yesterday, and about half that time today. A little bit 8ac, even, if you’ve been doing cryptics for a while, as a … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 608 by Hawthorn”

Many of these words were unfamiliar to me, but I only realised just how many when writing the blog; a testament to the fairness of the clueing. I’m definitely more of a fan of double … Read more “Quick Cryptic Number 607 by Izetti”

A crossword of two halves – the right hand side being considerably swifter than the left. 13 minutes in total which puts this in my ‘medium difficulty’ bracket. Being from Norfolk, the resort wasn’t a … Read more “Quick Cryptic 606 by Orpheus”

I must confess to rather a lot of biffing in this puzzle, though obviously having to write a blog for it meant that the parsing had to be faced at some point. A couple of … Read more “Quick Cryptic 605 by Rongo”

Favourite clue 6d, with 10a a close runner up. LOI 9a for no good reason!Thank you Oran. Across 1 Sensitive skin’s also something dangerously absorbent: QUICKSAND Sensitive skin’s = QUICKS, also = AND 6 Sink … Read more “Quick Cryptic 604 by Oran”

Some very nice and compact clueing in this offering by Hurley.  Nothing too difficult or obscure, so perfect fare for the Quick Cryptic, with a nice selection of clue types and devices, including a definition … Read more “Quick cryptic No 603 by Hurley”