Category: Quick Cryptic

Don’t know about you, but I found this a bit of a strange experience. Quick first whizz down the Across clues only yielded a couple, and I started to get worried! Then a quick whizz … Read more “Quick Cryptic 562 by Hurley”

Not much time to blog today so this is about as brief as it gets. A good, accessible crossword though – there should be plenty of completers today. My time was 13 minutes. Hopefully other … Read more “Quick Cryptic 561 by Joker”

I’ve found some of Mara’s puzzles on the tricky side in the past but glancing back at recent ones they have seemed easier of late and this one continues that trend. I shall be interested … Read more “Quick Cryptic 560 by Mara”

Nothing too controversial in this Friday’s offering, and for once the number (22a) was a number and not something that numbs!Thank you to Tracy. Across 1 Defend comic, pro: STAND UP FOR Comic = stand-up, … Read more “Quick Crossword 559 by Tracy”

I found this a good bit harder today. Coming in at 20 minutes or so, and after an especially speedy Mon-Wed, it pretty much doubled my aggregate for the rest of the week. There was … Read more “Quick Cryptic 558 by Hurley”

Another elegant and interesting quickie from Izetti, by my reckoning slightly easier than his recent puzzles. Of course, there were a few testers – the hardest of the lot for me we’re down to my … Read more “Quick Cryptic Number 577 by Izetti”

I have a long drive today so hope my fellow bloggers will field any questions. Fortunately the crossword was easy – I took longer trying to get the new format to work on an iPad … Read more “Quick Cryptic 556 by Teazel”

I seem to blog an inordinate number of puzzles where hyphens are conspicuous by their presence/absence and today’s crossword doesn’t disappoint in that regard, however I’m getting sufficiently used to such shenanigans that I wasn’t … Read more “Quick Cryptic 555 by Orpheus”

A really enjoyable crossword from a new setter (at least to me). I got going pretty quickly, but was slowed up by 5d, 22a and 8a, last ones in in that order, with a few … Read more “Quick Cryptic 554 by Felix”

This took me twice as long as it should have (20 minutes), mostly because I misspelt ISRAELI and couldn’t for the life of me make any sensible answer at 22 with the letters A_A_E.  I … Read more “Quick Cryptic No 553 by Joker”