Category: Quick Cryptic

Ding dong – no not merrily on high, but get me to Brooklyn Borough Hall on time.  My younger daughter is getting married in the morning.  That’s the way to ring out the old!  I’ll … Read more “Quick Cryptic 473 by Orpheus. A Very Happy 2016 to All.”

A puzzle at the easier end of the spectrum, I thought, but with some neat clues (particularly liked 8a and 23a). Last in was 19dn, which took me an age to see even with the … Read more “Quick Cryptic 472 by Flamande”

This seemed rather tricky but I may simply not have been thinking in the right way. Definitions seemed fine – some of the word play needed teasing apart. ACROSS 7. Back down – concede defeat. … Read more “Quick Crytpic 471 by Tracy”

This one took me 10 minutes but I find it hard to judge how others may have fared so I won’t say that it was easy. Most of the clue construction is straightforward but there … Read more “Quick Cryptic 470 by Joker”

A festival of festive clues for today! I’m surprised that Santa has time in his busy schedule to set a crossword, but it’s much appreciated to get a crossword on a day with no paper.LOI … Read more “Quick Cryptic 469 by Santa”

It’s going up to 72F (sorry, we don’t do centigrade in NYC) today so it’s not very seasonal really.  I’ll be on this gig for the next few months and so will have time to … Read more “Quick cryptic 468 by Izzetti. Tis the Season.”

Nice crossword with many examples of the vocabulary found more often here than anywhere else. Some good charades, a dose of wit, and two deceptive hidden words! Definitions underlined. 7 French citizen getting level with … Read more “Quick Cryptic Number 467 by Felix”

Sorry for the delay today. Seems it’s easier to blog from around the World than with day to day happenings. Thanks to Jackkt for volunteering to step in. So to today’s very enjoyable crossword. Even … Read more “Quick Cryptic 466 by Mara.”

Wikipedia tells me that today is Blue Christmas, a holiday disappointingly not named after the Elvis Presley/Shakin’ Stevens song. Perhaps more relevant to all of us gathered here though is that, on this day in … Read more “Quick Cryptic 465 by Pedro”

Some nice anagrams and surface readings here, I thought, and good to see a different Chinese dynasty from the more usual Ming appearing. I was slightly misled by trying to find a particular country for … Read more “Quick Cryptic 464 by Hurley”