Category: Quick Cryptic

I’m standing in at the last minute for Macavity so I’m afraid we’re missing the full clues today, but I have included all the definitions and words relevant to wordplay so I hope everything is … Read more “Quick Cryptic 353 by Joker”

Maybe because my brain is in holiday mode at the moment, I found this one quite tricky in parts. No obvious reason why – all good, very fair clueing and no obscurities (other than possibly … Read more “Quick Cryptic No. 352 by Flamande”

A couple of long anagrams, an unknown violinist and all sorts of trouble in the toilet department (!) meant this one took 14 minutes and, I think, qualifies as a medium to hard. As usual … Read more “Quick Cryptic No 351 by Izetti”

16 minutes. I’m not on best solving form at the moment and this one gave me some trouble not helped that it took me so long to solve 1ac where I was convinced the answer … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 350 by Teazel”

This seemed a little more devious in places than the usual Friday quickie, which made it an enjoyable puzzle even if some of the clues were facile. If they were all as good as this, … Read more “Quick Cryptic No 349 by Rongo – I think, therefore…”

Greetings all! Solving time: Troublesome. One of those days when you solve a puzzle, but don’t quite feel comfortable about it. I think I have all the answers, but am not 100% sure about how … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 348 by Orpheus – Are you solving comfortably? I’m not!”

Plenty of double definitions and well signposted charades here, alongside one or two chewier clues. I did not know the archaic term, and got held up for too long on 14dn. Definitions underlined. Across 1 … Read more “Quick Cryptic 347 by Mara”

Most of this flew in but one or two caused pause for thought which, with some good surfaces (making a difficult choice of COD), made the puzzle satisfying. I’m enjoying a week in 1dn, where … Read more “Quick Cryptic No 346 by Pedro”

An offering from Tracy today that is pitched squarely in the middle of the difficulty spectrum. I’m guessing that 10A might be the only clue that causes any head-scratching. Anyone celebrating National Fried Chicken Day … Read more “Quick Cryptic 345 by Tracy”

Unable to solve ahead because the URL number was not in sequence from yesterday’s, I tackled this in bed on waking and had hardly begun my tea and toast before finishing it in 5 or … Read more “Quick Cryptic No 344 by Flamande”