Category: Quick Cryptic

Nice puzzle, so thanks to our setter Flamande. I was going to say it was at the easier end of the spectrum: my only reservation on that assessment would be that there are quite a … Read more “Quick Cryptic 292 by Flamande”

At first sight there seem to be a lot of clues at the easier end of the spectrum. I ended up in my medium bracket (12 minutes) – longer than yesterday’s which seemed harder. If … Read more “Quick Cryptic No 291 by Mara”

I wonder how this one will go down. I found some of it quite tough and in several cases needed more than a couple of checkers to come up with the right answer – 1dn … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 290 by Tracy”

Well this was a stroll in the park – duck soup again – after Wednesday’s Cryptic from 1948 which gave your blogger and most of us a reality check after living in our comfy Ximenean … Read more “Quick Cryptic No. 289 by Orpheus”

Hello everyone and thanks to the guest blogger for covering last week when I was flung off to hospital. I am still going each day and have written this one at silly o’clock! Hurley is … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 288 by Hurley”

One or two minor obscurities, including for me a type of (horse) racing that required a guess and a legal term, but plenty of fun wordplay and a decent mix of clues. I settled in … Read more “Quick Cryptic Number 287 by Rongo”

Something of a teaser from Teazel. Quite a lot of work to do in some of the parsing, a few cryptic definitions and then we get onto old letters. If you’ve got a good grasp … Read more “Quick Cryptic No 286 by Teazel”

Another enjoyable Quicky with nothing in the way of obscurities. I did spend a while on 23A because of going down a blind alley that I was reluctant to reverse from, but I’m sure many … Read more “Quick Cryptic 285 by Joker”

“No need to wash, it’s likely to rain, just bring your cosh or bicycle chain. Today’s the day the teddy-boys have their picnic.”Sorry, I couldn’t resist it, seeing 15a and in my day leaning towards … Read more “Quick Cryptic No 284 by Vista – Teds remembered”

Best wishes to macavity123 who is indisposed today – I’m a late stand in and am just about to head off down a motorway (M). Fortunately the crossword only took 8 minutes – many going … Read more “Quick Crytpic No 283 by Flamande”