Category: Quick Cryptic

Thanks to Joker for a very enjoyable puzzle – not too tricky but plenty to keep you on your toes, I thought. Bit of a Celtic fringe here today with clues based around Wales, Cornwall … Read more “Quick Cryptic No 242 by Joker”

Some challenging vocabulary for which the definitions given are from Collins. 19ac required a (fortunately correct) guess between the two usual types of graduate. Not many went in from the definition alone so the wordplay … Read more “Quick Cryptic No 241 by Orpheus”

11 minutes for this one which I think is fairly straightforward though there are a couple of less than familiar words, one of which (at 7dn) could catch out the unwary solver. Also 1dn might … Read more “Quick Cryptic 240 by Teazel”

There’s not a lot to say about this; a pleasant puzzle, easier than my Wednesday duty, a couple of ‘chestnut’ clues. Across 1 RUMPLE – RULE (government) around MP; def. disturb. 4 TRAGIC – T … Read more “Quick Cryptic No 239 by Pedro”

Solving time: extremely straightforward Morning all. We are graced by the presence of the Don today and it’s one of his usual elegant and user-friendly puzzles, ideal for this slot. Nothing too challenging here today … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 238 by Izetti – Earworm Day!”

Mostly straightforward, an elegant puzzle, but with three or four clues worthy of higher level cryptics I thought, with a French writer, a French region, and a French domestic feature to discover. Across 1 LUCINDA … Read more “Quick Cryptic No 237 by Des – très français aujourd’hui”

Several clues went in on a first pass and I thought this was going to be an easy one – I was wrong! Some clues were really satisfying – requiring building up sections of wordplay … Read more “Quick Cryptic No 236 by Hurley”

I can’t currently access the puzzle from the Times site – if you’re having a similar problem, you can find the puzzle here: http://feeds.thetimes.co.uk/timescrossword/20150202/622/ Edit: 10 minutes later, the link from the site seems to … Read more “Quick Cryptic 235 by Dazzler”

Nothing to trouble seasoned quickie solvers here, and a couple of cryptic definitions to get us novices thinking laterally. I thought many of the definition parts of clues were neat and well disguised, especially 16ac, … Read more “Quick Cryptic Number 234 by Orpheus”

Solving Time; Medium Morning all! A nice fairly straightforward puzzle with a couple of little traps, but overall nothing too beastly. Thanks to our setter for an enjoyable challenge. Across 1 MISHAP – We start … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 233 by Marty”