Category: Quick Cryptic

A puzzle at the easier end of the spectrum today, I thought. Good range of clue types, and little or no obscure GK or vocabulary required. At time of posting, SNAFU Central appears to have … Read more “Quick Cryptic 133 by Grumpy”

Found this pretty hard. No time for solving as done over a day walking in the Peak District with family. Wonderful views from Mam Tor. A few clues had quite convoluted word play which, once … Read more “Quick Cryptic No 132 by Hurley”

This took me 22 minutes.  I was very slow to get things flowing and spent ages dotting answers in around the grid. And then, having completed most of it, I had a mental block and … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 131 by Izetti”

A geographical slant on today’s puzzle, good for coffee drinkers. Some write-ins, some needing a little thought and a few worthy of the main cryptic. It took me 12 minutes -partly because my print-out from … Read more “Quick Cryptic No 130 by Des”

Solving time: Fairly straightforward Hello everyone We have a puzzle by Flamande today who certainly knows how to set for the target market. This is quite an accessible puzzle, which didn’t cause too many problems … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 129 by Flamande”

Nothing obscure here, a good puzzle, only around 3 on the Richter scale, but parsing 12ac, 20ac and 20dn may make some scratch their heads for a while. Across 1 PANORAMA – PANAMA (part of … Read more “Quick Cryptic No. 128 by Joker”

If, like me, you find this more of a flapjack than the definition of 17dn – it may help to know that in some cases the definitions are quite get-able but the word play is … Read more “Quick Cryptic No 127 by Vista”

My apologies for what will be a rather sparse blog, as I have had guests since the puzzle became available on Friday. I thought this was straightforward, with a mix of nice clues (e.g. 3D … Read more “Quick Cryptic 126 by Rongo”

Another eminently solvable puzzle for learners like me, in which most of the word play is straightforward. A couple of answers (17dn & 19ac) required a bit more thought on my part, but there is … Read more “Quick Cryptic Number 125 by Mara”

Solving time: Straightforward Greetings everyone. Today we have a puzzle by Tracy which is one that should delight the newer solvers. It’s reasonably straightforward and should not cause too much hassle, although a couple of … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 124 by Tracy”