Category: Quick Cryptic

Enjoyable puzzle, with a broad mix of some straightforward ones and some that were quite tricky (e.g. 4 down). Thanks to Teazel. As I was going through this one, I was reflecting on an observation … Read more “Quick Cryptic 123 by Teazel”

I’m standing in for Chris whilst I understand he is enjoying locally caught scallops in Scotland.  I didn’t have a lot of time so please excuse the brevity and inevitable errors. I haven’t been doing … Read more “Quick Cryptic 122 by Alconiere”

There seems to be a problem on the button at this moment so here’s the url to today’s Quickie:http://feeds.thetimes.co.uk/timescrossword/20140825/250/Edit: Fixed now but I’ll let it stand. Time taken to solve 15 minutes with 4dn delaying … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 121 by Hurley”

I think this is my first exercise supplied by Marty. I found it much trickier than Wednesday’s quickie, with several clues worthy of the main puzzle; it took me a good twenty minutes although once … Read more “Quick Cryptic No 120 by Marty”

Solving Time: Relatively straightforward The Don is along with today’s Quick Cryptic and it’s a reasonably accessible puzzle with our setter’s invariable smattering of religious clues (a little irritating for those of us who don’t … Read more “Quick Cryptic No 119 by Izetti”

A pleasant puzzle, two of the definitions are rather vague or loose (3d, 5d) and an unspecified woman makes 20a a rather random exercise. Not much else to add.UPDATE: it appears (see below comments) that … Read more “Quick Cryptic No 118 by Flamande”

The first couple seemed easy but then I took what seemed an age to get into the rest. Finished in 12 minutes so must have sped up as I went. An enjoyable crossword which starts … Read more “Quick Cryptic No 117 by Joker”

An enjoyable puzzle, with only the clue for 12A leaving me a little dissatisfied. It’s a solver-friendly grid in that only 4 answers have an unchecked first letter. There are various schools of thought as … Read more “Quick Cryptic 116 by Orpheus”

A fairly straightforward puzzle with some super anagrams, only one double definition, and a couple of less familiar words to keep you on your toes. Most of the across clues went in on the first … Read more “Quick Cryptic Number 115 by Hurley”

Solving time: Fairly straightforward. One that will raise a few smiles today with one or two clues with the air of the seaside postcard about them and would probably never make the daily puzzle. Top … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 114 by Mara – Nudge Nudge Wink Wink”