Category: Quick Cryptic

This may be a tale of two types of solvers – those who get 1ac early and those who don’t. I was in the latter category, took 25 minutes and think this is pretty hard … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 112 by Izetti”

As always it’s difficult to predict how a puzzle will be received by others, particularly the newbies, but I’d tentatively suggest that this one might be about as easy as things can get. The vocab … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 111 by Grumpy”

Seven or eight minutes of writing-in to complete this, a tad harder perhaps than my Wednesday blogging duty, with one word rather obscure but gettable from the wordplay. For new solvers, there are several ‘old … Read more “Quick Cryptic No 110 by Orpheus”

Greetings all. Thanks to jackkt for covering for me last week while I was away. I thoroughly enjoyed this puzzle which I tackled while waiting for my hospital appointment. I didn’t find it particularly strenuous. … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 109 by Teazel”

I hope I’m not upsetting anyone by saying I found this easier than most of the recent quickie puzzles, it was a write-in and took me 7 minutes including printing off (I prefer to solve … Read more “Quick Cryptic No 108 by Joker – plenty to drink here.”

15 minutes for me so medium/hard. I got a lot of clues from the definitions (and worked the word play out later which proved to be quite an enjoyable mental tussle) but I have some … Read more “Quick Cryptic No 107 by Pedro”

The link from the Times site seems to be working – hopefully not famous last words. As a computer programmer in my previous life, it always felt like a defeat to use the mouse instead … Read more “Quick Cryptic 106 by Tracy”

William was unable to login to LJ this morning, so emailed it to me to post. Sorry, only just saw the email so it’s much later than intended. NB I took the liberty of editing … Read more “Quick Cryptic 105 by Felix (on behalf of william_j_s)”

The button seems to be okay, but in case of difficulty here’s the url: http://feeds.thetimes.co.uk/timescrossword/20140731/227/ I’m standing in for Macavity today.  17 minutes for this one. I’ve given up trying to predict the level of … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No. 104 by Mara”

Greetings from Paris, where Mrs. Novice and I are currently holidaying in a charming appartment in the heart of the Marais. The holiday mood (coupled with a significant intake of Cotes du Rhone) probably impacted … Read more “Quick Cryptic No. 103 by Izetti”