Category: Quick Cryptic

As usual on a Monday the button’s not working, so here’s the url of today’s Quickie: http://feeds.thetimes.co.uk/timescrossword/20140616/178/ Tracy’s two most recent puzzles were very easy but this one has a little more depth to it … Read more “Quick Cryptic No. 71 by Tracy”

This seems to me to be a notch more difficult than Wednesday’s quickie, it’s a good work-out using some frequently occurring crossword clue-bits, as we shall see. Across 1 INTENDED – At home = IN, … Read more “Quick Cryptic No. 70 by Orpheus – European flavour with regular ingredients”

Solving time: Easy end of scale. The Don is back with another user-friendly quick crossword that is straightforward to solve and shouldn’t cause too much stress. Nothing caused me any difficulty; there are a couple … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 69 by Izetti”

I enjoyed this puzzle, a mix of simple and moderately tricky clues, including (as usual) a few where the likely answer springs to mind before the derivation is worked out. Across 1 MUSIC – MC … Read more “Quick Cryptic No. 68 by Rongo”

So here, for me, is why solving times may be of interest to others – even if they are new to cryptic crosswords. Yesterday I did the 15×15 in 20 minutes (my fastest ever), I … Read more “Quick Cryptic 67 by Vista”

The puzzle can be found at http://feeds.thetimes.co.uk/timescrossword/20140609/173/ This is Hurley’s sixth offering in the Quick Cryptic line, the previous five seemingly scattered all over the difficulty spectrum, going by people’s comments. I don’t think there’s … Read more “Quick Cryptic 66 by Hurley”

There is a lot to enjoy in this chewy little crossword, which feels a bit more grown-up than some of the others we have had recently (no criticism of this or former puzzles intended). Too … Read more “Quick Cryptic Number 65 by Juno”

Solving time: Easier end of scale. A nice pleasant stroll today in the company of Grumpy. Nothing terribly complex, although I did wonder if 13 across should have had A in the clue as well … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 64 by Grumpy”

Quite a mixed bag. Several relatively straightforward clues providing a soft underbelly through which to attack the puzzle, a few trickier ones, one which I thought was decidedly tough and another one which I must … Read more “Quick Cryptic No 63 by Mara”

Good get-able crossword. Thanks to Tracy who, I think, has ‘previous’ on providing such entertaining puzzles. A couple of items familiar from previous crosswords – one is the IV/VI each way bet, the other is … Read more “Quick Cryptic No 62 by Tracy”