Category: Quick Cryptic

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”

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”