Category: Quick Cryptic

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”

Quite a chewy Quickie, I thought, with several of the clues taking a bit of unravelling. Looking back at it, there does not really appear to be much to frighten the horses as jackkt says … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 113 by Dazzler – A Chewy Pangram”

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.”