Category: Quick Cryptic

A much more gentle offering than last Tuesday’s although I got a bit held up in SW. Some nice clues and a couple of answers maybe not familiar to all. Not much more to add … Read more “Quick Cryptic No 97 by Grumpy”

As we begin the week that will see the 100th Quick Cryptic, it is mind-boggling that simply making the puzzle available to punters is proving such an IT conundrum (in other technology news, today marks … Read more “Quick Cryptic 96 by Orpheus”

I found this pretty meaty and I didn’t manage to finish it on my commute (my daily aim) despite the continuing signalling faults. I need help for 3dn from anyone who understands the wordplay! 13ac … Read more “Quick Cryptic Number 95 by Mara”

The link on the Times site is broken yet again so here is the correct url for those trying to access today’s Quickie: http://feeds.thetimes.co.uk/timescrossword/20140717/214/ Sorry this won’t be a very expansive blog as I’m standing … Read more “Quick Cryptic 94 by Tracy”

Good puzzle, I thought, so thanks to Flamande. Not too tricky, but some sticky moments along the way that had me scratching my head for a while. The hardest bit was finding the damned thing! … Read more “Quick Cryptic No. 93 by Flamande”

Ooh la la! A real tough one which I’m thinking won’t please everyone. In case you can’t find it here’s the link:http://feeds.thetimes.co.uk/timescrossword/20140715/211/I’m still working on why some of the answers are the answers but don’t … Read more “Quick Cryptic no. 92 by Orpheus”

If you are having problems accessing today’s puzzle, it’s here now:http://feeds.thetimes.co.uk/timescrossword/20140714/210/Please also see my reply to Anon below This one took me 11 minutes but I thought it was going to be a lot longer … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic – 91 by Teazel”

I arose early to find a little tranquillity in which to blog this, but the grandchildren mayhem started eleven minutes later just as I finished solving and started typing. I haven’t had the pleasure of … Read more “Quick Cryptic No. 90 by Oran – pleasant pot pourri”

Solving time: Straightforward(ish) This was an odd exercise for me. I looked at the puzzle on first reading and felt quite blank about it, but as I solved a couple of clues, everything just seemed … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 89 by Dazzler”

For once I am on UK time and awake late enough to do this before hitting the hay. Also relieved that our holiday house has broadband so there’s no need to decamp to McDonalds for … Read more “Quick Cryptic No. 88 by Izetti”