Category: Quick Cryptic

I’m a bit busy at the moment so I’ve kept this brief and may not be able to answer any questions today. Happily busy I should say – messing about with boats. Also the current … Read more “Quick Cryptic no 57 by Joker”

The puzzle can be found at: http://feeds.thetimes.co.uk/timescrossword/20140526/163/ Orpheus’s fifth, I think, and in common with the previous four I would peg it as being at the easier end of the spectrum. There’s just one full … Read more “Quick Cryptic 56 by Orpheus”

I almost completely forget my blogging duties today! A commentary will appear once I’ve had a chance to solve it… …as quickly as possible! I was held up by 16dn (don’t know why), 18ac (as … Read more “Quick Cryptic Number 55 by Teazel”

Apologies for the delay. Check up completed and hearing aids now fitted, so hearing the clack clack of my keyboard for the first time. This may take some getting used to! Today’s puzzle was a … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 54 by Flamande”

Significantly easier than yesterday’s offering, but not a pushover. Several that took a bit of working out. Nice puzzle, so thanks to the setter – no arcane GK, a splash of humour, and a good … Read more “Quick Cryptic No 53 by Tracy”

Seems like a toughie today to follow yesterday’s rather more simple offering. Never the less there is lots to enjoy here. I got badly held up in the NW and got interrupted so not sure … Read more “Quick Cryptic no 52 by Mara”

Yet again the Quickie button at the Times has failed and the ‘backdoor’ route is out of sequence so here’s the link if you need it: http://feeds.thetimes.co.uk/timescrossword/20140519/158/ It’s hard to judge how others will fare … Read more “Quick Cryptic 51 by Grumpy”

This took me 10 minutes on my Android tablet (the Times pop-up keyboard works in Firefox for Android, I have discovered, but not in the default browser). Several of the clues were not instant write-ins … Read more “Quick Cryptic No.50 by Felix”

We are nearly at the half century of puzzles in the series; it’ll soon be time for the Times Book of Quick Cryptics, no doubt. And of course, today’s will be in there. The Don … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 49 by Izetti”

Stepping into the breach for one of our regular team, I took my Android tablet to bed hoping to make an early start. However the Times coding doesn’t like my Android browser and mis-produced some … Read more “Quick Cryptic No. 48 – by JOKER. No time for tablets.”