Category: Quick Cryptic

Some good clues here so I quite enjoyed myself. This doesn’t seem like a Quick breeze as there’s good surfaces and quite a lot of play in the word play. I usually struggle with flowers … Read more “Quick Cryptic no 27 by Flamande”

As at time of writing, the Quick Cryptic link from the Times site is incorrect – you can access it via http://feeds.thetimes.co.uk/timescrossword/20140414/127/ Looking at other Quicky blog posts, it seems as though people are warming … Read more “Quick Cryptic 26 by Grumpy”

After finding last week’s crossword (number 20) via the timesonline link, at a little past midnight this morning, I did the old switcheroo with the dates, and finished Rongo’s puzzle in 34 minutes. Good fun, … Read more “Quick Cryptic 25 by Rongo”

Morning all. Time: 13 minutes Thought this was a bit on the tricky side, with a couple of clues that wouldn’t have been out of place in a 15 x 15 puzzle. Across 1 JACKAL … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 24 by Felix”

I thought this was a good Quickie with a mix of some relatively straightforward clues to give a way in, and some trickier ones that were quite challenging. One piece of obscure (at least to … Read more “Quick Cryptic 23 by Hurley”

At time of posting, the Times online link was broken.  I presume the automated process still requires attention but one would think they would have got their act together by now.  I got access to … Read more “Quick Cryptic 22 by Izetti”

Hooray! The Play button worked* from the dot of midnight and the setter’s name is back! Shame about ‘by by’ though. *On edit: Spoke too soon! See first comments below. This took me 14 minutes … Read more “Quick Cryptic 21 by Tracy”

A nice little workout, I’ve been too busy (or too lazy) this week to do the other quickies so I can’t comment on its comparative difficulty, but there’s a good mix of clueing techniques for … Read more “Quick Cryptic 20 – by Grumpy”

Apologies for the lateness, I didn’t realise I was down for blogging duties today. Time: 10 mins A very friendly puzzle with some nice things to make me smile. I’m thinking this is someone who’s … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 19 by Mara”

After erring on the difficult side in week 1, I think the quick cryptic setters have found just the right level and I thought this puzzle was just right. Hopefully nothing obscure for solvers, although … Read more “Quick Cryptic 18 by Tracy”