Category: Quick Cryptic

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.”

I’d expect some happy finishers and quick times today. Nothing very hard in this – 8 minutes for me (plus an extra 2 to sort out 12dn). On reflection there are a lot of standard … Read more “Quick Cryptic no 47 by Orpheus”

As of midnight UK time, the online link is pointing to last Monday’s puzzle. Nothing new there, but the usual URL fudging doesn’t work and I had to do some hunting around to find my … Read more “Quick Cryptic 46 by Dazzler”

A lovely puzzle to round off the week. I thought it was going to be very quick, as most of the top half went in without a hitch, but I slowed down considerably in the … Read more “Quick Cryptic Number 45 by Rongo”

Solving time: Straightforward After a couple of days of slightly trickier puzzles, we have a nice straightforward one that should make the newer solvers a little more comfortable. When talking to the newer solvers at … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 44 by Flamande”