Category: Quick Cryptic

Howdy y’all. I’m on a road trip from the mountains of Colorado to the Lakes. Having stayed on Route 66 (at Springfield MO – home of the mighty Bears Soccer Team), I’m now in Memphis … Read more “Quick Cryptic 17 by Teazel”

As at time of writing, it appears as though the Quick Cryptic link from the Times site is incorrect – the puzzle is actually at: http://feeds.thetimes.co.uk/timescrossword/20140331/117/, though the setter’s name is missing when accessing it … Read more “Quick Cryptic 16 by Flamande – Screamadelica”

Quite a bit more taxing than the last couple of puzzles, and no less entertaining for it. I liked 17dn, with a more playful version of ‘both sides’ = R + L (right and left), … Read more “Quick Cryptic 15 by Joker”

Today’s Time 4 min 07 secs. Morning all! I suspect today’s Quickie will divide the camps. My guess is that most of the regulars around here will probably post their fastest times so far. I … Read more “Quick Cryptic 14 by Izetti”

Quick Cryptic 13 by Corelli One at the easier end of the Quickie spectrum today, I thought, or maybe I’m just starting to get my eye in. That said, a few were quite challenging to … Read more “Quick Cryptic 13 by Corelli”

Posting early because I won’t have time in the morning. I found this puzzle tricky to finish. Most of it went in within 20 minutes but I spent another 45 on the remainder. Can’t really … Read more “Quick Cryptic 12 by Rongo”

This took me 12 minutes including understanding the wordplay but the last two of those were spent on 2dn where I suffered a mental block. As with most of the Quick puzzles so far, the … Read more “QUICK CRYPTIC No. 11 by Dazzler”

The Quick Cryptic blogs seem to have brought a new life to this community – not that we were struggling but we’ve seen a new influx of bloggers and commenters as a result, which has … Read more “Quick Cryptic Week 3”

My first attempt at a blog, so bear with me if I wax too lyrical or get too patronising; since the solution is available online, I’ll just try to explain how the answers arise, for … Read more “Quick Cryptic Number 10 – double definitions running riot – by Myles”

The office temp here (this is a one-off, it will be someone else next time) so I was watching the clock. It may have been blog fright but at 8 minutes I found this a … Read more “Quick Cryptic 9 by Grumpy. Pumpkins at midnight for Marks & Sparks”