Category: Quick Cryptic

In this blog the blooming blogger, Has descended into poesy, That’s the trouble with the trochee, It is such a dreadful ear-worm.

A big hold-up in one corner!

A mixture of easier clues and others that needed some thought so about the right level of difficulty for a QC.

An enjoyable puzzle I found mostly straightforward,

I found parts of this quite tough, both to complete and to fully parse.

Today’s Quick Cryptic from Izetti was an enjoyable tussle.

Fortnightly Weekend Quick Cryptic.  This time it is Sawbill’s turn to provide the extra weekend entertainment. You can find the crossword  here.

Around average difficulty, with a couple of trickier bits thrown in.

Leave your lethargy and idleness behind!

Was rolling through this at PB speed until I hit the bottom right which knocked me into the late teens.

Hello all. I hope the new year is treating you well. With some clever misdirection in wordplay and definitions, this felt like the kind of puzzle which might sit better with experienced solvers used to more advanced puzzles. Because I’m one of those (just realised I started blogging nearly ten years ago – eek!) I did ok timewise (about average) and enjoyed it immensely, but it kept me thinking a couple of minutes longer than did the previous Bjorn puzzle. Thanks to Bjorn for the entertainment.