Struggled mightily to get a foothold, and I’ll be opening up the SCC today and putting the kettle on.
Category: Quick Cryptic
Times Quick Cryptic 2788 by Orpheus
I found this quite easy but I shall be interested to hear how you all got on.
Quick Cryptic 2787 by Hurley
The frustrating art of one-handed solving…
Times Quick Cryptic No 2786 by Mara
A fairly middle-of-the-road Quick Cryptic from Mara today, I thought. How did you all get on?
Fortnightly Weekend Quick Cryptic. This time it is my turn to provide the extra weekend entertainment. You can find the crossword here.
Times Quick Cryptic No 2785 by Joker
Quality puzzle, quite tricky.
Times Quick Cryptic No 2784 by Trelawney
An enjoyable melange of words in an accessible grid
QC 2783 by Pedro
On the hard side, I took above average time, 15:02.
Times Quick Cryptic 2782 by Izetti
Hello everybody. This felt a little tricky for a quickie: although it didn’t last much longer than usual, certainly no Monday picnic. (Cue lots of reports of scorching times!) I was surprised to see who the setter was as it didn’t feel quite up to his usual quality. Still enjoyable though – thanks Izetti.
Quick Cryptic no 2781 by Wurm
Another puzzle by Wurm to enjoy, and (trigger alert) again he is making full use of the new freedom to reference living people.
Quick Cryptic 2780 by Asp
One for double definition fans