Category: Quick Cryptic

I managed to complete in 17 minutes, 2 over target, so the unknowns were reasonably generously clued…

At the easier end today, with plenty of anagrams and double definitions.

11:42; all present and correct. Not as hard as the Orpheus I blogged a couple of weeks ago but still more than enough to keep the solver honest

Mostly straightforward.

Well this was a proper Friday test from Breadman today.

Fortnightly Weekend Quick Cryptic. This time it is Phil’s turn to provide the extra weekend entertainment. You can find the crossword here. (It is easier than today’s). 

I found this around the same difficulty as yesterday… until I was left staring at the last clue for a couple of minutes and impatiently clicked on the answer.

Solving time: 9:51 I find Pedro the trickiest of all of the regular QC setters, averaging more than ten minutes before this grid. I tried not to put any time pressure on myself and I … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 2517 by Pedro”

Happy Halloween if you celebrate it, not much to be afraid of in this offering from Wurm.

Hello everyone. I moved very easily through this but then but made a mistake too embarrassing to detail. Still, I think it’s a puzzle which fits the Monday QC brief nicely. Thanks Trelawney.

Truly delicious.