Category: Quick Cryptic

One at the milder end of the spectrum today.

An enjoyable puzzle from Teazel with several clues needing more than a bit of thought.

I found this reasonably straightforward but I’m sure as usual there will be a full range of experiences to report.

There are lots of friendly clues in this Quick Cryptic from Mara today. Thank-you Mara. How did you all get on?

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

I was a fair bit slower than yesterday’s, so I’d put this on the tricky side. Looking forward to see how it fares on the shiny new SNITCH.

Around the medium-pace level? Even though none of the vocabulary is unusual, apart from…

Steady solve for me, took about 12 minutes, with this excellent puzzle from Orpheus.

Hi everyone. I thought this one fit the brief nicely; my solving was on the brief side too. Just a slight hold-up in 9a where I needed to let go of the idea that it would contain a certain letter. I see I’ve given special mention to Trelawney’s surfaces before and I could do the same again today. My COD was 11a. Thanks Trelawney!

I predict a riot

11 minutes for me, although I think I could have been quicker had my eyes worked properly…