Category: Quick Cryptic

Nothing to scare the horses here, in this beautifully-clued puzzle from Jalna.

After last week’s tribulations, I was hoping for something a bit gentler to blog. In part my wish was granted…

Solving time: 16 minutes with one wrong answer at 12ac.

After Juno’s very tricky QC yesterday, we have another tricky one from Mara today. Some nebulous definitions and deceptive wordplay made it slow going for me But there were some good clues along the way. I particularly liked 18A, 6D and 10D. Thank-you Mara. How did you all get on?

Quite Challenging!

A gentle romp through today’s grid with Orpheus as our guide…

Hurley sets a good puzzle which kept me thinking and led to a Baroque time, 17:20. 

Hello all.  I liked this puzzle, which took me about average time (20s over).  Obviously I appreciated the clues featuring cats, but really there are so many good ones here that I can’t pick out a small number for special mention.  Just have a scan again through the clues to see how smoothly they read and you should see what I mean.  Thanks Teazel!

Generally quick with a slow SW corner

This took me 12 minutes, 50% more than yesterday…