Category: Quick Cryptic

I found this tricky in places and was held up a few times before eventually finishing in a bit over 11 minutes.

I found this quite straightforward and I hope you did too.

Today we have a Quick Crossword from the occasional setter Kenny, his second of the year. On the tricky side of average it took me 6:33 finishing with 4D, which was my COD, although I liked 8A and 21D too.

We know Kenny is one of our crossword editor’s pseudonyms and have come to expect a Nina. Can you spot today’s?

Fortnightly Weekend Quick Cryptic. This time it is Sawbill’s turn to provide the extra weekend entertainment. You can find the crossword (and news of a London get later this month) here. If anyone is interested in our previous offerings you can find an index to all 78 here.

Perhaps a touch on the trickier side today.

My first go at blogging Jalna – this is a nicely-balanced grid with an even mixture of clue-types.

Some tough old parsings in here,  which were hidden by some very clever clueing. 

Hello everyone.  At first this Quick Cryptic seemed like it would live up to its name and I zoomed along … until I didn’t.

Mostly gentle with one completely unparsable clue

12 minutes to solve, but there are a few editing problems with this puzzle from Pedro which took me a while to unravel…

Nothing too outlandish in this offering from Felix. It was a quick solve for me today, all done in 9:15, for a rare sub-10 minute outing.