Category: Quick Cryptic

A few nefarious characters and what may lie in store for them here.

This is only Beck’s fourth puzzle, his/her first having appeared last November.

Today we are treated, once again, to a Friday Quick Crypric from Izetti. Being fortunate enough to know all the required general knowledge, I managed to sail through this in very nearly a clean sweep. Thank-you Izetti. How did you all get on?

Slower than the last couple of days for a somewhat tricky QC.

It all began rather sedately with just three inked in on the first pass of the across clues, however a bumper crop of gentle down clues turned the tide…

Are are the QCs getting harder? This one was also outside my target time of 20:23, with 12a taking me over the top. Two NHOs for me today, one anatomical, one culinary.

Hi everybody.  Ooh, it looks like we have a new setter!  A new name, at least, so a warm welcome to Alex.

Straightforward with one chewy bit

A pleasing puzzle from Hurley, with a bit of a French, or French Canadian feel to it maybe?

I thought I was in for a real battle here after my first pass through all the across clues resulted in only three answers. Three!