Category: Quick Cryptic

Here we go again, I thought, I had the bad luck to have a poet and classicist not long ago…

I found this a lot more difficult than the average QC

Well that was a bit tricky in places, but a great QC from Pedro today. Some super clues including a reverse cryptic and a diverse set geographical references, including one of my favourite towns in Suffolk.

Fortnightly Weekend Quick Cryptic. This time it is my turn to provide the extra weekend entertainment. You can find the crossword, entitled “A New Season Begins”, (and news of a London get together in June) here.

I thought I was making good progress for an Izetti, but ground to a bit of a halt in the SW.

This is my second time in a row blogging one of Beck’s grids. I thought it was pretty straightforward but…..

My time, 14:31. Timeline: Execution of Joan of Arc, 1431. Bang on average for me these days.

Hi everyone.  I’m relaxed about it, but where possible try to avoid seeing the name of the setter while solving.  I was surprised when I had finished to find that this puzzle was by Joker.  The last Joker was the infamous 2353 where, like many others, I had an OWL (one wrong letter).  I also took a long time to get there.  By contrast the time on the clock today was 2:28 faster than my average.*

What I really want to do is focus on enjoyment and of the quality of the clues, rather than the time taken.  Yet, yet again, I have little to say other than I enjoyed it and have no complaints.  The comments I do have are by the clues below.  Thanks Joker!

A pleasant solve of medium difficulty

This was one of my fastest times for a long time at 7:48, well inside my target range of 10 – 15 minutes…

A tricky offering from Izetti today, although that may be a tautology. There are some advanced devices that we don’t often see in the quickie and some fairly obscure general knowledge is called for.