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Times Quick Cryptic 3247 by Teazel

Author   TemplarPosted on 12th March 2026 at 1:36 AM12 March 2026Categories Quick Cryptic

Some tricky parsing.

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Times 29488: Tricky Thursday, level 4

Author   glhPosted on 12th March 2026 at 1:30 AM12 March 2026Categories Daily Cryptic

Time taken: 20:21

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Times Cryptic 29487 Voice criticism? Au contraire, I’m impressed.

Author   DvynysPosted on 11th March 2026 at 7:00 AM11 March 2026Categories Daily Cryptic

More concise and clear cluing on a Wednesday provides us with a short and sweet midweek offering.

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Quick Cryptic No 3246 by Mara

Author   DoofenschmirtzPosted on 11th March 2026 at 1:11 AM11 March 2026Categories Quick Cryptic

Nothing to scare the horses here.

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Quick Cryptic 3245 by Hurley – not a little grey Fergie

Author   BletchleyRejectPosted on 10th March 2026 at 3:30 AM9 March 2026Categories Quick Cryptic

I’ll be interested to hear what others think, but I found this pretty hard; maybe it was just me though.

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Times Cryptic 29486

Author   jackktPosted on 10th March 2026 at 2:15 AM4 March 2026Categories Daily Cryptic

I found this very hard in places.

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Times 29485 – Trust the wordplay and pray

Author   ulacaPosted on 9th March 2026 at 8:00 AM9 March 2026Categories Daily Cryptic

A number of unknowns and vaguely-heard-ofs made this a much stiffer test than one normally is given on a Monday.

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Quick Cryptic 3244 by Tango

Author   jackktPosted on 9th March 2026 at 1:00 AM4 March 2026Categories Quick Cryptic

This is Tango’s third QC and the first on my watch as blogger.

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Mephisto 3418 – If you are a Kiwi familiar with Scots….

Author   vinyl1Posted on 8th March 2026 at 2:08 AM8 March 2026Categories Mephisto

…you might do well.   But I found this one rather chewy.   While there are a few easy clues to get you started, there is some difficult vocabulary and some tough parsing here.

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Sunday Times Cryptic No 5205 by Dean Mayer — happy pill

Author   Guy du SablePosted on 8th March 2026 at 12:00 AM6 March 2026Categories Announcement, Weekend Cryptic

This was just great fun, consisting entirely of pretty common words, but all clued ingeniously enough to keep it interesting to the end.

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