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Day: 22nd December 2006

Jumbo 672 – run out of long phrases?

Author   linxitPosted on 22nd December 2006 at 5:46 PM10 September 2025Categories Jumbo Cryptic

Solving time – 32:39 Another Times Jumbo with no answers longer than 14 letters. As PB often says, why make a 23×23 grid if you’re not going to use the extra size? ACROSS 9 CAS(h),HEW, … Read more “Jumbo 672 – run out of long phrases?”

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Times Saturday 23474 – a real stinker!

Author   linxitPosted on 22nd December 2006 at 5:33 PM10 September 2025Categories Weekend Cryptic

Solving time – I dread to think. Certainly over an hour, in three sessions. After a few weeks of fairly straightforward Saturday puzzles they’ve come up with an absolute stinker. For a while I was … Read more “Times Saturday 23474 – a real stinker!”

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23,479 – Felicitous yet laboured?

Author   i_am_magooPosted on 22nd December 2006 at 9:35 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

Solving time : 4m46s – welcome relief for me after a taxing few days at the blockface. Quite a variety of feelings about the clues – two elegant &lits, some other very felicitous phrasing, but … Read more “23,479 – Felicitous yet laboured?”

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