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Day: 25th March 2007

Mephisto 2429 / Tim Moorey – Carnifex!

Author   petebiddlecombePosted on 25th March 2007 at 9:43 PM10 September 2025Categories Mephisto

Solving time – about 32 minutes, with fairly extensive use of Chambers. One of the rules of crossword grid construction observed almost everywhere is “no duplicated entries”. This puzzle throws the rule in the bin … Read more “Mephisto 2429 / Tim Moorey – Carnifex!”

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ST 4216 – Dyak knifed

Author   talbinhoPosted on 25th March 2007 at 6:35 PM10 September 2025Categories Announcement

Solving time: About 20 mins by the time I gave up looking for alternatives and wrote in my three guesses (starred) of which (at least) one was wrong. Also spent a long time on 26dn. … Read more “ST 4216 – Dyak knifed”

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Times Saturday 23551

Author   linxitPosted on 25th March 2007 at 11:34 AM10 September 2025Categories Weekend Cryptic

Solving time: approx 15 mins. I was in London last week to meet up with some Irish friends for St. Patrick’s Day, so I solved this from the paper while sat in Covent Garden having … Read more “Times Saturday 23551”

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