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Day: 23rd April 2007

Times Jumbo 691 – Asian elephant

Author   petebiddlecombePosted on 23rd April 2007 at 11:06 PM10 September 2025Categories Jumbo Cryptic

Solving time 20:18 I hadn’t noticed, when calling a previous Jumbo post “African Elephant”, that the other kind appears at 30D in this puzzle. A few tricky corners here – my copy has some crossing … Read more “Times Jumbo 691 – Asian elephant”

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Mephisto 2433 – Chris Feetenby

Author   petebiddlecombePosted on 23rd April 2007 at 10:35 PM10 September 2025Categories Mephisto

Solving time: 27 mins without Chambers, but one mistake (20A) At least on the Times club site, this puzzle was spoiled by the truncation of four clues. Here they are in full, as the site … Read more “Mephisto 2433 – Chris Feetenby”

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23,582 – Puzzle protocol? Snap out of it

Author   foggywebPosted on 23rd April 2007 at 4:16 PM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

Solving time : just under 40 minutes. I had a really slow start, only getting a few clues on first read-through. Then I seemed to fall into crossword mode and whizzed through the rest. I … Read more “23,582 – Puzzle protocol? Snap out of it”

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Times Saturday 23575 – better late than never!

Author   linxitPosted on 23rd April 2007 at 10:59 AM10 September 2025Categories Weekend Cryptic

Solving time 13:32 Sorry for the lateness of this posting – I was away for the weekend at very short notice, although I should at least have put up a placeholder message. Not too hard, … Read more “Times Saturday 23575 – better late than never!”

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