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Day: 1st May 2007

Mephisto 2434 – Mike Laws

Author   petebiddlecombePosted on 1st May 2007 at 10:21 PM10 September 2025Categories Mephisto

Solving time – 33 minutes, without Chambers Mephisto puzzles by Mike Laws can be tricky, but this one was fairly straightforward. One or two points of detail mentioned below where you may be able to … Read more “Mephisto 2434 – Mike Laws”

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23589 – SLEEPY and SLIPSHOD

Author   growfPosted on 1st May 2007 at 11:38 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

Solving time : 39’54” Typical – my first post and one of my slowest solves for quite some time. Having BLEARY as a poor homonym at 19D didn’t help either. Across 1 PEP,PERMI(N)T 11 CIRCUS … Read more “23589 – SLEEPY and SLIPSHOD”

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