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Day: 12th August 2007

Mephisto 2499-Mike Laws

Author   dhoggPosted on 12th August 2007 at 11:15 AM10 September 2025Categories Mephisto

Most of this puzzle fell into place, but it would have helped if I could have worked out the wordplay for 1ac, as I originally had CANNABIS in and that held up my progress on … Read more “Mephisto 2499-Mike Laws”

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Times Saturday 23671 (Aug 4th)

Author   linxitPosted on 12th August 2007 at 8:35 AM10 September 2025Categories Weekend Cryptic

Solving time – 38:42 This was another brilliant Saturday puzzle, in the same league as 23647 a few weeks ago. All the surface readings were good. Some of the wordplay was fiendish, some humorous. All … Read more “Times Saturday 23671 (Aug 4th)”

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ST 4236 (Sun 5 Aug) – Miskicks

Author   talbinhoPosted on 12th August 2007 at 1:16 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

Solving time: 10:15 Very ‘Sunday Timesey’ this week, with a few quibbles: 5ac, 13ac and 1dn are probably the main ones. A few difficult words – 24ac, 20dn and 13ac were all new to me. … Read more “ST 4236 (Sun 5 Aug) – Miskicks”

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