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Day: 7th October 2007

40 years on…

Author   petebiddlecombePosted on 7th October 2007 at 8:01 PM10 September 2025Categories Announcement

In 1967, Terry Biddlecombe won the Cheltenham Gold Cup on Woodland Venture. Today, I just managed to win a “Cheltenham silver cup” for the Times Crossword Championship. I’m afraid I was too busy accepting congratulations … Read more “40 years on…”

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ST 4244 (Sun 29 Sep) – Salubritas et Eruditio

Author   talbinhoPosted on 7th October 2007 at 12:16 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

Solving time: 6:51 Very quick blog for this, as I’m sure noone is remotely interested given today’s main event. 20dn is terrible, the rest fairly standard. Rather uncharitably I hope that Alonso and Raikkonen crash … Read more “ST 4244 (Sun 29 Sep) – Salubritas et Eruditio”

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