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Day: 10th November 2007

Times Saturday 23749 (Nov 3)

Author   linxitPosted on 10th November 2007 at 10:57 AM10 September 2025Categories Weekend Cryptic

Solving time 17:48 I found this quite difficult at first and it took me a while to get going – after 10 minutes I only had maybe half a dozen answers in, but eventually the … Read more “Times Saturday 23749 (Nov 3)”

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Times Jumbo 724 (27 Oct)

Author   linxitPosted on 10th November 2007 at 10:08 AM10 September 2025Categories Jumbo Cryptic

Just a quick report on what I consider to be the more difficult clues. I didn’t make a note of my time for this, but my average for Jumbos is around 30-40 minutes. Across 13 … Read more “Times Jumbo 724 (27 Oct)”

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Author   petebiddlecombePosted on 10th November 2007 at 12:09 AM10 September 2025Categories Announcement

On 19th January 2008, I’m repeating the “How to solve cryptic crosswords” course I held in January this year. The next version should be better than the last, partly because people won’t just have me … Read more “Advertisement: a How to Solve course”

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