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Day: 5th December 2007

Times 23777 – Someone alert the Marquis of Queensbury

Author   glhPosted on 5th December 2007 at 9:30 PM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

Solving time : 9 minutes. Gosh, I need to solve these late at night more often! Fun, seemed pretty straightforward, bit of a breather after the last three days. There were a lot of clues … Read more “Times 23777 – Someone alert the Marquis of Queensbury”

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23,776 – easy peasy – for a current Wednesday anyway

Author   petebiddlecombePosted on 5th December 2007 at 8:39 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

Solving time: 8:47 After some tough puzzles for this weekly spot, this one was much easier – though I was still held up for a while in the NE corner, where 9, 6, 7 and … Read more “23,776 – easy peasy – for a current Wednesday anyway”

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