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Day: 24th December 2007

Chambers going cheap

Author   petebiddlecombePosted on 24th December 2007 at 3:10 PM10 September 2025Categories Announcement

For some reason, a thumb-indexed version of the current Chambers is on Amazon UK for the absurdly low price of £5.39 plus p & p. Although it’s not an official dictionary for the Times puzzle, … Read more “Chambers going cheap”

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23792 – My heart aches…

Author   foggywebPosted on 24th December 2007 at 10:23 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

Solving time: 41 minutes Mostly ok – it took me a while to get going but then the answers came pretty steadily. I had to think hard to get the wordplay for a few of … Read more “23792 – My heart aches…”

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Puzzles to try while the Times site is down

Author   petebiddlecombePosted on 24th December 2007 at 9:30 AM10 September 2025Categories Announcement

Here are some links to sites with puzzles, in the absence of a working Times site. We start with four current Christmas puzzles, then move on to sites with old puzzles, but these should include … Read more “Puzzles to try while the Times site is down”

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Times Crossword Club problems again

Author   petebiddlecombePosted on 24th December 2007 at 8:59 AM10 September 2025Categories Announcement

Just a reminder that we have a continuing post about these problems here. I appreciate that it’s very frustrating not to be able to get at the puzzles, but I can’t condone putting scanned copies … Read more “Times Crossword Club problems again”

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