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Day: 1st April 2008

Championship qualifiers

Author   petebiddlecombePosted on 1st April 2008 at 4:58 PM10 September 2025Categories Announcement

Thursday’s puzzle is the first qualifier for this year’s Times Crossword Championship. We won’t of course have reports on these until after entries have closed. We’ll say whether the blogger thought the puzzle was easy … Read more “Championship qualifiers”

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Times 23,876 – X marks the spot

Author   topicaltimPosted on 1st April 2008 at 12:30 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

I had one major difficulty here, as will become apparent. 17 minutes of which the last five were spent inwardly debating, and then externally checking, 9 across. Across 5 BRAHMS – as in half of … Read more “Times 23,876 – X marks the spot”

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