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Day: 25th April 2008

Olla podrida

Author   petebiddlecombePosted on 25th April 2008 at 12:00 PM10 September 2025Categories Announcement

This is an experimental message for the benefit of people with questions that don’t fit elsewhere, or about old postings that you don’t expect people to still be reading (specially folks doing syndicated versions of … Read more “Olla podrida”

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23897 – Winding gently down for the weekend

Author   jackktPosted on 25th April 2008 at 7:05 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

I struck lucky with an easy one today and polished it off in about 20 minutes which is as good as things get for me. I can’t see there’s much that could cause others problems … Read more “23897 – Winding gently down for the weekend”

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