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Day: 1st October 2009

Jumbo 835

Author   petebiddlecombePosted on 1st October 2009 at 9:07 AM10 September 2025Categories Jumbo Cryptic

Solving time: 30:35 – roughly a jumbo par, as they seem to take about three times as long as cryptics. Some very ingenious clues here, so straight on to the explanations. Across 1 B(A,R(oo)M,AN – … Read more “Jumbo 835”

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Times 24,345

Author   richardvgPosted on 1st October 2009 at 8:55 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

Solving time: 15:23 Reasonably steady solve until after 10 minutes I had only three left (4 (SUBSTANCES), 6 (THE BEAR) and 7 (COMMA)). And they took another 5 minutes. Looking at them now I can’t … Read more “Times 24,345”

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