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Day: 29th November 2009

Mephisto 2569 by Mike Laws

Author   dorsetjimboPosted on 29th November 2009 at 10:57 AM10 September 2025Categories Mephisto

Like today’s 2570 I felt this was a better puzzle than some of late with a normal sprinkling of starter clues and a number of reasonably difficult ones. Interesting to see PALFRENIER appear so soon … Read more “Mephisto 2569 by Mike Laws”

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ST 4356 (Sun 22 Nov) – Chapel of discord

Author   talbinhoPosted on 29th November 2009 at 9:02 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

Solving time: about 10-15 mins with distractions. A strange puzzle with some terrible clues (e.g. CHAPEL at 5ac) and some excellent ones, of which my favourite was (appropriately) the one to ROLE MODEL at 15dn. … Read more “ST 4356 (Sun 22 Nov) – Chapel of discord”

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