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Day: 27th March 2010

Jumbo 862

Author   topicaltimPosted on 27th March 2010 at 1:15 PM10 September 2025Categories Jumbo Cryptic

The usual Jumbo rubric: as the solution is available alongside (or indeed before) the blog, comment is confined only to references that might remain obscure to overseas / inexperienced solvers even with the answer visible, … Read more “Jumbo 862”

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Saturday Times 24490 (March 20th)

Author   linxitPosted on 27th March 2010 at 10:20 AM10 September 2025Categories Weekend Cryptic

Solving time 16:45, about average, although the online copy I solved was made harder by missing out the clue to 12ac (although I guessed it when I had 4 crossing letters in place). The other … Read more “Saturday Times 24490 (March 20th)”

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TLS 823 (March 5th) – cracked it!

Author   linxitPosted on 27th March 2010 at 7:28 AM10 September 2025Categories Announcement

Solving time – approx 16 minutes, without aids! Quite a bit of guesswork was involved though, and I’m not 100% certain of 11ac even after subsequent research. A first for me, although I suspect Tony … Read more “TLS 823 (March 5th) – cracked it!”

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Club Monthly 20114 – March 2010

Author   JerryWPosted on 27th March 2010 at 12:04 AM10 September 2025Categories Monthly Club Special

Solving time: 1hr 40m – so quite hard, especially the last few clues.. Another high class offering that I can’t find anything to quibble about, though I do have two clues I am not clever … Read more “Club Monthly 20114 – March 2010”

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