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Day: 21st April 2010

At last the Mephisto 2589 show – Paul McKenna

Author   petebiddlecombePosted on 21st April 2010 at 11:49 AM10 September 2025Categories Mephisto

Solving time: about 100 minutes in 4 sessions I decided to give up bookless solving fairly early on with this one, being pretty much stuck with about 10 answers written in. Sadly, my first entry … Read more “At last the Mephisto 2589 show – Paul McKenna”

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24517

Author   petebiddlecombePosted on 21st April 2010 at 9:46 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

Solving time: 10:53 A puzzle with a bit of trickiness – 14A was my first answer in, and the SW corner was last to be completed – 24, 18, 26 and 23 in that order … Read more “24517”

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