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Day: 9th May 2010

ST 4379 (Sun 2 May) – Hung up

Author   talbinhoPosted on 9th May 2010 at 10:51 PM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

Solving time: about 5 mins A reasonable puzzle with a few quibbles here and there, mostly with regard to the cryptic ‘grammar’ of the clues, but no actual mistakes that I saw. There are a … Read more “ST 4379 (Sun 2 May) – Hung up”

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Mephisto 2592 – Paul McKenna

Author   dorsetjimboPosted on 9th May 2010 at 8:39 AM10 September 2025Categories Mephisto

On a cold and miserable bank holiday weekend when the AZED competition puzzle was very straightforward I gratefully found this quite difficult. I have one query at 11A where I can’t see the full parsing. … Read more “Mephisto 2592 – Paul McKenna”

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