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Day: 6th June 2010

ST 4383 (Sun 30 May) – Shank’s ‘mare

Author   talbinhoPosted on 6th June 2010 at 4:47 PM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

Solving time: 11 mins, one mistake (17dn) Not my finest hour: a hasty wrong answer at 1ac cost me a lot of time, but this all felt very sluggish. I ended up stuck on 17dn … Read more “ST 4383 (Sun 30 May) – Shank’s ‘mare”

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Mephisto 2596 Mike Laws

Author   dorsetjimboPosted on 6th June 2010 at 8:41 AM10 September 2025Categories Mephisto

I found this the easiest Mephisto for some time, the down clues in particular with all but 5D of 1d to 9D read and written straight in.The AZED on the same day was even easier. … Read more “Mephisto 2596 Mike Laws”

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