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Day: 8th August 2010

ST 4392 (Sun 1 Aug) – Blankety banco

Author   talbinhoPosted on 8th August 2010 at 1:59 PM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

Solving time: 4:10 It’s been said that if you have nothing nice to say, you should say nothing. That, however, is not the lot of the blogger. This was dire. I dallied briefly at the … Read more “ST 4392 (Sun 1 Aug) – Blankety banco”

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Mephisto 2605 – Mike Laws

Author   petebiddlecombePosted on 8th August 2010 at 8:22 AM10 September 2025Categories Mephisto

Solving time: 24:27, without Chambers, except to confirm that NU was right as my best punt on the the “foreign character” in 12. About as easy as Mephistos get – only about 9 difficult answer … Read more “Mephisto 2605 – Mike Laws”

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