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Day: 2nd December 2010

Now we are five …

Author   petebiddlecombePosted on 2nd December 2010 at 10:48 AM10 September 2025Categories Announcement

Five years ago today, this announcement with brief comments on the day’s puzzle started off the cottage industry of blogging broadsheet cryptic crosswords. (Rather like cryptic crosswords themselves, I’d seen something similar done in the … Read more “Now we are five …”

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Times 24710: 14 in 17 13

Author   glhPosted on 2nd December 2010 at 1:00 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

Solving time : 10 minutes, slow start but a very fast finish for one of my better times. There’s some long answers that can be confidently entered from the definition alone, which is a help. … Read more “Times 24710: 14 in 17 13”

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