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Day: 15th January 2012

Times Jumbo 959

Author   helenoughamPosted on 15th January 2012 at 5:16 PM10 September 2025Categories Jumbo Cryptic

Thanks to everyone who welcomed me to the site after my last posting. I found this Jumbo pretty straightforward – 22 minutes solving time. There was one quite obscure answer (41ac) and one clue I … Read more “Times Jumbo 959”

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Sunday Times 4467 (8 Jan 2012) – Phew!

Author   daveperryPosted on 15th January 2012 at 2:44 PM10 September 2025Categories Weekend Cryptic

Solving time: 1:01:00 – struggling all the way. I approached this with some trepidation having seen the comments made against last week’s blog about it. I think I had about 5 or 6 in after … Read more “Sunday Times 4467 (8 Jan 2012) – Phew!”

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Mephisto 2680 by Tim Moorey

Author   dorsetjimboPosted on 15th January 2012 at 8:55 AM10 September 2025Categories Mephisto

This I thought a reasonably difficult puzzle with a number of well crafted clues and a smaller than usual number of starter clues. I have one query at 1D where I suspect the clue “port … Read more “Mephisto 2680 by Tim Moorey”

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