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Month: January 2012

Times 25,049

Author   topicaltimPosted on 3rd January 2012 at 11:16 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

Happy New Year, one and all. 20:47, so not as straightforward as the left side initially suggested it was going to be. One completely new word, and a lot of clues where the parsing is … Read more “Times 25,049”

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Saturday Times 25035 (Dec 17th)

Author   linxitPosted on 2nd January 2012 at 8:27 AM10 September 2025Categories Weekend Cryptic

Well, here it is at last! I forgot to note down my time when solving it over two weeks ago, but I remember it being on the tricky side. An unknown poet and two abbreviations … Read more “Saturday Times 25035 (Dec 17th)”

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Time 25048 – Those were the days

Author   kororarekaPosted on 2nd January 2012 at 4:20 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

Solving Time: DNF And a Happy New Year to all from me and welcome back to reality. I knew I’d be a little rusty (boom! boom!) on my first blog back but didn’t expect to … Read more “Time 25048 – Those were the days”

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Mephisto 2677 – Tim Moorey

Author   glhPosted on 1st January 2012 at 10:03 AM10 September 2025Categories Mephisto

Happy New Year everyone! Glad I still have this, it’s been sitting in my pile a while (a rhyme to bring in 2011). This is the Mephisto from December 18 (many of you may remember … Read more “Mephisto 2677 – Tim Moorey”

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Sunday Times 4464 (18 Dec 2011) – Christmas Special

Author   daveperryPosted on 1st January 2012 at 9:49 AM10 September 2025Categories Weekend Cryptic

Solving time: 1:29:12 I hadn’t realised this was going to be a Jumbo until I opened it, but by then I was committed. I had just solved the previous week’s Jumbo for blogging purposes, so … Read more “Sunday Times 4464 (18 Dec 2011) – Christmas Special”

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