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Day: 25th August 2012

Saturday Times 25245 (18th August)

Author   linxitPosted on 25th August 2012 at 11:30 AM10 September 2025Categories Weekend Cryptic

Solving time 15:03 – average time for a pretty average Saturday puzzle. One unknown for me at 10D, and I’d dispute the definition at 25A, nothing much else to add. COD to 3A for the … Read more “Saturday Times 25245 (18th August)”

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Times Jumbo 992

Author   topicaltimPosted on 25th August 2012 at 10:38 AM10 September 2025Categories Jumbo Cryptic

28:35 on the Club timer, which suggests this didn’t give much trouble (just lately I’ve been noticing a trend for the standard Saturday to be tough and the Jumbo much less so, to the point … Read more “Times Jumbo 992”

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