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Day: 14th October 2012

Sunday Times 4506 (7 Oct 2012) by Dean Mayer

Author   daveperryPosted on 14th October 2012 at 1:30 AM10 September 2025Categories Weekend Cryptic

Solving time: 55:37 – I found this quite tough, even by Dean’s standards. There’s quite a bit of devious wordplay in this one, a lot of which I didn’t decipher until post-solve, otherwise I certainly … Read more “Sunday Times 4506 (7 Oct 2012) by Dean Mayer”

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Mephisto 2719 – Tim Moorey

Author   glhPosted on 14th October 2012 at 1:00 AM10 September 2025Categories Mephisto

Oh boy did Tim Moorey have me crawling all over Chambers to get complete parsing of these clues! This is one of the more challenging Tim Moorey Mephistos I can remember for a long time, … Read more “Mephisto 2719 – Tim Moorey”

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