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Day: 28th October 2012

Sunday Times 4508 (21 Oct 2012) by Jeff Pearce

Author   daveperryPosted on 28th October 2012 at 1:53 AM10 September 2025Categories Weekend Cryptic

Solving time: 41:45 I found this one fairly average in terms of difficulty. I don’t think there were any new words in here to me, although there were a couple of unfamiliar ones – BERTHA … Read more “Sunday Times 4508 (21 Oct 2012) by Jeff Pearce”

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Mephisto 2721 – Don Manley

Author   glhPosted on 28th October 2012 at 12:43 AM10 September 2025Categories Mephisto

After a couple of pretty tough Mephistos, this is back on the easier side (still more challenging than the daily), though there’s a few clues I can’t fully parse (of course 1 across is one … Read more “Mephisto 2721 – Don Manley”

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