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Day: 26th May 2013

Times 25485 – A tough way to travel

Author   vinyl1Posted on 26th May 2013 at 10:58 PM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

Solving time: About two hours Music: None available I suspected that maybe it was not a good idea to attempt a Bank Holiday puzzle from Connecticut. A blogger can always cheat if necessary, just to … Read more “Times 25485 – A tough way to travel”

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Sunday Times 4538 (19 May 2013) by Jeff Pearce

Author   daveperryPosted on 26th May 2013 at 12:16 AM10 September 2025Categories Weekend Cryptic

Solving time: I solved offline and forgot to note the finish time. Probably about 40 minutes. A couple of words I didn’t know here – BEADLE & AGON, but both could be worked out easily … Read more “Sunday Times 4538 (19 May 2013) by Jeff Pearce”

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Mephisto 2751 – Don Manley

Author   glhPosted on 26th May 2013 at 12:10 AM10 September 2025Categories Mephisto

Don Manley recently celebrated 50 years of published crosswords so best wishes to him (I will have to see 93 to get there), so congratulations to Don on that landmark! I found the left half … Read more “Mephisto 2751 – Don Manley”

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