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Day: 26th January 2014

Sunday Times 4573 (19 Jan 2014) by Tim Moorey

Author   daveperryPosted on 26th January 2014 at 11:08 AM10 September 2025Categories Weekend Cryptic

Solving time: 52:55 This one took me a while, but looking back on it, I’m not entirely sure why. It all seems quite straightforward now. 1a took me a while to unravel as the anagram … Read more “Sunday Times 4573 (19 Jan 2014) by Tim Moorey”

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Mephisto 2786 by Paul McKenna

Author   dorsetjimboPosted on 26th January 2014 at 8:00 AM10 September 2025Categories Mephisto

An interesting and entertaining Mephisto. I have one query at 6D where I’m missing a piece of the parsing. Across 1 AGHAST – AGHA-ST; 5 LOVAGE – LOV(A-G)E; G=German; drink from the west country; 10 … Read more “Mephisto 2786 by Paul McKenna”

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