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Day: 1st June 2014

ST 4591 – Tim Moorey in Gentle Mode

Author   ulacaPosted on 1st June 2014 at 7:03 PM10 September 2025Categories Weekend Cryptic

Shelled out 2.50 to get the Sunday Times in order to do the crossword, and pleasant enough it turned out to be, and quick enough to solve to retain some credibility with my wife and … Read more “ST 4591 – Tim Moorey in Gentle Mode”

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Times Jumbo 1092

Author   topicaltimPosted on 1st June 2014 at 4:09 PM10 September 2025Categories Jumbo Cryptic

Clock stopped at just under the half-hour mark, which means I continue a sequence where nearly every Jumbo I’ve blogged for months seems to have been in the category “mostly straightforward puzzle, about average time”, … Read more “Times Jumbo 1092”

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Mephisto 2804 by Paul McKenna

Author   dorsetjimboPosted on 1st June 2014 at 6:00 AM10 September 2025Categories Mephisto

Reasonably straightforward Mephisto in which Alf Garnett meets Mahatma Gandhi – I wonder what Alf would have said? At 4D I’ve queried “full-time”, suggesting “permanent” as a better alternative whilst both 13A and 20D appear … Read more “Mephisto 2804 by Paul McKenna”

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