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Day: 10th August 2014

Times Jumbo 1102

Author   topicaltimPosted on 10th August 2014 at 1:12 PM10 September 2025Categories Jumbo Cryptic

And we’re back to my normal sort of solving time, 33 minutes for this one. Steady and mostly enjoyable challenge; I concluded that this solver a) likes their cryptic definitions, and b) would have been … Read more “Times Jumbo 1102”

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Mephisto 2814 by Don Manley

Author   dorsetjimboPosted on 10th August 2014 at 7:00 AM10 September 2025Categories Mephisto

Average to easy puzzle which posed no major problems. Across 1 MUGWUMP – MUG-W-UMP; weak=w (particle physics); umpire=UMP; The jocular word MUGWUMP is from Algonquian (Natick) “mugquomp”,meaning “important person”;The Mugwumps were Republicans who defected to … Read more “Mephisto 2814 by Don Manley”

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