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Day: 6th April 2015

Times 26065 – A Piece of the Proverbial

Author   ulacaPosted on 6th April 2015 at 1:17 PM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

A busy morning means I’ll get to this in the afternoon (HK time), so the blog should be up by 9am UK time. Well, that wasn’t too painful. Just 14 minutes, in fact, so expect … Read more “Times 26065 – A Piece of the Proverbial”

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Times Quick Cryptic 280 by Orpheus

Author   jackktPosted on 6th April 2015 at 12:26 AM10 September 2025Categories Quick Cryptic

9 minutes. I think most solvers will find this one fairly straightforward apart from a reference to a somewhat obscure 15th century poet, a French department and a crossword favourite that some newbies may not … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 280 by Orpheus”

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