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Day: 12th April 2015

Times 26071 – Up the ladder in a Chelsea tractor!

Author   vinyl1Posted on 12th April 2015 at 9:18 PM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

Solving time: 38 minutes Music: Purcell, Dido and Aeneas, Davis/AOSMITF This seemed pretty tough for a Monday puzzle to me. There are some obscure words and acronyms, and some tricky wordplay. I was only able … Read more “Times 26071 – Up the ladder in a Chelsea tractor!”

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Sunday Times 4636 by Tim Moorey

Author   keriothePosted on 12th April 2015 at 1:00 AM10 September 2025Categories Weekend Cryptic

24:06 for this, ending in failure at 27ac, which contains a usage I have never encountered before. Judging by comments on the club forum I am not alone in this. There were a number of … Read more “Sunday Times 4636 by Tim Moorey”

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Mephisto 2849 – Paul McKenna

Author   glhPosted on 12th April 2015 at 12:03 AM10 September 2025Categories Mephisto

Despite a generous grid (look at those fully-checked three letter lights and all the six-letter lights with only one unchecked letter), I made a real mess of this one and it took a lot of … Read more “Mephisto 2849 – Paul McKenna”

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