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Day: 28th April 2015

Sloggers & Betters 12

Author   macavity123Posted on 28th April 2015 at 12:57 PM10 September 2025Categories Announcement

Tuesday 19th May sees the annual Times setters’ lunch, and as usual a gathering has been arranged to hook up with this. Following the office move, we have suggested The George on Borough High Street … Read more “Sloggers & Betters 12”

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Quick Cryptic No 296 by Hurley

Author   ChrisPosted on 28th April 2015 at 6:46 AM10 September 2025Categories Quick Cryptic

I didn’t record a time but I guess between 10 and 15 minutes. It started off looking hard but then finished quickly and nothing too tricky. I seem to be reducing my explanations as time … Read more “Quick Cryptic No 296 by Hurley”

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Times 26084

Author   jackktPosted on 28th April 2015 at 1:57 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

26 minutes, so another straightforward solve and the second within my 30 minute target this week, including all the parsing. There’s nothing more to say really so I’ll get straight on with the blog… * … Read more “Times 26084”

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