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Day: 29th April 2015

Quick Cryptic Number 297 by Teazel

Author   william_j_sPosted on 29th April 2015 at 7:22 AM10 September 2025Categories Quick Cryptic

This was quite a grown-up crossword, which for me felt in equal parts frustrating and revelatory – just as it should be! I had difficulty with some vocabulary at 16ac and 18ac, and one last … Read more “Quick Cryptic Number 297 by Teazel”

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Times Crossword 26,085

Author   JerryWPosted on 29th April 2015 at 2:13 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

Solving Time: I’m standing in for Pip today. This took me almost 30 minutes; but how much of that is down to me, and how much to the crossword is not clear. It certainly didn’t … Read more “Times Crossword 26,085”

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