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Day: 16th August 2015

Times 26179 – Poet’s advice, say?

Author   vinyl1Posted on 16th August 2015 at 9:45 PM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

Solving time: 36 minutes Music: Bert Jansch, Moonshine This puzzle was quite difficult for a Monday offering, and I was quite pleased at how quickly I was able to unravel some of the clues. Fortunately, … Read more “Times 26179 – Poet’s advice, say?”

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Jumbo 1161 – August 1st 2015

Author   fathippy2Posted on 16th August 2015 at 6:13 PM10 September 2025Categories Jumbo Cryptic

Solid, middle of the road offering. Small spatterings of unknown terms, or convoluted cluing, but in the main clear and well signed constructions. Across 1 QUARTERMASTER – QUARTER=fourth, (rate ms)* 8 TOPPING UP – either … Read more “Jumbo 1161 – August 1st 2015”

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Mephisto 2867 – Paul McKenna

Author   glhPosted on 16th August 2015 at 4:44 AM10 September 2025Categories Mephisto

Apologies to the seven and a half regular Mephisto readers. I appear to have gotten very drunk in Boston and will not be posting the solution until mid-Sunday afternoon. If you have a query, please … Read more “Mephisto 2867 – Paul McKenna”

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