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Day: 10th February 2016

Quick Cryptic 503 By Tracy

Author   oliviarhinebeckPosted on 10th February 2016 at 7:29 PM10 September 2025Categories Quick Cryptic

A highly entertaining puzzle with excellent surfaces that made for some enjoyably surreal associations of ideas and images.  I’d put this squarely on the harder end of the scale – around 10 for me.    A … Read more “Quick Cryptic 503 By Tracy”

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Times 26331 – anyone for French cricket?

Author   piquetPosted on 10th February 2016 at 9:58 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

Another one of those puzzles, for me, which was slow to come into bud but then quickly came into full bloom. I had quite a few possibles in faint pencil, helping me to get a … Read more “Times 26331 – anyone for French cricket?”

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Quick Cryptic 502 by Dazzler

Author   nick_the_novicePosted on 10th February 2016 at 12:30 AM10 September 2025Categories Quick Cryptic

I thought this puzzle was around the middle of the spectrum in terms of degree of difficulty. No obscurities, but some of the clues seemed to offer a range of possible constructions that required exploration … Read more “Quick Cryptic 502 by Dazzler”

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