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Day: 13th February 2016

Saturday Times 26328 (6th Feb)

Author   linxitPosted on 13th February 2016 at 7:30 AM10 September 2025Categories Weekend Cryptic

Tough puzzle, lots of GK required. Finished everything apart from 1ac and 2dn in about 15 mins, but then my mind had a temporary seizure and I couldn’t think of either of them. In the … Read more “Saturday Times 26328 (6th Feb)”

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Jumbo 1190

Author   mohn2Posted on 13th February 2016 at 12:16 AM10 September 2025Categories Jumbo Cryptic

A gentle offering this week, with the unknowns (for me) clued with little ambiguity. Solving time: 14m 49s * = anagram, {} = omission Across 1 WITH-PROFITS – PROF (Top academic) in WIT (intelligence) + … Read more “Jumbo 1190”

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