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Day: 19th April 2016

Quick Cryptic 551 by Rongo

Author   ChrisPosted on 19th April 2016 at 8:16 AM10 September 2025Categories Quick Cryptic

I romped through this in 7 minutes 43 and enjoyed every clue. The word play has been equally pleasurable to blog. This is about as ideal a QC as I think you can get. I … Read more “Quick Cryptic 551 by Rongo”

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Times Cryptic 26390

Author   jackktPosted on 19th April 2016 at 12:05 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

I found this one quite hard work and although I made steady progress throughout and was never actually stuck for ideas, it was a bit of a long haul lasting some 65 minutes. There were … Read more “Times Cryptic 26390”

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