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Day: 16th August 2016

QC 636 by Grumpy

Author   ChrisPosted on 16th August 2016 at 9:39 AM10 September 2025Categories Quick Cryptic

I seem to have had many hard QCs to blog of late so it was refreshing when this one seemed simple – but then 9ac and 10ac had me in knots. 12 minutes in the … Read more “QC 636 by Grumpy”

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Times Cryptic 26492

Author   jackktPosted on 16th August 2016 at 12:05 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

My solving time for this one was off the scale. There were five answers, two of them intersecting, that were beyond my ken, and another two I needed aids to come up with, so technically … Read more “Times Cryptic 26492”

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