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Day: 10th September 2016

Times Jumbo 1224 (Monday August 29th)

Author   helenoughamPosted on 10th September 2016 at 10:12 AM10 September 2025Categories Jumbo Cryptic

A not-too-difficult (I thought) Jumbo for the Bank Holiday Monday. As always, * indicates an anagram. Across 1 GORKI – hidden in St PetersburG OR KIrov 4 TANTRIC – TAN + TRICc 8 ADDICTION – … Read more “Times Jumbo 1224 (Monday August 29th)”

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Saturday Times 26508 (3rd Sept)

Author   linxitPosted on 10th September 2016 at 8:57 AM10 September 2025Categories Weekend Cryptic

Solving time 13:46. Quite UK-centric in places, but nothing too difficult. I can’t remember now what slowed me down. Maybe just took a while to get the brain into solving mode. Across 1 Composer of … Read more “Saturday Times 26508 (3rd Sept)”

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Jumbo 1223

Author   sghansonPosted on 10th September 2016 at 6:00 AM10 September 2025Categories Jumbo Cryptic

Fairly straightforward with a few unfamiliar words to check in the dictionary before finally submitting. All were fairly clued and with checking letters there was little doubt. Across 1 TWELVEMONTH – (LOVE WENT)*, around M(aiden), … Read more “Jumbo 1223”

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