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Day: 30th December 2016

Club Monthly 20195 December 2016

Author   JerryWPosted on 30th December 2016 at 10:49 AM10 September 2025Categories Monthly Club Special

Solving Time: Well I don’t remember it being difficult .. at the time of writing there are 47 correct entries, which seems a trifle on the low side.. but 14 with one error, including a … Read more “Club Monthly 20195 December 2016”

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Times 26,609: Memory of a Free City

Author   VerlainePosted on 30th December 2016 at 9:41 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

A straightforwardish (but entirely solid) puzzle to mark the last Friday of 2016. I did it on a train on the way to a Highgate pub crawl and stopped the timer at 8 minutes 50; … Read more “Times 26,609: Memory of a Free City”

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Times Quick Cryptic No 734 by Hurley

Author   robrolfePosted on 30th December 2016 at 1:00 AM10 September 2025Categories Quick Cryptic

Friday, 30 December 2016 Do you know your A from your E? By my reckoning this is the last QC of 2016, and it’s a privilege to blog it. This is a very fine offering … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 734 by Hurley”

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