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Day: 31st January 2017

Quick Cryptic 756 by Pedro

Author   ChrisPosted on 31st January 2017 at 1:01 AM10 September 2025Categories Quick Cryptic

A wholly enjoyable 15 minutes – this period of fun and frivolity extended by the long clues round the edges. I was also easily led into misdirection – particularly at 8ac and 14dn. Unusually we … Read more “Quick Cryptic 756 by Pedro”

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Times Cryptic 26636

Author   jackktPosted on 31st January 2017 at 12:10 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

I completed this in 33 minutes so it would rank among the easier puzzles of recent days but for the fact that I had one careless error. There are a couple of words or meanings … Read more “Times Cryptic 26636”

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