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Day: 17th July 2017

Times 26779 – Time to walk, time to run….

Author   vinyl1Posted on 17th July 2017 at 2:29 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

Time:  22 minutes Music: Berlioz, Harold in Italy, Davis/Menuhin/LSO. Despite my good time, I found parts of this puzzle rather inexplicable.   Some of the cryptics are very obscure, and give little reassurance to a biffer … Read more “Times 26779 – Time to walk, time to run….”

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Quick Cryptic 875 by Mara

Author   mohn2Posted on 17th July 2017 at 12:41 AM10 September 2025Categories Quick Cryptic

The last puzzle I blogged was notable for having a grid with a dozen of the answers sporting unchecked initial letters – this time around, there are only four answers with that property, in theory … Read more “Quick Cryptic 875 by Mara”

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