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Day: 30th August 2017

Times 26817

Author   piquetPosted on 30th August 2017 at 7:41 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

Well it’s hotter than Lord Flashman’s pants here today, so we’re hunkering down indoors with shutters shut as if we’ve gone off to the seaside to join all the French in bouchons. Not a difficult … Read more “Times 26817”

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Quick Cryptic 907 by Teazel

Author   william_j_sPosted on 30th August 2017 at 5:00 AM10 September 2025Categories Quick Cryptic

A tricky quickie, with many unusual synonyms playing a role in both cryptic and definition parts of the clue. I was very slow to fill in the right hand side, and discovered two errors (!) … Read more “Quick Cryptic 907 by Teazel”

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