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Day: 1st January 2018

Times 26923 – That you, Steve?

Author   vinyl1Posted on 1st January 2018 at 2:06 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

Time:  40 minsMusic:  Dvorak, New World Symphony, Horenstein/RPO I found this a very fine puzzle indeed, equal to some of the competition finals that we have recently been treated to.   Deceptive literals and clever word … Read more “Times 26923 – That you, Steve?”

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Quick Cryptic 995 by Flamande

Author   astartedonPosted on 1st January 2018 at 1:02 AM10 September 2025Categories Quick Cryptic

Having penned my first blog ever on my wife’s birthday I now find myself penning my second on my mother-in-law’s birthday (which also incidentally happens to be New Year’s Day). The Universe must be trying … Read more “Quick Cryptic 995 by Flamande”

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Club Monthly 20207 – December 2017, and Good Night.

Author   JerryWPosted on 1st January 2018 at 12:23 AM10 September 2025Categories Monthly Club Special

So .. welcome to my last scheduled blog. My first Club Monthly blog was no. 20110, for November 2009, and I’ve done all those since I think, bar two that I swapped for Mephisto blogs, … Read more “Club Monthly 20207 – December 2017, and Good Night.”

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