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Day: 25th April 2018

Times 27021 – not Dante, the chap with the Idyll.

Author   piquetPosted on 25th April 2018 at 6:47 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

Another cracking Wednesday job, not too easy but not too difficult or too spiced with obscurities. 4d got me on the ice and I’d finished the RHS in good time. The LHS proved more intractable … Read more “Times 27021 – not Dante, the chap with the Idyll.”

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Quick Cryptic 1077 by Flamande

Author   william_j_sPosted on 25th April 2018 at 4:10 AM10 September 2025Categories Quick Cryptic

A touch harder than the previous puzzles this week, but not by too much. I was slowed down by the Hampshire town and the Russian house (but not the noisy party or wine from castile… … Read more “Quick Cryptic 1077 by Flamande”

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