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Day: 22nd August 2018

Times 27123 – a serious workout, but not unfair

Author   piquetPosted on 22nd August 2018 at 6:34 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

I had two stabs at this, at the first in around 35 minutes I had completed and understood all except most of the top left hand quadrant, a.k.a the north west. That took me another … Read more “Times 27123 – a serious workout, but not unfair”

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Times Quick Cryptic No 1162 by Teazel

Author   plusjeremyPosted on 22nd August 2018 at 12:30 AM10 September 2025Categories Quick Cryptic

Simon Thelonious Schaffner Weissmann, born August 16th at 11:43 PM, weighing 6 pounds 11 ounces, and measuring 19 1/4 inches. By all accounts this puzzle took me longer than Simon’s birth, all thanks to my … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1162 by Teazel”

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