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Day: 7th January 2019

Times 27241 – Et Tu, Duodecime!

Author   ulacaPosted on 7th January 2019 at 10:22 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

A puzzle with enough quirk to keep things interesting, with one word ready to take its place in the competition for ugliest word in English alongside moron, bigot, numeronym (thanks to Paul in the comments) … Read more “Times 27241 – Et Tu, Duodecime!”

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Times Quick Cryptic 1260 by Mara

Author   jackktPosted on 7th January 2019 at 2:00 AM10 September 2025Categories Quick Cryptic

Solving time: 9 minutes. When blogging there seemed to be an excess of anagrams or partials but on counting them there were only 9, which out of 24 clues is surely not above average. I … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1260 by Mara”

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