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Day: 28th February 2019

Times 27,287: Mightier Than The Sorb

Author   VerlainePosted on 28th February 2019 at 11:44 PM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

A devious puzzle, riddled with cunning definitions, that I counted myself lucky to finish in ~10 minutes, post boozy pub quiz (we won! yay). Some obscure vocab should have slowed most solvers down – if … Read more “Times 27,287: Mightier Than The Sorb”

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Times Quick Cryptic No 1298 by Pedro

Author   rolytolyPosted on 28th February 2019 at 4:05 AM10 September 2025Categories Quick Cryptic

Pleasant puzzle from Pedro – I worked through it fairly steadily and crept in a few seconds under my target. Looking back over it there seems to be a bit of an over-reliance on the … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1298 by Pedro”

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Times 27286 – where’s ya wheelie bin?

Author   glhPosted on 28th February 2019 at 2:42 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

Time taken: 8:46 – I thought I was on my way to a personal best, but I got stuck on the last three and had to get some paper and start scribbling letter combinations before … Read more “Times 27286 – where’s ya wheelie bin?”

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