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Day: 8th May 2019

A brief announcement

Author   vinyl1Posted on 8th May 2019 at 10:09 AM10 September 2025Categories Announcement

The incorrect solution for Monday’s Quickie on the Times and Crossword Club sites has now been corrected. For those who didn’t solve it, the incorrect solution had four answers in the wrong places, resulting in … Read more “A brief announcement”

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Times 27345 – that’s more like it.

Author   piquetPosted on 8th May 2019 at 6:02 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

This was the kind of puzzle we might use as a perfect example of The Times genre, having an antelope, a plant, a mineral, a couple of literary references, and some wit. Hats off to … Read more “Times 27345 – that’s more like it.”

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Times Quick Cryptic 1347 by Joker

Author   william_j_sPosted on 8th May 2019 at 5:00 AM10 September 2025Categories Quick Cryptic

A fairly straightforward solve, on the whole, but with some unfamiliar bits and bobs to keep me guessing (that meaning of pet, the paint, the king). Quite a few of the definitions are neatly disguised … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1347 by Joker”

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