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Day: 11th July 2019

Times 27,401: 16ac, Boris Johnson, Please

Author   VerlainePosted on 11th July 2019 at 4:57 PM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

A fairly straightforward puzzle if you could get on its likeable and humorous wavelength. I mostly did, with a few caveats: a careless WATCHWORD as my FOI left me puzzling about how my LOI 1dn … Read more “Times 27,401: 16ac, Boris Johnson, Please”

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Times Quick Cryptic No 1393 by Orpheus

Author   rolytolyPosted on 11th July 2019 at 3:49 AM10 September 2025Categories Quick Cryptic

Gentle enough puzzle, perhaps, but that didn’t stop me incorrectly guessing the girl at 24ac and giving 6d less than a minute’s consideration before giving up and sticking in the only remotely plausible answer that … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1393 by Orpheus”

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Times 27400 – you may remember this

Author   glhPosted on 11th July 2019 at 3:46 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

Time taken: 13:01 but with one silly typo at 15 down keeping me from the leaderboard. From looking at the early finishers, this is on the difficult side, nobody is under 10 minutes. Odd puzzle … Read more “Times 27400 – you may remember this”

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