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Day: 17th October 2019

Times 27,485: Copularity Pontest

Author   VerlainePosted on 17th October 2019 at 4:46 PM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

I completed this comfortably inside of 10 minutes, but it could have been quicker if I hadn’t entered 10ac as “COPULA”, which left the intersecting down clues a lot harder to make head or tail … Read more “Times 27,485: Copularity Pontest”

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Times Quick Cryptic No 1463 by Juno

Author   TheRotterPosted on 17th October 2019 at 1:53 AM10 September 2025Categories Quick Cryptic

I predict that some will have some difficulties with this offering from Juno.  For the second time this week this took me the wrong side of 20 minutes, 5 over my target, at least partly … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1463 by Juno”

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Times 27484 – a solver in training

Author   glhPosted on 17th October 2019 at 12:39 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

Time taken: 11:01. Relieved that this was correct as there is one answer that went in completely from wordplay, and I’m going to have to figure out how the definition plays in to things as … Read more “Times 27484 – a solver in training”

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