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Day: 20th February 2020

This Month’s Puzzles Sponsored By The 9D Group

Author   VerlainePosted on 20th February 2020 at 4:53 PM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

Well this was an awful lot of fun, and I really don’t mind the Times setters taking backhanders from a certain fixtures and fastenings company if the extra cash helps them produce puzzles of this … Read more “This Month’s Puzzles Sponsored By The 9D Group”

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Times Quick Cryptic No 1553 by Mara

Author   TheRotterPosted on 20th February 2020 at 1:54 AM10 September 2025Categories Quick Cryptic

I wouldn’t call this easy – there are some chewy bits of parsing and a modicum of General Knowledge required, and some of the clues are deliberately misleading.  However, I finished it in 11 minutes, … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1553 by Mara”

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Times 27592 – Putin on the 15

Author   glhPosted on 20th February 2020 at 12:58 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

Time taken: 10:32. A deliberate solve – very few fell into place immediately, but I wasn’t really slowed down as I solved, it was just a little bit of thinking was required to piece together … Read more “Times 27592 – Putin on the 15”

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