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Day: 5th March 2020

Times 27,605: A Surfeit of Typos

Author   VerlainePosted on 5th March 2020 at 5:00 PM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

9.5 minute, but with a dumb typo of FORTNIGHTIY at 8d – I was so concerned about spelling TIDDLYWINKS right, and not as TIDDLIWINKS as I somehow managed on its last outing, that I failed … Read more “Times 27,605: A Surfeit of Typos”

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Times 27604 – let’s get retro!

Author   glhPosted on 5th March 2020 at 4:35 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

Solving time : 12:40. Struggled a little here especially near the end where I was trawling the alphabet for likely candidates for the last few entries. For the past few years I have been using … Read more “Times 27604 – let’s get retro!”

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Times Quick Cryptic No 1563 by Mara

Author   TheRotterPosted on 5th March 2020 at 1:57 AM10 September 2025Categories Quick Cryptic

I expect to see some very fast times quoted here, as I completed this in a PB of 6 minutes, which I think is a record by a long way.  My last blog was also … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1563 by Mara”

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