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Day: 2nd April 2020

Times 27,629: Please Look After This Blog

Author   VerlainePosted on 2nd April 2020 at 5:20 PM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

This one took me much longer than the other puzzles this week, but not because it was exceptionally difficult I don’t think, more that I ground to a halt on a couple of corner clues, … Read more “Times 27,629: Please Look After This Blog”

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Times 27628 – in which I do not advance

Author   glhPosted on 2nd April 2020 at 1:43 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

Well I am well and truly beaten! After about 20 minutes, I gave up and bunged in answers for the two that I could not make head or tail of, and hit submit. One of … Read more “Times 27628 – in which I do not advance”

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Times Quick Cryptic No 1583 by Izetti

Author   TheRotterPosted on 2nd April 2020 at 1:20 AM10 September 2025Categories Quick Cryptic

The Don (Izetti) again takes me over my target to just inside 20 minutes with a nicely challenging QC.  I enjoyed seeing novel devices used to indicate the requirement to drop a letter in the … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1583 by Izetti”

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