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Day: 29th July 2020

Times 27729 – gentle for Gentiles and such.

Author   piquetPosted on 29th July 2020 at 6:04 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

A pleasant if unexceptional puzzle today, the word play is fairly straightforward and I expect to see a low SNITCH value. It took me 15 minutes and nothing was hard to parse. Across 1 Cheer … Read more “Times 27729 – gentle for Gentiles and such.”

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Times Quick Cryptic 1667 by Oink

Author   william_j_sPosted on 29th July 2020 at 5:00 AM10 September 2025Categories Quick Cryptic

Not my fastest time for an Oink, but I can’t tell if that’s the result of me being offline for a week or so, or if it’s really a tester. I put my LOI 22ac … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1667 by Oink”

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