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Day: 30th September 2020

Monthly Club Special 20,240: Pooh Dreams

Author   VerlainePosted on 30th September 2020 at 6:00 PM10 September 2025Categories Monthly Club Special

A quick look at the completed grid for this one should be enough to tell you if you are going to love or hate the Monthly Club Special: some people just won’t want to painstakingly … Read more “Monthly Club Special 20,240: Pooh Dreams”

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Times 27783 – Children in Need time again.

Author   piquetPosted on 30th September 2020 at 6:24 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

At last, this Wednesday’s child is not full of woe; I enjoyed this somewhat more challenging puzzle, with scope for biffing but some tricky parsing afterwards. 11a is timely, as the BBC and Countryfile get … Read more “Times 27783 – Children in Need time again.”

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Times Quick Cryptic No 1712 by Breadman

Author   plusjeremyPosted on 30th September 2020 at 12:30 AM10 September 2025Categories Quick Cryptic

Introduction 8:32, with a full 3 (!) minutes spent on 10 Across, which I’d misparsed. Hopefully that’s not too much of a spoiler. In any case, I’m sure I must have come across the correct … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1712 by Breadman”

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