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Day: 4th October 2020

Times 27787 – Put that in your lapel!

Author   vinyl1Posted on 4th October 2020 at 9:41 PM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

Time: 60 minutes!Music: Schubert, Piano Sonatas, Wilhelm Kempf Yeah, my time was 60 minutes, but it was 25 minutes on all but one clue.   Since I had never heard of the fastener, and there a … Read more “Times 27787 – Put that in your lapel!”

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Mephisto 3135 – Paul McKenna

Author   glhPosted on 4th October 2020 at 1:19 AM10 September 2025Categories Mephisto

I remember doing this on Sunday afternoon on a pretty glorious day, but don’t remember that much about the solving process. Chalk that up to a round of golf the previous day where I took … Read more “Mephisto 3135 – Paul McKenna”

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Sunday Times 4922 by Dean Mayer – One Hand in my Pocket

Author   keriothePosted on 4th October 2020 at 1:00 AM10 September 2025Categories Weekend Cryptic

20:41. Brilliant stuff from Dean this week. One of the hallmarks of a really great puzzle for me is that when I go to blog it a few days after solving, a lot of the … Read more “Sunday Times 4922 by Dean Mayer – One Hand in my Pocket”

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