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Day: 18th October 2020

Times 27799 – Lenehan is back!

Author   vinyl1Posted on 18th October 2020 at 10:11 PM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

Time: 27 minutesMusic: Ravel, Daphnis and Chloe, Munch/BPO Another easy Monday?   Well, easy if you follow the cryptics.    We’re not allowed to use the answers in the blog titles (you bloggers do remember this rule, … Read more “Times 27799 – Lenehan is back!”

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Mephisto 3137 – Tim Moorey

Author   glhPosted on 18th October 2020 at 1:24 AM10 September 2025Categories Mephisto

Vinyl1 posted after last week’s puzzle that he had a few questions over this one. I didn’t fare too badly, though there was one abbreviation that I didn’t find in Chambers and had to look … Read more “Mephisto 3137 – Tim Moorey”

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Sunday Times 4924 by David McLean

Author   keriothePosted on 18th October 2020 at 1:00 AM10 September 2025Categories Weekend Cryptic

7:43. A pretty easy one from Harry this week, without much by way of talking points. Mostly familiar vocabulary although I don’t remember coming across 8dn before. I’m not entirely sure of my parsing of … Read more “Sunday Times 4924 by David McLean”

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