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Day: 5th November 2020

Times 27, 815: Trumpowder, Biden and Plot

Author   VerlainePosted on 5th November 2020 at 4:53 PM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

A good level of difficulty for a Friday, with a few bits of fun vocabulary and “advanced” wordplay peppering a grid that was mostly straightforward to parse up. FOI 11ac, LOI 2dn; having to truncate … Read more “Times 27, 815: Trumpowder, Biden and Plot”

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Times Quick Cryptic No 1738 by Hurley

Author   rolytolyPosted on 5th November 2020 at 3:32 AM10 September 2025Categories Quick Cryptic

Gentle enough from Hurley today – it’s been a while since I’ve blogged a puzzle and have come in under 7 minutes, so that was nice if not especially diverting. Slight hold up at the … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1738 by Hurley”

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27814 Thursday, 5 November 2020 Yum Yum

Author   ZabadakPosted on 5th November 2020 at 2:39 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

I rather enjoyed this quirky number over 18.44, as a break from the drawn-our tension fest that is the American election process. At the time of writing, the BBC is still rather coy about predicting … Read more “27814 Thursday, 5 November 2020 Yum Yum”

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