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Day: 24th December 2020

Times 27,857: Three Hos Before The Mast

Author   VerlainePosted on 24th December 2020 at 4:40 PM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

A medium difficulty puzzle that should hopefully not interfere with the digestion of anyone’s Christmas dinner. I very much liked the use of “eg” in 5dn and the neighbouring &lit was cute too. A very … Read more “Times 27,857: Three Hos Before The Mast”

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Christmas Day Puzzles

Author   jackktPosted on 24th December 2020 at 11:01 AM10 September 2025Categories Announcement

Seeing a comment in today’s QC discussion made me realise that perhaps some TfTT contributors may not be aware that the 15×15 and Quick Cryptic puzzles will be available on Christmas Day as usual on … Read more “Christmas Day Puzzles”

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Times Quick Cryptic No 1773 by Pedro

Author   TheRotterPosted on 24th December 2020 at 1:27 AM10 September 2025Categories Quick Cryptic

An approachable QC from Pedro that took me 15 minutes exactly to complete and parse, but which contains nothing to frighten the reindeer!  My FOI was COPY, LOI was PIOUS, with WOD QUERULOUS and COD … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1773 by Pedro”

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Times 27856 – t’was the morning before Christmas

Author   glhPosted on 24th December 2020 at 12:55 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

Time taken: 8:21 Still got a little bit to unravel before confidently writing this up, but this was on the easier side with many generous definitions, fortunately my only guess was correct, and now I … Read more “Times 27856 – t’was the morning before Christmas”

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