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Day: 31st December 2020

Monthly Club Special 20,243: Strange Currencies

Author   VerlainePosted on 31st December 2020 at 11:00 PM10 September 2025Categories Monthly Club Special

Very hard indeed, but very good indeed, and quite an education in obscure currencies from all around the globe. COD to the ingenious Italianate stylings of 4ac, but I also very much liked À LA … Read more “Monthly Club Special 20,243: Strange Currencies”

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Times 27,863: Seafood Diet

Author   VerlainePosted on 31st December 2020 at 5:28 PM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

Happy New Year! 2021 gets off to a gentle start with this five-minuter (from where I was sitting) – probably best not to risk anything too challenging when people are nursing their hangovers from Hogmanay. … Read more “Times 27,863: Seafood Diet”

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Times Quick Cryptic No 1778 by Orpheus

Author   rolytolyPosted on 31st December 2020 at 3:23 AM10 September 2025Categories Quick Cryptic

I had one of those frustrating solves – not often a fault of the setter – where you rattle through most of it before getting stuck on the last one or two clues: here I … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1778 by Orpheus”

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27862 Thursday, 31 December 2020 And so, the end is near…

Author   ZabadakPosted on 31st December 2020 at 2:18 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

I went to 18.27 with this one, hampered at the last by a misplaced letter in a crossing clue which made the author at 10 cross impossible to work out. Once sorted, the guy was … Read more “27862 Thursday, 31 December 2020 And so, the end is near…”

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