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Day: 21st January 2021

Times 27,881: War of Words

Author   VerlainePosted on 21st January 2021 at 10:51 PM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

Super puzzle that kept me busy for almost 10 minutes, partly due to me making a rod for my own back by bunging in an optimistic SPACE BAR at 9ac; 14ac also took a while … Read more “Times 27,881: War of Words”

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Times 27880 – horses for courses

Author   glhPosted on 21st January 2021 at 2:45 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

Time taken: 15:59.  I struggled with this one, and crawled my way around the grid, relying heavily on checking letters, and in one case I only have half of the answer, but I hope I … Read more “Times 27880 – horses for courses”

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Times Quick Cryptic No 1793 by Hurley

Author   TheRotterPosted on 21st January 2021 at 1:24 AM10 September 2025Categories Quick Cryptic

I feel a little surer of declaring this on the easier side today, particularly after a tough week of QCs thus far.  Only one piece of fairly esoteric General Knowledge got in the way of … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1793 by Hurley”

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