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Day: 24th January 2021

Times 27883 – C’est bon!

Author   vinyl1Posted on 24th January 2021 at 9:00 PM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

Time: 22 minutesMusic: Bach, Schubler Chorales, Lionel Rogg This was a puzzle where you might really be stuck if you didn’t have some particular knowledge, so solvers are either going to whiz through it or … Read more “Times 27883 – C’est bon!”

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Sunday Times 4938 by Robert Price

Author   keriothePosted on 24th January 2021 at 1:00 AM10 September 2025Categories Weekend Cryptic

12:15. A fun puzzle that didn’t cause me many problems. My only real pause was over 7dn, where I couldn’t figure out how the wordplay worked. In the end I just bunged it in and … Read more “Sunday Times 4938 by Robert Price”

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Mephisto 3151 – Don Manley

Author   glhPosted on 24th January 2021 at 12:02 AM10 September 2025Categories Mephisto

Greetings barred-grid fans. I did this one in a single setting, and didnt have to look that many up, though it was more wordplay I was checking into than answers, there are fewer obscure words … Read more “Mephisto 3151 – Don Manley”

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