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Day: 5th April 2021

Times 27943 – The devil, you say?

Author   vinyl1Posted on 5th April 2021 at 3:25 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

Time: 21 minutesMusic: Elgar, Enigma Variations, Boult/LSO. Not so easy a Monday, for a change.   I made a decent time only because I biffed like mad, and only used the cryptics when needed.   This setter … Read more “Times 27943 – The devil, you say?”

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QC 1845 by Hurley

Author   astartedonPosted on 5th April 2021 at 12:10 AM10 September 2025Categories Quick Cryptic

Went through this pretty quickly and almost sequentially. Thank you Hurley for an enjoyable puzzle although it was marred I think by 5D at which my eyebrow went so far up my forehead that it … Read more “QC 1845 by Hurley”

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