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Day: 16th July 2021

Times 28,031: The Thematically 24ac Blog

Author   VerlainePosted on 16th July 2021 at 1:05 PM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

Olivia seems to have filled in admirably with an emergency blog, but let it not be sad that I do not fulfil my contractual obligations… eventually. So this was obviously tough, but there was some … Read more “Times 28,031: The Thematically 24ac Blog”

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Cryptic 28031 July 16, 2021 holding blog

Author   oliviarhinebeckPosted on 16th July 2021 at 8:21 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

This was really really hard and I threw in the towel at 35 minutes with one I had to look up (13D) and 3 I couldn’t parse.  We badly need Verlaine, who managed it in … Read more “Cryptic 28031 July 16, 2021 holding blog”

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Times Quick Cryptic No 1919 by Jalna

Author   JohninterredPosted on 16th July 2021 at 12:58 AM10 September 2025Categories Quick Cryptic

This is, I think, only my second Jalna Quick Cryptic to blog. On the tricky side, I thought and my time of 7:25 is my slowest for 4 weeks. 8D was a new word for … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1919 by Jalna”

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