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Day: 2nd September 2021

Times 28,073: Strictly For The Local Birds

Author   VerlainePosted on 2nd September 2021 at 9:47 PM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

I found this medium-tricky, but perhaps for the wrong reasons: the parsings are almost universally simple (by and large, “put X in Y”), but the grid is quite ungenerously laid out, with numerous double unches, … Read more “Times 28,073: Strictly For The Local Birds”

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Times Quick Cryptic No 1953 by Orpheus

Author   TheRotterPosted on 2nd September 2021 at 1:22 AM10 September 2025Categories Quick Cryptic

How is your knowledge of Dutch portraitists, Indian transport systems or Caribbean capitals?  You’ll need them all for this puzzle from Orpheus.  I completed this comfortably inside 11 minutes, and knew all the General Knowledge … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1953 by Orpheus”

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Times 28072 – mind your P’s

Author   glhPosted on 2nd September 2021 at 12:45 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

Time taken: 8:07. I’m curious about this one – the early times coming in are fast indeed, but I think the clever wordplay in this offering may be more to the taste of the seasoned, … Read more “Times 28072 – mind your P’s”

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