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Day: 23rd December 2021

Times 28,169: ‘Twas The Solve Before Christmas

Author   VerlainePosted on 23rd December 2021 at 6:06 PM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

A relatively zippy recording of my live solve of this puzzle (and the concise and QC) can be found here, with added heckling by vinyl1. An enjoyable holiday Friday solve with lots of fun literary/GK-type … Read more “Times 28,169: ‘Twas The Solve Before Christmas”

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Times 28168 – how good are you at your licks?

Author   glhPosted on 23rd December 2021 at 7:26 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

. Solvers of a less Sorry about the late post – I put up a placeholder here earlier.  A friend surprised me with tickets to see a TV show taped and the taping ran hours … Read more “Times 28168 – how good are you at your licks?”

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Times Quick Cryptic No 2033 by Teazel

Author   TheRotterPosted on 23rd December 2021 at 1:45 AM10 September 2025Categories Quick Cryptic

Just inside target at near to 15 minutes, with a couple of pieces of esoteric general knowledge, and some parsing issues to get to grips with.  This was a fine QC from Teazel, with some … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 2033 by Teazel”

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