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Day: 28th December 2021

Times Cryptic 28172

Author   jackktPosted on 28th December 2021 at 2:00 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

Solving time: 47 minutes. There were one or two trickier bits here but after some of last week’s puzzles it was enjoyable to solve one where the answers mostly flowed along nicely. As usual definitions … Read more “Times Cryptic 28172”

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Times Quick Cryptic 2036 by Jalna

Author   ChrisPosted on 28th December 2021 at 1:56 AM10 September 2025Categories Quick Cryptic

A tough ask from Jalna with the odd unknown definition and plenty of knotted parsing which took me 14 minutes to unravel. Enjoyed the challenge though! I suppose you’ll now let me know that you … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 2036 by Jalna”

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