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Day: 31st January 2022

Monthly Club Special 20,256: 23ac Goo Goo

Author   VerlainePosted on 31st January 2022 at 4:58 PM10 September 2025Categories Monthly Club Special

A common, plaintive question about doing the MCS is “am I really supposed to be solving this without any aids?” and I would like to go out on a limb and answer that in the … Read more “Monthly Club Special 20,256: 23ac Goo Goo”

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Times 28201 – Patriot Games

Author   ulacaPosted on 31st January 2022 at 8:30 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

16:05, so a pretty straightforward Monday puzzle on my watch after one or two trickier ones. Quite a few anagrams, two relatively less obscure items of flora, accessible vocabulary and generous cluing makes this a … Read more “Times 28201 – Patriot Games”

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Times Quick Cryptic 2060 by Joker

Author   jackktPosted on 31st January 2022 at 1:00 AM10 September 2025Categories Quick Cryptic

Solving time: 9 minutes. I found some of this quite tricky. As usual definitions are underlined in bold italics, {deletions and substitutions are in curly brackets} and [anagrinds, containment, reversal and other indicators in square … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 2060 by Joker”

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