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Day: 3rd February 2022

Times 28,205: Anyone For Tennis?

Author   VerlainePosted on 3rd February 2022 at 5:47 PM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

I was slowed down a little bit, a little bit in the SE where 20dn followed. by 22ac were the two last to fall, but overall there weren’t many speedbumps in this tractable puzzle. I … Read more “Times 28,205: Anyone For Tennis?”

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Times 28204 – rise and rinse

Author   glhPosted on 3rd February 2022 at 3:22 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

Time taken: 10:32. Spent a few minutes near the end trying to figure out if my last few entries were actually words, but it turned out I could trust the wordplay, which is a good … Read more “Times 28204 – rise and rinse”

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Times Quick Cryptic No 2063 by Wurm

Author   TheRotterPosted on 3rd February 2022 at 1:18 AM10 September 2025Categories Quick Cryptic

Some of the parsing here didn’t get finally clarified until I came to write the blog (inc. 1, 3, 4 and 7d), and I don’t have an accurate time as I was interrupted several times … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 2063 by Wurm”

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