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Day: 30th March 2022

Times Quick Cryptic 2102 by Teazel

Author   plusjeremyPosted on 30th March 2022 at 2:41 AM10 September 2025Categories Quick Cryptic

Introduction DNF after 21:26. Did I lack heart, or was this really quite hard? In any case, many minutes were spent staring blankly at the screen, and I confess that I didn’t really enjoy the … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 2102 by Teazel”

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Times 28251 – well polished surfaces here.

Author   piquetPosted on 30th March 2022 at 12:27 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

I thought this was an excellent, but not difficult, puzzle, with some fine surfaces to the clues, such as 29a 6d, 20d, and 27d. It took me 22 minutes, with a ‘must be that’ for … Read more “Times 28251 – well polished surfaces here.”

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