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Day: 11th April 2022

Times 28261 – I coulda been a contender

Author   ulacaPosted on 11th April 2022 at 8:30 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

A pretty typical Monday offering, with not too much to scare the equines, or indeed ships of the desert. The winner of Most Bizarre Vocab Item was very generously clued and the winner of Old-fashioned … Read more “Times 28261 – I coulda been a contender”

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Times Quick Cryptic 2110 by Hurley

Author   jackktPosted on 11th April 2022 at 1:30 AM10 September 2025Categories Quick Cryptic

Solving time: 13 minutes. I struggled with 7 & 12ac for some reason, and so missed my target 10 minutes. As usual definitions are underlined in bold italics, {deletions and substitutions are in curly brackets} … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 2110 by Hurley”

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