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Day: 29th May 2022

Times Cryptic Jumbo 1556 – large, friendly letters

Author   PenfoldPosted on 29th May 2022 at 4:22 PM10 September 2025Categories Jumbo Cryptic

Hello one and all.  This is my first blog on the new site and because of the timing of these things I’m the only blogger who didn’t get the chance to do a parallel run while this site was in development and the old site was still going.  So this could all go horribly wrong

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Sunday Times 5008 by Robert Price

Author   keriothePosted on 29th May 2022 at 1:00 AM10 September 2025Categories Weekend Cryptic

11:13. I really enjoyed this puzzle, and writing the blog up it was striking how simple many of the clues are. It’s a real model of concise elegance.

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Mephisto 3221 – Tim Moorey

Author   glhPosted on 29th May 2022 at 12:15 AM10 September 2025Categories Mephisto

Greetings barred-grid fans! I had a few struggles with this one, particularly in the bottom right hand corner, where I think I was looking too hard for a pop culture or sport reference that Tim … Read more “Mephisto 3221 – Tim Moorey”

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