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Month: February 2023

Times Cryptic No 28512 – Saturday, 28 January 2023. The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog?

Author   branchPosted on 4th February 2023 at 12:00 AM10 September 2025Categories Weekend Cryptic

The fox appearing in 1ac put me in mind of the pangram in the headline. This isn’t one, but I wonder why pangram solutions are remarked on. Can anyone shed light?

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Quick Cryptic 2324 by Felix

Author   CuraristPosted on 3rd February 2023 at 2:00 AM10 September 2025Categories Quick Cryptic

Nice surfaces and a lot of repeated letters

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Times Cryptic No 28517 — “…and others have puzzles thrust upon them”

Author   plusjeremyPosted on 3rd February 2023 at 1:49 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

39:29, reflecting a very slow finish to what was otherwise a fairly normal difficulty, and truly excellent, puzzle. I was rather stuck in the upper-right corner, thanks to some particularly devious wordplay.

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Times Quick Cryptic No 2323 by Teazel

Author   TheRotterPosted on 2nd February 2023 at 1:37 AM10 September 2025Categories Quick Cryptic

An interesting puzzle from Teazel which took me 11 minutes and 11 seconds to complete…

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Times 28516 – where to go when you are sick in London

Author   glhPosted on 2nd February 2023 at 1:06 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

Time taken: 12:11, with a lot of that time trying to justify 10 across. Eventually I hit submit and things were correct, but I had to look up part of the wordplay for the blog. … Read more “Times 28516 – where to go when you are sick in London”

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Quick Cryptic 2322 by Joker

Author   DoofenschmirtzPosted on 1st February 2023 at 1:52 AM10 September 2025Categories Quick Cryptic

Another enjoyable tussle with Joker today. I was speeding along, but then my last three took me a good five minutes.

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Times 28515 – as you like it, if you will.

Author   piquetPosted on 1st February 2023 at 1:20 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

Three clues with a Shakespearean flavour to them, here, not enough for a themed puzzle but a nice bit of fun.

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Monthly Club Special No 20268 – Jan 2023

Author   JohninterredPosted on 1st February 2023 at 12:05 AM10 September 2025Categories Monthly Club Special

It’s that time of the month again when the answers to the Monthly Club Special are unveiled and a new challenge is provided

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