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Month: March 2023

Times Quick Cryptic No 2353 by Joker – Counting my chicks…

Author   TheRotterPosted on 16th March 2023 at 1:15 AM10 September 2025Categories Quick Cryptic

There are some nicely quirky definitions here…

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Times 28552 – teach me, Don Juan

Author   glhPosted on 16th March 2023 at 1:08 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

Time taken: 8:19. I submitted this one with my fingers crossed as the author at 7 down had to be pieced together from wordplay, as did the adventurer at 28 across. Those two might trip … Read more “Times 28552 – teach me, Don Juan”

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Times Quick Cryptic No 2352 by Mara

Author   DoofenschmirtzPosted on 15th March 2023 at 1:30 AM10 September 2025Categories Quick Cryptic

Mara having fun with synonyms today.

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Times 28551 – meeting expectations

Author   piquetPosted on 15th March 2023 at 1:03 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

Another enjoyable Wednesday, with some witty clues and nothing to cause a dispute.

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Times Cryptic 28550

Author   jackktPosted on 14th March 2023 at 1:18 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

A safe and steady solve for the most part with only one answer unknown to me

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Quick Cryptic 2351 by Izetti

Author   BletchleyRejectPosted on 14th March 2023 at 1:00 AM10 September 2025Categories Quick Cryptic

When I saw the clue for 1a I thought we were in for a Classics-based toughie but…

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Times Quick Cryptic 2350 by Trelawney

Author   jackktPosted on 13th March 2023 at 1:00 AM10 September 2025Categories Quick Cryptic

Solving time: 9 minutes I found this one quite straightforward and I hope you did too. My QC results last week were not too good so I’m hoping for better this time round. As usual … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 2350 by Trelawney”

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Times 28549 – No silly beard and tweets here

Author   ulacaPosted on 13th March 2023 at 12:45 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

There were certainly some tricky pieces of vocab here, but that apart it was pretty much a glorified quickie.

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Mephisto 3262 – A bottle of white, a bottle of red….

Author   vinyl1Posted on 12th March 2023 at 1:47 AM10 September 2025Categories Mephisto

Most of this was straightforward enough, but there are a few bits I did’t fully understand while solving.   I finished it in two sessions, and checked my results against Chambers.  

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Sunday Times Cryptic No 5049 by Dean Mayer — Beam me up

Author   Guy du SablePosted on 12th March 2023 at 12:00 AM10 September 2025Categories Weekend Cryptic

This puzzle was out of this world! Seriously, I really enjoyed it, and pun intended.

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