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Month: May 2023

Quick Cryptic 2404 by Wurm

Author   CuraristPosted on 26th May 2023 at 3:00 AM10 September 2025Categories Quick Cryptic

Mostly gentle with one completely unparsable clue

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Times Cryptic No 28613 — Commitment, Abby

Author   plusjeremyPosted on 26th May 2023 at 1:30 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

I felt sluggish and found this one very difficult, though I was aware at several points that I might have saved 20 minutes or more if I just could have remembered a few key answers.

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Times 28612 – the day I was 25-headed

Author   glhPosted on 25th May 2023 at 3:04 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

Time taken: 34:33.  One of my slowest solves ever, and only part of it is because I was watching a friend play the new Zelda game.  This puzzle had me scratching my head and even … Read more “Times 28612 – the day I was 25-headed”

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Times Quick Cryptic No 2403 by Pedro – not such tip-top editing!

Author   TheRotterPosted on 25th May 2023 at 1:09 AM10 September 2025Categories Quick Cryptic

12 minutes to solve, but there are a few editing problems with this puzzle from Pedro which took me a while to unravel…

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Times 28611 – remember all those Greek variants?

Author   piquetPosted on 24th May 2023 at 1:29 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

Another somewhat quirky Wednesday puzzle, with some easy clues and some that were a bit harder to parse.

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Times Quick Cryptic No 2402 by Felix

Author   DoofenschmirtzPosted on 24th May 2023 at 1:27 AM10 September 2025Categories Quick Cryptic

Nothing too outlandish in this offering from Felix. It was a quick solve for me today, all done in 9:15, for a rare sub-10 minute outing.

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Times Cryptic 28610

Author   jackktPosted on 23rd May 2023 at 1:25 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

As my solving time would suggest, I found this pretty easy. How did you do?

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Quick Cryptic 2401 by Mara

Author   BletchleyRejectPosted on 23rd May 2023 at 1:00 AM10 September 2025Categories Quick Cryptic

A nice mix of clues here, with some not too difficult anagrams balanced by a few which helped to get the brain into gear for the day ahead.

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Times 28609 – The setter’s quiddity

Author   ulacaPosted on 22nd May 2023 at 1:20 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

Lots of deletion clues detract a bit from the overall effect, perhaps, but all in all fine Thunderer fare.

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Times Quick Cryptic 2400 by Oink

Author   jackktPosted on 22nd May 2023 at 1:00 AM10 September 2025Categories Quick Cryptic

I finished this just within my 10 minute target.

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