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Day: 16th July 2023

Mephisto 3280 – If you didn’t do it, try it

Author   vinyl1Posted on 16th July 2023 at 1:26 AM10 September 2025Categories Mephisto

This was one of the easier Mephistos I’ve done.   I definitely gained confidence when I found the first two across answers were write-ins for me, and some of the next few were also rather easy.

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Sunday Times Cryptic No 5067 by Dean Mayer — Drifter’s Escape

Author   Guy du SablePosted on 16th July 2023 at 12:00 AM10 September 2025Categories Weekend Cryptic

Enjoyed this a lot—several things that are right up my alley, comme on dit. And the answer that took me the most time to parse is all of three letters long. Love it when that happens!

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