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Day: 20th December 2023

Times Quick Cryptic 2552 by Izetti

Author   DoofenschmirtzPosted on 20th December 2023 at 1:17 AM20 December 2023Categories Quick Cryptic

A tricky offering from Izetti, who consistently produces our harder puzzles.

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Times 28791 – chewy but not indigestible.

Author   piquetPosted on 20th December 2023 at 12:56 AM16 December 2023Categories Daily Cryptic

The second of the TCC semi-final puzzles, and I didn’t find it as hard as I’d expected, although there were two rather clumsy unknown words I had to construct and guess were correct.

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