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Month: January 2024

Times 28827 – all you need to know about trains.

Author   piquetPosted on 31st January 2024 at 7:11 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

Another speedy romp for a Wednesday.

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Quick Cryptic No 2586 by Orpheus

Author   DoofenschmirtzPosted on 31st January 2024 at 1:09 AM10 September 2025Categories Quick Cryptic

One at the lighter end of the spectrum today.

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Quick Cryptic 2585 by Jalna

Author   BletchleyRejectPosted on 30th January 2024 at 2:30 AM10 September 2025Categories Quick Cryptic

Pleasant puzzle today from Jalna which didn’t cause me too many difficulties.

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Times Cryptic 28826

Author   jackktPosted on 30th January 2024 at 1:15 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

I don’t often comment on surface readings but the standard is remarkably high in this puzzle.

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Times 28825 – Smargana City, Arizona

Author   ulacaPosted on 29th January 2024 at 8:01 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

Standard Monday fare.

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Times Quick Cryptic 2584 by Wurm

Author   jackktPosted on 29th January 2024 at 1:01 AM10 September 2025Categories Quick Cryptic

I found this quite straightforward. How did you all do?

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Mephisto 3308 – Now that I’d like to see

Author   vinyl1Posted on 28th January 2024 at 4:24 AM10 September 2025Categories Mephisto

I solved this pretty easily – two of the long ones around the edge were pretty easy to crack, giving me lots of beginning letters.

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Sunday Times Cryptic No 5095 by Robert Price — sustenance

Author   Guy du SablePosted on 28th January 2024 at 12:00 AM10 September 2025Categories Weekend Cryptic

Took a few moments to find the wavelength, but I soon had a steady signal, as usual when Bob’s at the transmitter.

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Quick Cryptic no 2583 by Hurley

Author   Cedric StatherbyPosted on 27th January 2024 at 1:24 AM10 September 2025Categories Quick Cryptic

The new Saturday QCs require an extension of the blogging team and I am honoured to be invited to join them. And we have a very elegant puzzle from Hurley for my first.

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Times Cryptic Jumbo 1654 (13 January 2024)

Author   jackktPosted on 27th January 2024 at 1:00 AM10 September 2025Categories Jumbo Cryptic

This was harder than some Jumbos I have blogged recently and I needed two sessions to complete it.

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