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Month: January 2024

Year in Review News Cryptic 2023

Author   vinyl1Posted on 1st January 2024 at 1:00 AM10 September 2025Categories Other Crosswords

Sometimes themed puzzles are more difficult because of the problem of getting the theme words in.   However, in the case of this puzzle, most of the theme was in the clues, not the answers.   In fact, it would have been entirely possible to clue this puzzle without any reference to current events.

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Monthly Club Special No 20279 – December 2023

Author   JohninterredPosted on 1st January 2024 at 12:04 AM10 September 2025Categories Monthly Club Special

Happy New Year to one and all! Blimey. This was a toughy, but none the less enjoyable for that with plenty of PDMs when I finally cracked the intricate wordplay and peculiar vocabulary. Thank-you clever setter.

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