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Month: March 2024

Times 28859 – and me, a poor competitor

Author   william_j_sPosted on 8th March 2024 at 7:00 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

I made heavy weather of this, but I don’t think it’s too hard.

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Times Quick Cryptic No 2618 by Myles

Author   JohninterredPosted on 8th March 2024 at 1:19 AM10 September 2025Categories Quick Cryptic

A  not-so-middle-of-the-road Quick Cryptic from Myles today. How did you all get on?

Fortnightly Weekend Quick Cryptic.  This time it is Phil’s turn to provide the extra weekend entertainment. You can find the crossword  here.

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28858 Après Mao.

Author   ZabadakPosted on 7th March 2024 at 8:15 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

Ford Prefect’s 15 year stay on Earth expanded the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy entry on the Blue Dot from “harmless” to “mostly harmless” which adequately describes this puzzle which I more or less scampered … Read more “28858 Après Mao.”

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Times Quick Cryptic No 2617 by Felix

Author   rolytolyPosted on 7th March 2024 at 1:44 AM10 September 2025Categories Quick Cryptic

A bit on the tricky side today.

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Times 28857 – hence the penguin.

Author   piquetPosted on 6th March 2024 at 7:02 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

Nothing frightening here, with a Latin and Italian flavour.

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Times Quick Cryptic No 2616 by Alex

Author   Mike HarperPosted on 6th March 2024 at 1:12 AM10 September 2025Categories Quick Cryptic

First time I’ve blogged an Alex whose grid comes with a good mix of clues offering plenty of first letters…

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Times Cryptic 28856

Author   jackktPosted on 5th March 2024 at 1:29 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

Enjoyable and not particularly difficult.

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QC 2615 by Izetti

Author   MerlinPosted on 5th March 2024 at 12:49 AM10 September 2025Categories Quick Cryptic

I think Izetti has given us one of his easier offerings today.

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Times Quick Cryptic 2614 by Jalna – Cheers!

Author   KittyPosted on 4th March 2024 at 7:00 AM10 September 2025Categories Quick Cryptic

Hello everyone. I very much liked today’s puzzle. I don’t anticipate many protests about the difficulty and expect to see a wide selection of favourites. Thanks Jalna!

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Times 28855 – Follow the cryptic!

Author   vinyl1Posted on 4th March 2024 at 2:20 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

This puzzle was unusually tricky for a Monday, particularly in terms of general knowledge.   If you had heard of all the answers, you might do very well, but otherwise you’re in trouble.

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