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Month: October 2024

Times Quick Cryptic No 2803 by Orpheus

Author   TemplarPosted on 10th October 2024 at 2:00 AM10 September 2025Categories Quick Cryptic

No extra coffee needed today.

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Times 29044: Inside a puzzle it’s too dark to read

Author   glhPosted on 10th October 2024 at 1:47 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

Time taken: 11:03, with at least four minutes head-scratching over 1 down!

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Times 29043 – stretched to the limit

Author   piquetPosted on 9th October 2024 at 6:56 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

Usually I admire crosswords which require a few leaps of the imagination to get to the answers, but…

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Quick Cryptic No 2802 by Oink

Author   DoofenschmirtzPosted on 9th October 2024 at 1:27 AM10 September 2025Categories Quick Cryptic

I found this a fairly gentle offering from Oink.

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QC 2801 by Hurley

Author   MerlinPosted on 8th October 2024 at 1:54 AM10 September 2025Categories Quick Cryptic

16:11, I struggled with both the long down clues, which made the solve slower than it should have been.

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Times Cryptic 29042

Author   jackktPosted on 8th October 2024 at 1:15 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

  Solving time: 22 minutes, one of my fastest ever times for a 15×15! It’s rather odd that following on from the Quick Cryptic I blogged yesterday which went a bit OTT with 6 pure … Read more “Times Cryptic 29042”

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Times 29041 – Include me out

Author   ulacaPosted on 7th October 2024 at 8:00 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

I wasn’t overly keen on this crossword, though I like to think I am generally easy to please.

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Times Quick Cryptic 2800 by Trelawney

Author   jackktPosted on 7th October 2024 at 1:01 AM10 September 2025Categories Quick Cryptic

About as fast as things normally get for me.

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Mephisto 3344 – Yes, about that fish you mentioned…..

Author   vinyl1Posted on 6th October 2024 at 1:35 AM10 September 2025Categories Mephisto

This Mephisto did take a while.    I was off to a good start on Saturday night, but then didn’t come back until Tuesday, when many of the  answers suddenly became obvious.

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Sunday Times Cryptic No 5131 by Robert Price — lies on TV?!

Author   Guy du SablePosted on 6th October 2024 at 12:00 AM10 September 2025Categories Weekend Cryptic

Some tasty stuff served up here, and it all went down fairly easy.

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