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Day: 28th December 2024

Quick Cryptic no 2871 by Jalna

Author   Cedric StatherbyPosted on 28th December 2024 at 2:47 AM10 September 2025Categories Quick Cryptic

Jalna ends his year with a classy puzzle of medium difficulty

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Times Cryptic Jumbo 1706 – A Tale of Two Cities, a port, a valley, a county, an island and a country

Author   PenfoldPosted on 28th December 2024 at 12:54 AM10 September 2025Categories Jumbo Cryptic

A puzzle of around average difficulty (GK notwithstanding), lifted by some lovely anagrams.

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Times Cryptic 29106 – Saturday, 21 December 2024. Not solving … puzzled!

Author   branchPosted on 28th December 2024 at 12:00 AM10 September 2025Categories Weekend Cryptic

This seemed like the hardest Saturday puzzle for a very long time! Throw in several answers that I’d never heard of or barely remembered, and some trick definitions.

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