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Month: January 2025

Times Quick Cryptic No 2892 by Jimmy

Author   Mike HarperPosted on 22nd January 2025 at 1:24 AM10 September 2025Categories Quick Cryptic

Gentle Jimmy serves up a puzzle that should be within everybody’s definition of a QC

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Times Cryptic 29132

Author   jackktPosted on 21st January 2025 at 2:00 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

I found this very tricky.

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QC 2891 by Izetti: Cry “Havoc!” and let slip the dogs of war

Author   MerlinPosted on 21st January 2025 at 1:53 AM10 September 2025Categories Quick Cryptic

A tough one from Izetti, I had to press reveal on a couple.

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Times Quick Cryptic 2890 by Alex

Author   KittyPosted on 20th January 2025 at 7:00 AM10 September 2025Categories Quick Cryptic

Hi everyone. Thanks to Alex for a typically enjoyable puzzle in which my picks are 17a, 2d and 4d. For me it was a medium on the QC difficulty scale, but it’s your collective experience which will tell.

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Times 29131 – The Pardoner’s Tale? No!

Author   vinyl1Posted on 20th January 2025 at 2:56 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

Another easy Monday; I went quite fast for a while, and then got just a little stuck at the end.   I got the two long ones quickly, but the bottom row gave trouble, and I biffed a wrong answer for the final across clue before seeing what the answer must be.

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A Literature and Puzzles Conference

Author   JohninterredPosted on 19th January 2025 at 12:23 PM10 September 2025Categories Meetups and Events

An all-day conference about literature and word puzzles in the Auditorium at Magdalen College, Oxford on 21st March

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Mephisto 3359 – John Grimshaw

Author   glhPosted on 19th January 2025 at 4:26 AM10 September 2025Categories Mephisto

Greetings, barred-grid fans.

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Sunday Times 5146 by Robert Price

Author   keriothePosted on 19th January 2025 at 1:00 AM10 September 2025Categories Weekend Cryptic

20:56. A tricky one from Robert this week.

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Quick Cryptic 2889 by Myles

Author   galsprayPosted on 18th January 2025 at 3:26 AM10 September 2025Categories Quick Cryptic

Best Cryptic of the year by Myles…

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Times Cryptic Jumbo 1711 – put wood i’ thole.

Author   PenfoldPosted on 18th January 2025 at 12:25 AM10 September 2025Categories Jumbo Cryptic

I can safely say that this was one of the best Jumbos I’ve had the pleasure to blog.

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