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Day: 3rd May 2025

Quick Cryptic no 2979 by Dangle

Author   Cedric StatherbyPosted on 3rd May 2025 at 2:18 AM10 September 2025Categories Quick Cryptic

Our third puzzle from Dangle, and a chewy enough challenge.

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Times Cryptic Jumbo No 1727 – 21st April

Author   JohninterredPosted on 3rd May 2025 at 2:01 AM10 September 2025Categories Jumbo Cryptic

A slightly trickier than usual Jumbo for the Easter Monday holiday with some great clues.

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Times Cryptic Jumbo 1726 – Lynn, these are sex people!

Author   PenfoldPosted on 3rd May 2025 at 12:24 AM10 September 2025Categories Jumbo Cryptic

This moderately challenging puzzle detained me for around 50 minutes, but some of the parsings needed a bit more work to figure out.

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Times Cryptic 29214 – Sat, 26 April 2025. Wot dat u say?

Author   branchPosted on 3rd May 2025 at 12:00 AM10 September 2025Categories Weekend Cryptic

There were some improbable answers here (… is that really a word?)

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