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Month: May 2025

Quick Cryptic 2984 by Joker

Author   CuraristPosted on 9th May 2025 at 6:50 AM10 September 2025Categories Quick Cryptic

A decent workout

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New version of SNITCH and Quick SNITCH

Author   starstruck_auPosted on 9th May 2025 at 5:26 AM10 September 2025Categories Announcement

For anyone interested in trying them out, I have new versions of the SNITCH and Quick SNITCH running in parallel to the main ones. These are on the following URLs: https://times3.xwdsnitch.link and https://quick3.xwdsnitch.link respectively. In … Read more “New version of SNITCH and Quick SNITCH”

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Times Cryptic No 29225 — Had we but world enough and time

Author   plusjeremyPosted on 9th May 2025 at 3:19 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

DNF. I wish I had been a little more up for a challenge as stiff as this — I’ve been waiting for a puzzle like this for weeks.

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Times Quick Cryptic No 2983 by Asp

Author   TemplarPosted on 8th May 2025 at 2:00 AM10 September 2025Categories Quick Cryptic

A really excellent puzzle.

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Times 29224 – Infinite Jest

Author   glhPosted on 8th May 2025 at 1:03 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

Time taken: 7:51. I was pretty quickly on the wavelength of the setter, and the early solvers have some pretty slick times (at the time of starting the blog I’m sitting at #3, that will … Read more “Times 29224 – Infinite Jest”

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Times 29223 – he is the eggman, I am the walrus

Author   piquetPosted on 7th May 2025 at 6:52 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

Ah, what a pleasant puzzle, with quite a few apt and witty surfaces! Bravo, setter.

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Quick Cryptic #2982 by Teazel

Author   DoofenschmirtzPosted on 7th May 2025 at 1:08 AM10 September 2025Categories Quick Cryptic

I think this was a medium difficulty puzzle. But what do I know?

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Quick Cryptic 2981 by Mara

Author   BletchleyRejectPosted on 6th May 2025 at 3:30 AM10 September 2025Categories Quick Cryptic

After last week’s gentle offering from Oink I was expecting something a bit more difficult and so this proved to be. 

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Times Cryptic 29222

Author   jackktPosted on 6th May 2025 at 1:30 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

There’s quite a lot here by way of tricky answers and wordplay, some of which I have not met before.

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Times 29221 – Ulaca on the Shore

Author   ulacaPosted on 5th May 2025 at 8:01 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

I found this a tad harder than your average Monday, with two clues I can’t fully parse.

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