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Month: December 2025

Times 29407 – Yes, catching some flak

Author   vinyl1Posted on 8th December 2025 at 3:41 AM8 December 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

I did not find this as easy as a typical Monday.   I did start quickly, but I was left at the end with a series of interconnected missing answers across the middle of my printout.

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Mephisto 3405 – Paul McKenna

Author   glhPosted on 7th December 2025 at 2:11 AM7 December 2025Categories Mephisto

Greetings barred-grid fans.

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Sunday Times 5192 by Robert Price

Author   keriothePosted on 7th December 2025 at 1:00 AM5 December 2025Categories Weekend Cryptic

7:25. Pretty gentle stuff from Robert this week, but the usual collection of concise and elegant clues with pristine surfaces. Lovely. As usual the top and bottom rows constitute a delightfully awful pun. Definitions are … Read more “Sunday Times 5192 by Robert Price”

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Quick Cryptic 3165 by Joker

Author   galsprayPosted on 6th December 2025 at 2:13 AM6 December 2025Categories Quick Cryptic

Well, well, well, well…

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Times Cryptic Jumbo 1761 – Gentle on my mind

Author   PenfoldPosted on 6th December 2025 at 12:52 AM6 December 2025Categories Jumbo Cryptic

I found this very much towards the gentler end of the difficulty spectrum

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Times Cryptic 29400 – Sat, 29 November 2025. TGI(not)F.

Author   branchPosted on 6th December 2025 at 12:00 AM4 December 2025Categories Weekend Cryptic

Another Saturday that contrasted nicely with the Fierce Friday on the day before.

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Quick Cryptic 3164 by Izetti

Author   CuraristPosted on 5th December 2025 at 6:41 AM5 December 2025Categories Quick Cryptic

Top &lit action

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Times Cryptic No 29405 — Unsticking the landing

Author   plusjeremyPosted on 5th December 2025 at 5:03 AMCategories Daily Cryptic

66:52. At 41 minutes I texted vinyl, “Three left.” At 64 minutes I texted him, “Two left.” I’m good at getting stuck at the end of puzzles.

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Times 29404 – Tricky Thursday rides again

Author   glhPosted on 4th December 2025 at 4:10 AM5 December 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

Time taken: 14:53. I struggled with this one!

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Times Quick Cryptic No 3163 by Dangle

Author   TemplarPosted on 4th December 2025 at 1:57 AM4 December 2025Categories Quick Cryptic

In keeping with Dangle’s position as the second most solver-friendly setter (led only by Trelawney) [On edit – I must have been looking at an old version of the setter difficulty league table because in the latest … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 3163 by Dangle”

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