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The evening natter … hopefully

Author   anaxcrosswordsPosted on 20th August 2008 at 1:00 PM10 September 2025Categories Announcement

The LIVE CHAT thing will happen again this evening. The room can of course be accessed whenever you like, but I reckon I’ll probably drop by around 7 to 7.30pm – see who’s kicking around. … Read more “The evening natter … hopefully”

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Times COD Bonus 004

Author   anaxcrosswordsPosted on 14th August 2008 at 5:39 PM10 September 2025Categories Other Crosswords

Here at last: http://www.ukpuzzle.com/bonus/TimesCOD004.html To be honest, had to rush the last half dozen or so clues as I won’t get much time over the next fortnight. 

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Times 23,872 – Poll

Author   anaxcrosswordsPosted on 27th March 2008 at 8:46 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

 http://www.bestfreeforums.com/forums/timescod.html New DIY COW / Clues in Blue contests will go online very shortly; the brief hiatus was just me using the Easter break to have a few days away with only occasional access to the … Read more “Times 23,872 – Poll”

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Changes to Poll procedure

Author   anaxcrosswordsPosted on 7th February 2008 at 2:33 PM10 September 2025Categories Announcement

Sorry about this friends, but I’m forced to impose restrictions on posting to the Polls. The forum software allows some minor improvements but I’ve needed some lateral thinking; fingers crossed, what I’ve done won’t be overly … Read more “Changes to Poll procedure”

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Times 23,823 – Poll

Author   anaxcrosswordsPosted on 31st January 2008 at 8:05 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

Poll awaiting ticks now: http://www.bestfreeforums.com/forums/timescod.html 

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Polls

Author   anaxcrosswordsPosted on 11th January 2008 at 7:44 PM10 September 2025Categories Announcement

For the short term at least, I’m setting up an offsite poll using PhP that can be used to vote for COD. I’ve just put the first one up, link here: http://www.bestfreeforums.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=1&mforum=timescod Ignore things like … Read more “Polls”

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COWPOW 8

Author   anaxcrosswordsPosted on 3rd January 2008 at 7:19 PM10 September 2025Categories Announcement

It will arrive at some point once login problems at The Times are sorted out. A list of 15 candidates is ready (although it may be whittled down slightly) – just need to somehow access … Read more “COWPOW 8”

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