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Quick Cryptic 2625 by Pedro

Author   galsprayPosted on 16th March 2024 at 3:09 AM10 September 2025Categories Quick Cryptic

An entertaining workout from Pedro.

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Quick Cryptic 2613 by Felix

Author   galsprayPosted on 2nd March 2024 at 2:01 AM10 September 2025Categories Quick Cryptic

Whenever he gets in a fix, he reaches into his bag of tricks.

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Quick Cryptic 2601 by Teazel

Author   galsprayPosted on 17th February 2024 at 2:04 AM10 September 2025Categories Quick Cryptic

Tougher than the average Quickie, or was it just me?

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Quick Cryptic 2589 by Alex

Author   galsprayPosted on 3rd February 2024 at 1:31 AM10 September 2025Categories Quick Cryptic

I’ll be sharing the Saturday Quickie duties with Cedric for the foreseeable future….

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Quick Cryptic 899 by Pedro

Author   galsprayPosted on 18th August 2017 at 8:46 AM10 September 2025Categories Quick Cryptic

Morning all.  Not much to say today on what I thought was a fairly straightforward offering from Pedro.  Took me 4:08. Anyone trying to improve his or her solving skills could do a lot worse … Read more “Quick Cryptic 899 by Pedro”

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Jumbo 1277 July 29, 2017

Author   galsprayPosted on 12th August 2017 at 6:27 PM10 September 2025Categories Jumbo Cryptic

A new Jumbo PB for me, 24:51.  Pretty sure that says more about the crossword than it does about me.Not much more to say really, so here’s how I parsed it…. Clues are reproduced in … Read more “Jumbo 1277 July 29, 2017”

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Quick Cryptic 889 by Rongo

Author   galsprayPosted on 4th August 2017 at 8:12 AM10 September 2025Categories Quick Cryptic

Well, what a week it’s been in Crosswordland, at least for those using the Crossword Club.  I guess Quicky solvers have been relatively unaffected.  The Club site, which now includes the Quicky along with its … Read more “Quick Cryptic 889 by Rongo”

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Quick Cryptic 879 by Izetti

Author   galsprayPosted on 21st July 2017 at 8:31 AM10 September 2025Categories Quick Cryptic

Probably a puzzle that favours the experienced solver, which I guess is stating the obvious, but there are quite a few devices you’ll have seen before if you’ve been doing these things for a while. … Read more “Quick Cryptic 879 by Izetti”

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Jumbo 1272 June 24, 2017

Author   galsprayPosted on 9th July 2017 at 8:54 AM10 September 2025Categories Jumbo Cryptic

I seem to have fallen into a pattern with the Jumbos, where the easier ones take just over half an hour, and the harder ones take about an hour.  This one took 32:54, so you … Read more “Jumbo 1272 June 24, 2017”

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Quick Cryptic 869 by Hawthorn

Author   galsprayPosted on 7th July 2017 at 8:51 AM10 September 2025Categories Quick Cryptic

Morning all.  No surprises from Hawthorn today, all the answers are well-known words or expressions, and I would imagine everyone’s heard of the movie. That doesn’t guarantee that it’s easy of course, you still have … Read more “Quick Cryptic 869 by Hawthorn”

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