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Author: glh

Times 29380 – the return of Tricky Thursday

Author   glhPosted on 6th November 2025 at 2:29 AMCategories Daily Cryptic

Time taken: 12:45

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Mephisto 3399 – Paul McKenna

Author   glhPosted on 26th October 2025 at 12:49 AMCategories Mephisto

Greetings, barred-grid fans!

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Times 29368 – Torah Thursday

Author   glhPosted on 23rd October 2025 at 1:57 AMCategories Daily Cryptic

Time taken: 6:36. I found this one on the easy side, but a look at the early times shows that I compare pretty favorably to two solvers that are usually faster than me, so maybe … Read more “Times 29368 – Torah Thursday”

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Mephisto 3397 – Robert Teuton

Author   glhPosted on 12th October 2025 at 12:01 AMCategories Mephisto

Greetings barred-grid fans

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Times 29356 – maybe Tricky Thursday?

Author   glhPosted on 9th October 2025 at 1:41 AMCategories Daily Cryptic

Time taken: 7:54 – but looking at the early solving times I must have been way on the setter’s wavelength or I knew the references quickly, because my time is better than the solvers I … Read more “Times 29356 – maybe Tricky Thursday?”

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Mephisto 3395 – John Grimshaw

Author   glhPosted on 28th September 2025 at 1:32 AMCategories Mephisto

Greetings, barred-grid fans.

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Times 29344 – sinking to the bottom

Author   glhPosted on 25th September 2025 at 2:18 AMCategories Daily Cryptic

Time taken: 12:38. Not quite ready to declare this Tricky Thursday yet, as some of the early times are very fast indeed.

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Mephisto 3393 – Paul McKenna

Author   glhPosted on 14th September 2025 at 12:10 AM12 September 2025Categories Mephisto

Greetings barred-grid fans

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Times 29332 – Tricky Thursday, country subtraction edition

Author   glhPosted on 11th September 2025 at 1:58 AMCategories Daily Cryptic

Time taken: 11:41. Ground to a halt for a while and had to bring out some paper to work on some longer answers and anagrams.

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Mephisto 3391 – Robert Teuton

Author   glhPosted on 31st August 2025 at 5:35 AM10 September 2025Categories Mephisto

Greetings barred-grid fans, and apologies for the late post.

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