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Times 29176 – The Magic Faraway puzzle

Author   glhPosted on 13th March 2025 at 3:49 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

Time taken 7:07, but I’m not sure I would file this immediately under not-so-tricky Thursday just yet.

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Mephisto 3365 – John Grimshaw

Author   glhPosted on 2nd March 2025 at 1:17 AM10 September 2025Categories Mephisto

Greetings, barred-grid fans

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Times 29164 – Turkey Thursday

Author   glhPosted on 27th February 2025 at 3:18 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

I submitted in 10:08 and saw not one, but two pink squares. This was not a typo, this was one answer that I got completely and utterly wrong, though I thought I had a valid … Read more “Times 29164 – Turkey Thursday”

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Mephisto 3363 – Paul McKenna

Author   glhPosted on 16th February 2025 at 12:27 AM10 September 2025Categories Mephisto

Greetings, barred-grid fans!

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Times 29152: Tricky wordplay Thursday

Author   glhPosted on 13th February 2025 at 3:11 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

Time taken: 8:10

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Mephisto 3361 – Robert Teuton

Author   glhPosted on 2nd February 2025 at 1:10 AM10 September 2025Categories Mephisto

Greetings, barred-grid fans.

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Times 29140 – a few Thursday Tricks

Author   glhPosted on 30th January 2025 at 1:56 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

Time taken: 6:51. I whizzed through this one and was about to declare it Not Tricky Thursday, but then I saw some of the other early times and maybe I was just lucky here.

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Mephisto 3359 – John Grimshaw

Author   glhPosted on 19th January 2025 at 4:26 AM10 September 2025Categories Mephisto

Greetings, barred-grid fans.

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Times 29128 – an unwanted hat-trick

Author   glhPosted on 16th January 2025 at 1:51 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

Time taken: 10:47, but for the third day in a row I submitted and found I had made a silly mistake!

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Sunday Times Puzzle 525 from 1935

Author   glhPosted on 12th January 2025 at 4:54 AM10 September 2025Categories Other Crosswords

Greetings all – as part of celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Sunday Times crossword there are some old puzzles reprinted, and vinyl1 thought that old puzzles meant some old bloggers should have a swing … Read more “Sunday Times Puzzle 525 from 1935”

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