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Author: glh

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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Mephisto 3357 – Paul McKenna

Author   glhPosted on 5th January 2025 at 12:14 AM10 September 2025Categories Mephisto

Greetings, barred-grid fans. Hopefully last week’s challenge didn’t take away your will to live!

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Times 29116 – first Tricky Thursday of the year!

Author   glhPosted on 2nd January 2025 at 2:00 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

Time taken: 12:47. It is still New Year’s Day here, so Happy New Year from the Eastern part of the USA.

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Mephisto 3355 – Robert Teuton

Author   glhPosted on 22nd December 2024 at 12:02 AM10 September 2025Categories Mephisto

Greetings, barred-grid fans!

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Times 29104: Trickyish Thursday?

Author   glhPosted on 19th December 2024 at 3:56 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

Time taken: 14:34

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Mephisto 3353 – John Grimshaw

Author   glhPosted on 8th December 2024 at 2:52 AM10 September 2025Categories Mephisto

Greetings, barred-grid fans

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Times 29092 – not so Tricky Thursday

Author   glhPosted on 5th December 2024 at 2:27 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

Time taken: 7:32

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Mephisto 3351 – Paul McKenna

Author   glhPosted on 24th November 2024 at 1:05 AM10 September 2025Categories Mephisto

Greetings, barred-grid fans.

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Times 29080 – yep, it’s Tricky Thursday!

Author   glhPosted on 21st November 2024 at 1:59 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

Time taken: 14:19.

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