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jackkt9th August 2022 at 1:45 AM10 September 2025Daily Cryptic

32 minutes taken over my half-hour target by 10ac and 8dn. I had two unknown words at 16ac and 13dn but both were helped by clear wordplay.

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jackkt8th August 2022 at 1:30 AM10 September 2025Quick Cryptic

I’m covering for Kitty this week as she is on holiday.

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jackkt2nd August 2022 at 2:00 AM10 September 2025Daily Cryptic

Solving time: 22 minutes. I had a problem getting started

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jackkt1st August 2022 at 1:35 AM10 September 2025Quick Cryptic

Solving time: 10 minutes. A swift return by Orpheus who set for us only last Wednesday.

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jackkt26th July 2022 at 2:00 AM10 September 2025Daily Cryptic

My solving time was one minute under an hour with 21dn as my last one in.

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jackkt19th July 2022 at 2:00 AM10 September 2025Daily Cryptic

Solving time: 46 minutes. I had lots of MERS and queries whilst solving this…

Times Quick Cryptic 2180 by Mara

jackkt18th July 2022 at 2:00 AM10 September 2025Quick Cryptic

I found this straightforward, how did you do?

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jackkt12th July 2022 at 2:00 AM10 September 2025Daily Cryptic

Solving time: 44 minutes but with one error at 4dn.

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jackkt5th July 2022 at 2:00 AM10 September 2025Daily Cryptic

My solving time was 29 minutes. This was mostly straightforward but there were some inventive clues along the way that made for a very enjoyable solve.

Times Quick Cryptic 2170 by Joker

jackkt4th July 2022 at 1:00 AM10 September 2025Quick Cryptic

I needed 12 minutes for this one, delayed by two or three clues on the RH side and difficulty parsing 4dn. A puzzle quite remarkable for containing only one very short anagram.

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