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Times 28731 – taking sides in 1642.

Author   piquetPosted on 11th October 2023 at 1:10 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

A classic medium difficulty puzzle today, featuring just about every kind of clue within the setter’s toolbox.

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Times 28725 – know your onions.

Author   piquetPosted on 4th October 2023 at 1:13 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

Today’s eclectic puzzle covers a whole gamut of possible wordplay types, a great example of the setter’s art.

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Times 28719 – how tickled we are.

Author   piquetPosted on 27th September 2023 at 1:08 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

A fine, witty Wednesday offering, for once lacking in American related meanings and obscurities.

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Times 28713 – Occam’s razor

Author   piquetPosted on 20th September 2023 at 1:18 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

Sometimes we befuddle ourselves by imagining things are more complicated than they really are.

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Times 28707 – blow the whistle, no extra time needed.

Author   piquetPosted on 13th September 2023 at 1:24 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

I found this a straightforward, well clued puzzle, with a couple of obscurities solved from wordplay and checked afterwards.

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Times 28701 – Bishkek and chips

Author   piquetPosted on 6th September 2023 at 12:46 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

A gentle Wednesday this week, with a couple of entries from the urban dictionary and three tolerable homophones.

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Times 28695 – Americans in Italy, or chaps from Zürich?

Author   piquetPosted on 30th August 2023 at 1:15 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

After last Wednesday’s toughie, this was comparatively a breeze…

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Times 28689 – like old boots

Author   piquetPosted on 23rd August 2023 at 1:03 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

I thought this was one of the toughest Wednesdays we’ve had for ages, although we’ll see, it might have been me not on the right wavelength.

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Times 28683 – it doesn’t have to be sunny, thankfully.

Author   piquetPosted on 16th August 2023 at 1:35 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

A most enjoyable puzzle, of medium difficulty, I thought.

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Times 28677 – nothing offensive here

Author   piquetPosted on 9th August 2023 at 1:21 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

A fairly gentle workout for a Wednesday, I thought, with some straightforward anagrams and neat surfaces.

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