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Times 29277 – still trying

Author   piquetPosted on 9th July 2025 at 7:00 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

Entertainment of a fairly gentle kind, this week.

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Times 29271 – time for Bedford, said Zebedee.

Author   piquetPosted on 2nd July 2025 at 7:00 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

A pleasant Wednesday challenge.

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Times 29265 – downhill all the way

Author   piquetPosted on 25th June 2025 at 7:00 AM9 October 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

I had a couple of tricky moments with this witty offering.

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Times 29259 – we all need a stage name

Author   piquetPosted on 18th June 2025 at 7:02 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

another Wednesday wordplay workout

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Times 29253 – what to eat and where to eat it

Author   piquetPosted on 11th June 2025 at 7:00 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

Nothing too obscure here, if you know more actors than I do.

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Times 29247 – more devious than a Baldrick plan.

Author   piquetPosted on 4th June 2025 at 7:00 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

Amid some chestnuts there were several really obscure or tricky clues in this one.

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Times 29241 – seeing stars

Author   piquetPosted on 28th May 2025 at 7:03 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

A good Wednesday workout, solved from the bottom up.

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Times 29235 – not one for Joe Bloggs, more GI Joe.

Author   piquetPosted on 21st May 2025 at 6:48 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

This seemed to be a puzzle with a kind of mid-Atlantic flavour.

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Times 29229 – I’m with Epicurus

Author   piquetPosted on 14th May 2025 at 7:01 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

Another fine Wednesday outing, with some tricky parsing.

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Times 29223 – he is the eggman, I am the walrus

Author   piquetPosted on 7th May 2025 at 6:52 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

Ah, what a pleasant puzzle, with quite a few apt and witty surfaces! Bravo, setter.

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