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Author: piquet

Times 29157 – singular or plural, chop chop.

Author   piquetPosted on 19th February 2025 at 7:05 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

This was one of those puzzles, I thought, with a smattering of hard clues among mostly easy ones.

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Times 29151 – nowhere to hide

Author   piquetPosted on 12th February 2025 at 7:01 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

A bit of a naturalist’s puzzle, this one, good fun and nothing to scare those equines.

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Times 29145 – up to scratch

Author   piquetPosted on 5th February 2025 at 7:01 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

A nicely composed puzzle, with a good sprinkling of wit and nothing to complain about.

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Times 29139 – clunk click

Author   piquetPosted on 29th January 2025 at 7:00 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

A puzzle heavy on engineering and light on wit, I thought.

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Times 29133 – as tough as a two-dollar steak?

Author   piquetPosted on 22nd January 2025 at 6:59 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

I took an age to do and parse this beauty; perhaps it was me having a dim day, so I’ll be interested to see the SNITCH.

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Times 29127 – a witty romp

Author   piquetPosted on 15th January 2025 at 7:01 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

A witty romp indeed, nothing to slow down the gallop through this fine but undemanding puzzle.

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Times 29121 – lots of dead people.

Author   piquetPosted on 8th January 2025 at 7:01 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

A pleasant if undemanding puzzle today, featuring several famous people from history.

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Times 29115 – Happy 53 Wednesdays

Author   piquetPosted on 1st January 2025 at 7:01 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

This puzzle has us off to a good start, for 2025, although I did find a few of the definitions a stretch.

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Times 29109 – Christmas spelling test.

Author   piquetPosted on 25th December 2024 at 6:50 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

Merry Christmas, cruciverbalists everywhere!

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Times 29103 – not the worst…

Author   piquetPosted on 18th December 2024 at 7:00 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

I have to say I didn’t enjoy this as much as our usual Wednesday workouts.

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