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Author: piquet

Times 28911 – playtime.

Author   piquetPosted on 8th May 2024 at 7:05 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

Another Wednesday with nothing to scare even nervous horses.

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Times 28905 – no need for m’aidez on May Day.

Author   piquetPosted on 1st May 2024 at 7:05 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

A more straightforward Wednesday job than usual, with nicely written surfaces.

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Times 28899 – gardener’s world.

Author   piquetPosted on 24th April 2024 at 7:00 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

Some inspired work here from our setter, misdirecting me several times.

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Times 28893 – cracking the egg

Author   piquetPosted on 17th April 2024 at 7:02 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

A mixed bag, I thought, a bit of a curate’s egg perhaps, this one.

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Times 28887 – Who’s Willie?

Author   piquetPosted on 10th April 2024 at 7:00 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

A rapid romp though this one, with just a couple of tricky ones.

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Times 28881 – talk of Kings, but no cabbages.

Author   piquetPosted on 3rd April 2024 at 7:07 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

A neat if relatively straightforward puzzle, with nothing to scare our equine companions.

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Times 28875 – below the snow line.

Author   piquetPosted on 27th March 2024 at 7:00 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

If completing a difficult cryptic crossword is like climbing a mountain, I thought this one was not testing us beyond the foothills.

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Times 28869 – education by crossword.

Author   piquetPosted on 20th March 2024 at 7:03 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

A ream of unusual words in this one, covering the gamut of art, science and literature to test your GK as well as solving skills.

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Times 28863 – crossword engineering

Author   piquetPosted on 13th March 2024 at 7:05 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

more mechanical than cerebral.

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Times 28857 – hence the penguin.

Author   piquetPosted on 6th March 2024 at 7:02 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

Nothing frightening here, with a Latin and Italian flavour.

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