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Author: ulaca

Times 29209 – Up a gum tree?

Author   ulacaPosted on 21st April 2025 at 8:00 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

Not a tremendous amount of arcane general knowledge required for this one. That combined with generally friendly wordplay puts this in the typical Monday category, I think.

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Times 29197 – Pie in the sky, apple pie!

Author   ulacaPosted on 7th April 2025 at 8:00 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

I thought this was a lot of fun, covering a broad spectrum of knowledge.

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Times 29185 – O Mountain, My Mountain!

Author   ulacaPosted on 24th March 2025 at 8:00 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

Nothing too much to scare the horses here, apart perhaps from the US mountain.

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Times 29173 – Coin toss territory?

Author   ulacaPosted on 10th March 2025 at 8:00 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

I seem to say it every week, but events usually prove me right: there will be one or two PBs today.

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Times 29161 – Down but not out

Author   ulacaPosted on 24th February 2025 at 8:00 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

As Monday as you can get, really.

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Times 29149 – Tang in the tail

Author   ulacaPosted on 10th February 2025 at 8:00 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

I sped through this as fast as a hot knife through a slab of butter.

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Times 29137 – All Greek to me

Author   ulacaPosted on 27th January 2025 at 8:00 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

I’m taking a Lunar New Year break, so this will be a concise blog.

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Times 29125 – Hoosier thunked it?

Author   ulacaPosted on 13th January 2025 at 8:00 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

Try as I might, I couldn’t tame this puzzle, even though it was certainly no beast. By the end, I felt like a Californian firefighter trying to quench the flames with the non-existent water of … Read more “Times 29125 – Hoosier thunked it?”

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Times 29113 – Think Scandinavian

Author   ulacaPosted on 30th December 2024 at 8:00 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

One or two unusual words and phrases, but in general a pretty accessible final Monday of the year.

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Times 29101 – Go and get on my case no more!

Author   ulacaPosted on 16th December 2024 at 8:00 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

One of those crosswords that are far harder to explain than to solve.

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