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Author: ulaca

Times 28693 – Happy as…

Author   ulacaPosted on 28th August 2023 at 1:30 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

When I submitted this at just under the 20-minute mark I was so happy I could have kissed a Spanish football player.

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Times 28681 – Monday, Monday

Author   ulacaPosted on 14th August 2023 at 1:35 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

Wow! This was easy. YMMV, but there will be PBs.

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Times 28669 – Biff City, Arizona

Author   ulacaPosted on 31st July 2023 at 1:20 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

I must have biffed half of these clues, so working out the parsing now is going to take a bit of doing.

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Times 28657 – Club Monthly Invasion?

Author   ulacaPosted on 17th July 2023 at 1:20 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

Not my favourite type of crossword this, where an essentially straightforward puzzle has one clue which is of a totally different character to all the others.

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Times 28645 – Greetings from Corfu

Author   ulacaPosted on 3rd July 2023 at 1:20 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

Just under 16 minutes for this, so not much to scare the horses.

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Times 28633 – Concise meets Quickie

Author   ulacaPosted on 19th June 2023 at 1:20 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

This was super easy.

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Times 28621

Author   ulacaPosted on 5th June 2023 at 1:30 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

Barring one or two pieces of tricky vocabulary, this is all very straightforward. So much so, that I was disappointed with my time of 16 minutes. Not often will you hear me say that. I … Read more “Times 28621”

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Times 28609 – The setter’s quiddity

Author   ulacaPosted on 22nd May 2023 at 1:20 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

Lots of deletion clues detract a bit from the overall effect, perhaps, but all in all fine Thunderer fare.

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Times 28597 – Woe, woe and thrice woe!

Author   ulacaPosted on 8th May 2023 at 1:05 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

Nice to see a Classical clue to slow down the Bletchley Parkers. More of the same, please, setter! 

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Times 28585 – Whatever…

Author   ulacaPosted on 24th April 2023 at 12:58 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

Around 20 minutes for all bar 15 down, where I had to look up the solution, despite having the first five letters

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