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Times for The Times: Times and comments on The Times crossword from a team of solvers

Author: william_j_s

Times 28955 – bending his (cros)sword, left me enrag’d

Author   william_j_sPosted on 28th June 2024 at 7:00 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

Very hard, in my book.

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Times 28943

Author   william_j_sPosted on 14th June 2024 at 7:00 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

Quite accessible, continuing the run of off-and-on Friday puzzles, according to the SNITCH.

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Times 28931 – the lunatic, the lover, and the poet

Author   william_j_sPosted on 31st May 2024 at 7:00 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

Disappointed to find a pink square after my efforts to get this difficult but entertaining puzzle solved.

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Times 28919 – a noble earl and many a creature else

Author   william_j_sPosted on 17th May 2024 at 7:00 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

No pushover

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Times 28907

Author   william_j_sPosted on 3rd May 2024 at 7:10 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

An entertaining and fairly gentle puzzle.

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Times 28895

Author   william_j_sPosted on 19th April 2024 at 7:00 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

I am very tired and threw the towel in with 13dn outstanding and a couple unparsed.

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Times 28883 – are you ruminating in the cool shade?

Author   william_j_sPosted on 5th April 2024 at 7:00 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

Thinking cap firmly on for this tester, but all straightforward enough to explain after the fact.

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Times 28871 – *that* distill’d by magic sleights

Author   william_j_sPosted on 22nd March 2024 at 7:00 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

Pretty hard. I worked from outside in, and had most of it done in just over 30 minutes. But then I got stuck in the SE, and submitted forgetting to go back to an answer I promised myself to revisit. 

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Times 28859 – and me, a poor competitor

Author   william_j_sPosted on 8th March 2024 at 7:00 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

I made heavy weather of this, but I don’t think it’s too hard.

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Times 28847

Author   william_j_sPosted on 23rd February 2024 at 7:00 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

I was almost beaten by this puzzle, which proved to be the hardest on my blogging watch for a while.

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