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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 28655 – swift as quicksilver

Author   william_j_sPosted on 14th July 2023 at 2:00 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

Rattled through this one.

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Times 28643 – oft expectation fails, and most oft there where most it promises

Author   william_j_sPosted on 30th June 2023 at 2:00 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

Fairly middle-of-the-road, I think, but that might be due to my anti-climactic solve.

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Times 28631 – it rain’d down fortune

Author   william_j_sPosted on 16th June 2023 at 1:06 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

I’m very lucky to get an easy Friday this week.

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Times 28619 – many called from the vasty deep

Author   william_j_sPosted on 2nd June 2023 at 1:01 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

I was glad to finish in under an hour, as I found this quite difficult.

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Times 28607 – smiling and villainous

Author   william_j_sPosted on 19th May 2023 at 1:40 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

On a scale of Monday to Friday, I’d put this on a high Wednesday.

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Times 28595 – how do the violets smell?

Author   william_j_sPosted on 5th May 2023 at 1:56 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

A right royal romp!

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Times 28583 – sit and wail

Author   william_j_sPosted on 21st April 2023 at 1:42 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

I found this just beyond the edge of my ability.

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Times 28571 – O, woe is me

Author   william_j_sPosted on 7th April 2023 at 2:00 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

I rattled through this one until the last clue.

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Times 28559 – it’s all in the mind’s eye

Author   william_j_sPosted on 24th March 2023 at 2:00 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

An average time in the end.

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Times 28547 – a kind of burr, but only just

Author   william_j_sPosted on 10th March 2023 at 1:14 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

After much faffing about at the end, and a couple that went in with a shrug, I was glad to finish this tricky little number.

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