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Category: Daily Cryptic

Times Cryptic No 29513 — No 20 across

Author   plusjeremyPosted on 10th April 2026 at 5:56 AM10 April 2026Categories Daily Cryptic

52:18, which sadly included a fifteen-minute struggle to get the last two clues. I nearly gave up, but I’m nothing if not persistent. Quite a good and challenging puzzle, in my opinion.

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Times 29512 – Ticky Thursday

Author   glhPosted on 9th April 2026 at 12:34 AMCategories Daily Cryptic

Time taken: 11:36

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Times Cryptic 29511 – Blossom’s out, even if the sun isn’t.

Author   DvynysPosted on 8th April 2026 at 7:00 AM8 April 2026Categories Daily Cryptic

A mixed bag of the easy, smooth and obscure this week.

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Times Cryptic 29510

Author   jackktPosted on 7th April 2026 at 2:14 AM6 April 2026Categories Daily Cryptic

A very enjoyable solve but some of the parsing beat me until I came to write the blog.

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Times 29509 – Eminently beatable

Author   ulacaPosted on 6th April 2026 at 8:00 AM6 April 2026Categories Daily Cryptic

I threw in the towel after ten minutes tussling with 4 down

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Times Cryptic 29507 – doff your distresses

Author   william_j_sPosted on 3rd April 2026 at 7:00 AM3 April 2026Categories Daily Cryptic

About as straightforward as Fridays come.

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29506 True, I talk of dreams

Author   ZabadakPosted on 2nd April 2026 at 2:30 AM2 April 2026Categories Daily Cryptic

Time: 14:58 This didn’t feel much like a Tricky Thursday with most of my answers suggesting themselves readily from some kind and economical cluing, never more than two lines of print. There’s really only one … Read more “29506 True, I talk of dreams”

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Times Cryptic no 29505 – April Greetings

Author   JerryWPosted on 1st April 2026 at 1:11 AM1 April 2026Categories Daily Cryptic

Hello again. This crossword I thought was rather easier than average, though with the usual couple of clues I have had trouble parsing…

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Times Cryptic 29504

Author   jackktPosted on 31st March 2026 at 1:15 AM25 March 2026Categories Daily Cryptic

My fastest solve for a very long time.

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Times 29503 – What we do on Fridays? No.

Author   vinyl1Posted on 30th March 2026 at 3:40 AM30 March 2026Categories Daily Cryptic

If you are Quickie solver who wants to move up, this is your chance.   This is another mild Monday where experienced solvers will see the answers very quickly.   

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