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Category: Daily Cryptic

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 29159 – no hare, sir

Author   william_j_sPosted on 21st February 2025 at 7:00 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

Way off the wavelength for this superb puzzle.

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29158 Two all-beef patios…

Author   ZabadakPosted on 20th February 2025 at 2:23 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

  I’ve generally been running slow this week, and today provided no let-up in the lethargy, though I completed in 24.24 with no clue in particular causing extended puzzling, apart from struggling with the parsing … Read more “29158 Two all-beef patios…”

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Times 29157 – singular or plural, chop chop.

Author   piquetPosted on 19th February 2025 at 7:05 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

This was one of those puzzles, I thought, with a smattering of hard clues among mostly easy ones.

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Times Cryptic 29156

Author   jackktPosted on 18th February 2025 at 2:03 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

Mostly quite straightforward.

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Times 29155 – In C Major?

Author   vinyl1Posted on 17th February 2025 at 3:07 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

This one was not too bad, and I got through most of it fairly quickly before getting stuck at the end.  

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Times Cryptic No 29153 — A fine romance

Author   plusjeremyPosted on 14th February 2025 at 1:00 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

17:18, indicating a gentler puzzle, at least by my standards. One answer seemed to speak to me directly.

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Times 29152: Tricky wordplay Thursday

Author   glhPosted on 13th February 2025 at 3:11 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

Time taken: 8:10

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Times 29151 – nowhere to hide

Author   piquetPosted on 12th February 2025 at 7:01 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

A bit of a naturalist’s puzzle, this one, good fun and nothing to scare those equines.

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Times Cryptic 29150

Author   jackktPosted on 11th February 2025 at 1:30 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

Biffer’s paradise for the speedsters…

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