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Category: Daily Cryptic

Times 29171 – you do wrong your hand too much

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

Chewy enough for a Friday.

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29170 If you like….gettin’ caught in the rain

Author   ZabadakPosted on 6th March 2025 at 2:03 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

  I made it through this in 18.45, which suggests a puzzle of moderate challenge, though I expect many to have queries about the naming of that delicious scent that fresh rainfall produces on contact … Read more “29170 If you like….gettin’ caught in the rain”

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Times 29169 – my bent.

Author   piquetPosted on 5th March 2025 at 7:00 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

I enjoyed this fairly gentle puzzle.

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Times Cryptic 29168

Author   jackktPosted on 4th March 2025 at 1:15 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

Mostly straightforward although I have a query  at 1ac.

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Times 29167 – In which we travel a a long way from Charing Cross

Author   vinyl1Posted on 3rd March 2025 at 2:34 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

Was this tough?   Well there were some tricky definitions and some unusual words, so it depends on how good you are.  

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Times Cryptic No 29165 — Infuriating

Author   plusjeremyPosted on 28th February 2025 at 5:19 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

In which I try to restrain my anger.

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Times 29164 – Turkey Thursday

Author   glhPosted on 27th February 2025 at 3:18 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

I submitted in 10:08 and saw not one, but two pink squares. This was not a typo, this was one answer that I got completely and utterly wrong, though I thought I had a valid … Read more “Times 29164 – Turkey Thursday”

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Times 29163 – poet’s corner, my black hole.

Author   piquetPosted on 26th February 2025 at 7:01 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

I couldn’t compete this one without some guesswork and subsequent research to check.

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Times Cryptic 29162

Author   jackktPosted on 25th February 2025 at 2:10 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

At first I thought this was going to be straightforward, but I really struggled with a lot of it.

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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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