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23983

foggyweb4th August 2008 at 8:05 AM10 September 2025Daily Cryptic

Solving time: 56 minutes Took me quite a while to get going on this. I got the long answer at 1D straight away, but none of the across answers from this came at first go. … Read more “23983”

ST 4287 (27th July 2008) – You Can Leave Your Hat On

sotira3rd August 2008 at 12:12 AM10 September 2025Daily Cryptic

Solving time: 22 minutes, and following a common pattern with the Sunday – around 8 minutes to do all but two clues, then a lot of head scratching and uncertainty to get it finished up. … Read more “ST 4287 (27th July 2008) – You Can Leave Your Hat On”

23981

jackkt1st August 2008 at 7:49 AM10 September 2025Daily Cryptic

My solving time was about an hour. This was more my sort of puzzle than yesterday’s as I got onto the setter’s wavelengh quite quickly and made good progress. The hold up at the end … Read more “23981”

Times 23980 – I should have known

glh31st July 2008 at 4:18 AM10 September 2025Daily Cryptic

Solving time : After 35 minutes and with an embarrassingly small amount filled out, I resorted to the aids, crawled home(I hope) in 49 minutes, one guess and a few peeks at Bradfords. There’ll probably … Read more “Times 23980 – I should have known”

Times 23,979 – Thirty Something

yfyap30th July 2008 at 3:18 PM10 September 2025Daily Cryptic

Quite a mixed bag of clues ranging for the clever (7Down) to the not-so-bright ((5Down) to some which I cannot parse ((6&17Across). ACROSS1 REELEDOFF Rev of ODE (poem) LEER (nasty look) + FF (very loud)6 … Read more “Times 23,979 – Thirty Something”

Times 23,978 What The Dickens?

dorsetjimbo29th July 2008 at 9:14 AM10 September 2025Daily Cryptic

Solving time : 30 minutes I raced through the top half of this but then found the bottom a bit harder. There is a reference to Scrooge that I don’t understand, which appears not to … Read more “Times 23,978 What The Dickens?”

23977

foggyweb28th July 2008 at 6:53 AM10 September 2025Daily Cryptic

Solving time: 21 minutesThis was my quickest solve for some time. I think it was easy because I’d seen lots of the clues and devices before. Across 5 WASH UP – this is what you … Read more “23977”

Times Crossword 23975

sabine_tk25th July 2008 at 2:13 AM10 September 2025Daily Cryptic

Solving time: 15.44 After yesterday’s doommongering I was braced for a really tough puzzle. I definitely found this harder than the last couple of days, but overall it wasn’t too bad, despite a nasty moment … Read more “Times Crossword 23975”

Times 23,974

richardvg24th July 2008 at 10:53 AM10 September 2025Daily Cryptic

Solving time: 9:09 This seemed heavy on anagrams when I was doing it, but in fact there are only five (1A, 9, 24, 27, 1D). But they are all good long ones with smooth or … Read more “Times 23,974”

Times 23,973 (Wed 23 July)

nmacsweeney23rd July 2008 at 8:30 AM10 September 2025Daily Cryptic

I found this a very easy puzzle with an old-fashioned feel. Solving time, just under 15 mins, very fast for me. * = anagram < = reversal 1 ANTE LOPE stake = bet5 T (b)AND … Read more “Times 23,973 (Wed 23 July)”