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Category: Weekend Cryptic

Sunday Times 5118 by Dean Mayer

Author   keriothePosted on 7th July 2024 at 1:00 AM10 September 2025Categories Weekend Cryptic

10:34. Not too many horses frightened in this week’s puzzle

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Times Cryptic 28956 – Saturday, 29 June 2024. On yer bike!

Author   branchPosted on 6th July 2024 at 12:00 AM10 September 2025Categories Weekend Cryptic

I enjoyed this. An interesting tidbit about old bikes!

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Sunday Times Cryptic No 5117 by David McLean — electrifying performance!

Author   Guy du SablePosted on 30th June 2024 at 12:00 AM10 September 2025Categories Weekend Cryptic

Bravo, maestro!

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Times Cryptic 28950 – Saturday, 22 June 2024. Knocked it out of the park?

Author   branchPosted on 29th June 2024 at 12:00 AM10 September 2025Categories Weekend Cryptic

The cricket reference in 2dn may be particularly puzzling for non-aficionados!

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Sunday Times 5116 by Robert Price

Author   keriothePosted on 23rd June 2024 at 1:00 AM10 September 2025Categories Weekend Cryptic

7:09. Not a difficult puzzle from Robert this week, but a model of creativity and elegance. Lovely stuff. Definitions are underlined, anagrams indicated like (TIHS)* , deletions like this, anagram indicators are in italics. Across … Read more “Sunday Times 5116 by Robert Price”

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Times Cryptic 28944 – Saturday, 15 June 2024. Wind from the south west, driven onto the rocks!

Author   branchPosted on 22nd June 2024 at 12:00 AM10 September 2025Categories Weekend Cryptic

Oops! At the time I loaded this blog, one published answer made no sense to me! I think it must have been a typo, but we’ll see!!

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Sunday Times Cryptic No 5115 by Dean Mayer — wink-wink

Author   Guy du SablePosted on 16th June 2024 at 12:00 AM10 September 2025Categories Weekend Cryptic

This seemed quite fresh, with a couple bits of unusual vocabulary—one of which I was pleased to know already…

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Times Cryptic 28938 – Saturday, 8 June 2024. The sound of music so tender …

Author   branchPosted on 15th June 2024 at 12:00 AM10 September 2025Categories Weekend Cryptic

The sound of music so tender … accompanied my struggle with my last clue.

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Sunday Times 5114 by David McLean – Jiminy Cricket!

Author   keriothePosted on 9th June 2024 at 1:00 AM10 September 2025Categories Weekend Cryptic

13:42. A bit of a tricky one from Harry this week.

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Times Cryptic 28932 – Saturday, 1 June 2024. Easy as you like it.

Author   branchPosted on 8th June 2024 at 12:00 AM10 September 2025Categories Weekend Cryptic

I fairly flew through this.

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