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Times Cryptic 29394 – Sat, 22 November 2025. Roses are red …

Author   branchPosted on 29th November 2025 at 12:00 AM27 November 2025Categories Weekend Cryptic

Smurfs are blue. I was sunny – a Saturday of my favourite kind.

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Times Cryptic Jumbo No 1759 – 8 Nov 2025

Author   JohninterredPosted on 28th November 2025 at 11:47 AM28 November 2025Categories Jumbo Cryptic

Apologies to all for the late posting of this.

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Times Cryptic 29399 – discretion be your tutor

Author   william_j_sPosted on 28th November 2025 at 7:00 AM28 November 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

Hardest of the week but solvable with more patience than I had today.

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Times Quick Cryptic No 3158 by Asp

Author   JohninterredPosted on 28th November 2025 at 1:47 AM27 November 2025Categories Quick Cryptic

There’s a fairly obvious theme in today’s Quick Cryptic from Asp. Did you spot it?

Fortnightly Weekend Quick Cryptic.  This time it is Phil’s turn to provide the extra weekend entertainment. You can find the crossword  here.

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Times Cryptic 29398 Rollin’ down the river.

Author   ZabadakPosted on 27th November 2025 at 2:30 AM27 November 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

Time: 22:22 I’ve heard tell that our editor and chums want to include more yoof friendly answers in the grids, though the two examples in this one may be well be into their adulthood by … Read more “Times Cryptic 29398 Rollin’ down the river.”

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Quick Cryptic 3157 by Mara

Author   rolytolyPosted on 27th November 2025 at 1:35 AM27 November 2025Categories Quick Cryptic

Not too tricky, but plenty of interesting things on offer.

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Times Cryptic 29397 – A doable one!

Author   JerryWPosted on 26th November 2025 at 1:27 AM26 November 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

Hello again. This crossword I thought was about average difficulty, or in other words significantly easier than most of the recent ones

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Times Quick Cryptic No 3156 by Teazel

Author   Mike HarperPosted on 26th November 2025 at 1:24 AM24 November 2025Categories Quick Cryptic

I did like the construction of 19d which is one of only two English words still in use ending in these three letters.

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QC 3155 by Pedro

Author   MerlinPosted on 25th November 2025 at 2:34 AM25 November 2025Categories Quick Cryptic

Some very smooth surfaces from Pedro, and a rare sub-10 for me.

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Times 29396 – above the waist

Author   glhPosted on 25th November 2025 at 12:49 AMCategories Daily Cryptic

Time taken 6:29

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