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Quick Cryptic 3257 by Joker

Author   BletchleyRejectPosted on 24th March 2026 at 3:30 AM24 March 2026Categories Quick Cryptic

Joker is a setter I often struggle with, but despite a not exactly speedy time and a few tricky bits, I didn’t find this as tough as some of his in the past.

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Times Cryptic 29498

Author   jackktPosted on 24th March 2026 at 1:44 AM23 March 2026Categories Daily Cryptic

Inventive at times and mostly very enjoyable.

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Times 29497 – Me and Booby McVee?

Author   ulacaPosted on 23rd March 2026 at 8:00 AM24 March 2026Categories Daily Cryptic

I made a bit of a meal of this, sitting there with the third highest WITCH

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Quick Cryptic 3256 by Oink

Author   jackktPosted on 23rd March 2026 at 1:15 AM23 March 2026Categories Quick Cryptic

Today we have a very enjoyable puzzle from Oink.

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Mephisto 3420 – The Joke’s on Us

Author   vinyl1Posted on 22nd March 2026 at 1:06 AM22 March 2026Categories Mephisto

This one was rather straightforward, and didn’t take long.   The pun is worse than usual, and wasn’t of any help in solving.

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Sunday Times Cryptic No 5207 by Robert Price — a bargain at any…

Author   Guy du SablePosted on 22nd March 2026 at 12:00 AM22 March 2026Categories Weekend Cryptic

Certainly got my money’s worth here!

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Quick Cryptic no 3255 by Shay

Author   Cedric StatherbyPosted on 21st March 2026 at 2:07 AM20 March 2026Categories Quick Cryptic

An interesting and quite demanding puzzle from Shay

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Times Cryptic Jumbo 1778

Author   DvynysPosted on 21st March 2026 at 12:01 AM20 March 2026Categories Jumbo Cryptic

Oscar season and we are off to the pictures!

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Times Cryptic 29490 – Sat, 14 Mar 2026.

Author   branchPosted on 21st March 2026 at 12:00 AM19 March 2026Categories Weekend Cryptic

This was harder than most Saturdays. Thankfully, not to compare with the Thursday before!

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Times Cryptic 29495

Author   william_j_sPosted on 20th March 2026 at 7:00 AM20 March 2026Categories Daily Cryptic

Plenty to chew over after the fact, since a few (especially downs) went in on checkers and without fully understanding the wordplay. By no means an all-weekender, nevertheless.

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