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Times for the Times

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  • special_bitter
    25 May 2020, 17:12
    Times 27673 - WHO's THAT medical journal?!
    This one took me a little over an hour so I was hopelessly off the pace. Cranefly didn't really click for me when solving and I had major difficulties with the blue berets clue and it's surroundings.…
  • peregrineflyer
    25 May 2020, 15:48
    Times Quick Cryptic 1620 by Orpheus
    A nice easy one for holiday Monday. Some nice clues but nothing too obscure or difficult. Liked the refined society girl.

    FOI - 1ac quiver
    LOI - 18ac debonair
    COD - 18ac debonair
  • invariant_tft
    25 May 2020, 15:23
    Times 27673 - WHO's THAT medical journal?!
    This turned out to be a steady solve, round about the 90min mark, which is average for those that I can complete. Mrs I, being an architect, chipped in with Lancet when I was stuck for a window, and…
  • ianelin
    25 May 2020, 14:59
    Times Quick Cryptic 1620 by Orpheus
    A pleasant solve for a lovely sunny day. No real holdups except we could not immediately remember quiver, and had shiver for a while. 17m is as good as we have ever done, perhaps get to 15m some day.
  • jabche
    25 May 2020, 14:59
    Times Quick Cryptic 1427 by Hurley
    so THAT'S what's in the rest of the paper before the backpage - who knew?