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Cryptic crossword #39: Sounds like an opening for love (5)

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Cryptic crossword #39: Sounds like an opening for love (5)

3 September 2020

Cryptic crossword #37: Pasta sauce made from Pope's tomatoes (5)

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Cryptic crossword #37: Pasta sauce made from Pope's tomatoes (5)

6 August 2020

Cryptic crossword #35: Summer reptile (5)

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Cryptic crossword #35: Summer reptile (5)

9 July 2020

Cryptic crossword #33: Crux of Kissinger’s wrongdoing (3)

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Cryptic crossword #33: Crux of Kissinger’s wrongdoing (3)

11 June 2020

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Cryptic crossword #31: Sales pitch about a dog (7)

14 May 2020

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Cryptic crossword #29: Bar in Game of Thrones (5)

16 April 2020

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Cryptic crossword #27: Necklace of Klein bottles (3)

19 March 2020

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Cryptic crossword #25: Ancient tree (5)

20 February 2020

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Cryptic crossword #23: The Black hole

23 January 2020

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Cryptic crossword #20: How baleen is shaped for use in corsetry? (9)

5 December 2019

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Cryptic crossword #17: Final 3 vanishing of horniest monster? (5)

26 October 2019

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Cryptic crossword #16: with a special tectonic twist!

12 October 2019