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There was a tradition in both our families of solving Telegraph concise and cryptic crosswords. During our student days we moved on to the Observer. When we could afford a daily, we enjoyed the Guardian cryptics until the Indy arrived on the scene. Nowadays, Saturdays are not complete without the Inquisitor in the i paper. We never time ourselves but we do feel cheated if we finish quickly and really enjoy seeking out themes and ninas etc. We are now retired and when time allows, we supplement the daily Indy solve with the on-line Guardian cryptic, Genius and the occasional Quiptic. Finding fifteensquared was a revelation – we realised we are not alone in our attempts to stave off Alzheimer’s!

Independent 12,461 by Atrica

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Firstly, we would like to thank the team at the Indy. A prompt reply from Customer Services yesterday confirming that they were aware that the crossword puzzles were not on the app. We started off using the on-line version which we don’t like. We gave up in the end and waited until the problem was solved. The promised email arrived saying that things were fixed and apologising again for any inconvenience.

Problems occur but we always judge things by how well they are sorted. 10/10 for the Independent.

Anyway – it’s now Tuesday and we have an Atrica puzzle to solve and blog.

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Inquisitor 1970: Notable by Vagans

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This seems to be only the second fourth Inquisitor set by Vagans – and we had the pleasure of blogging the first third one last December – apologies to Vagans and thanks to Holy Ghost for pointing out our error. Vagans more regularly appears in the Enigmatic Variations puzzles as well as in The Listener – so we are in for a serious challenge.

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