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December 9, 2019 Extras

The King Cricket Retired Cricketer From Several Years Back Crossword

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April 19, 2016 Extras

A Rob Key themed cryptic crossword

< 1 minute readAlmost certainly the finest Rob Key themed cryptic crossword you will encounter today. Compiled by Bert. As ever, there are no fantastic prizes. You can also download a PDF version here. Click here for the answers.

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June 28, 2013 Extras

The 2013 King Cricket Ashes and Priestly Vestments Summer Crossword by Bert

< 1 minute readBert writes: I’ve done another crossword. I was going to wait till a full year had passed since the last one, but with the upcoming summer of cricket I thought it would be appropriate to do it now. So here it is – the 2013 King Cricket Ashes and Priestly

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September 2, 2012 Extras

The King Cricket crossword by Bert

2 minute readBert writes It’s time to move on. I’m bored with shenanigans. There’s only a certain amount of shenanigans a man can put up with. We need to get back to what unites us, which is cricket, not what divides us, which is, er, cricket. Anyway, I don’t want to see

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