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Foul Play? A Definite Maybe…
Should we allow superfluous articles within an element of a cryptic wordplay, for instance the word ‘the’ in ‘middle of the day’ for A?
Barred Puzzle 1
The first in an occasional series of original, plain puzzles for your entertainment. We hope that you enjoy this one.
RIP Colin Dexter
The death of Colin Dexter sadly means the loss of another of the brightest lights in the clue writing world. He won first prize in Ximenes competitions on ten occasions, and lifted the Azed cup a remarkable thirty times.
Clues from the Woodstock Bus
Colin Dexter’s first Morse novel, Last Bus to Woodstock, has more links to the world of crosswords than might appear obvious
Annotation of Cryptic Clues
In this post we describe a ‘shorthand’ notation for the explanation of cryptic clues.
Checkup Request 1
Hi, Can you help me parse this please? Batsman unable to score many wuns worn out (6) WABBIT From last weeks Mephisto. I gave up trying to parse it then. Worn out as the...
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