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What’s New
The PDF of the latest Gemelo puzzle is available at this link: Gemelo 40 The PDF of the latest Azed puzzle is available at this link: Azed 2,781 The June Digest is now live, providing a short round-up of news and views from the Clinic. As of 16th June a number of improvements have been made to the Clinical Data table display. See the Refurbishment Project Status page for details.
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Thanks, Alex – my brain was clearly struggling to cope with all those brothers (who, incidentally, started out as teachers)…
Hi Doc. In your reply to Anon Cues (13th July) should your first example of type II have said ‘Lion…
Thank you, Doc! That makes perfect sense and has very much helped to clarify my misgivings.
Hi Anon That’s an excellent question, and one that I haven’t properly covered before. The issue that you describe stems…
I certainly did…a little place just off Edgbaston Park Road.
Re 13A: did you go to school in Birmingham by any chance, Doc.?
Hello Doc! A clue came up in a competition recently, and I’m wondering if it’s really valid… It was a…
And would they pronounce it roight? Do you think that they call it ‘Bostin’ for short? Coz that’d be .…
Yes, that one would be hard to improve on 😉. PS I saw that at Wolverhampton recently there was a…
Thanks for sorting the truth from the fibs. As for the 9 letter word in your blurb, I wasn’t watching…