Welcome to The Clue Clinic – where people interested in solving or setting cryptic crosswords come to learn, sharpen their skills, and get expert guidance from experienced setters.
If this is your first visit, we would recommend visiting the About This Site page to get some ideas about the areas of the site which may be of particular interest to you and the ways in which you can interact with Clinic staff and other readers.
What’s New
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. The PDF of the latest Gemelo puzzle is available at this link: Gemelo 39 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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Hello Typoe I have increased the number of rows to be displayed for each table upon loading to 1,000. This…
In his biography of James Hope-Scott, Robert Ornsby wrote of Hope-Scott’s time at Eton, “He was placed in the lower…
13a. As a former state school pupil, I understand the first sentence of your explanation. The second sentence is just…
Re 1a, the OED has only one example: ‘It is evident that no advance towards ?????????? can be attained by…
Hello, Doctor Clue. I didn’t have Melville in mind for my moniker on this site, but I can see that…
Hi Typoe (some sort of Herman Melville joke, perhaps?), welcome to the blog, and thank you for your generous remarks.…
Thank you for putting together and maintaining this resource, invaluable for solvers and setters alike. As a setter, I have…
Yes, there was a lot to like about that one, not least the conciseness.
I thought that 27 across was one of those rare clues that was both clever and caused me ( anyway)…
Thank you, Doc! That’s very helpful.