Kathy Staff as Nora Batty
I set today’s Telegraph cryptic:
www.telegraph.co.uk/puzzles/puzz...
Sierra with funny Nora Batty navigation system! (5)
Maintenance of whichever luxury car breaks (7)
Regularly got naked to have following on X (5)
No spoilers, ta!
I set today’s Guardian crossword:
www.theguardian.com/crosswords/c...
Clues include:
It’s application could help you get into Oxford? (8)
Ferraris and Rolls are mostly stolen for joy rides? (6,6)
Early on, I go to party with deviant I’d met (2,4,4)
No spoilers, ta!
The cover of Norman Mailer’s An American Dream
I set today’s Telegraph Toughie:
www.telegraph.co.uk/puzzles/puzz...
Top secret number - good feature for TV gameshow (7,5)
Mistake giving new order to “about turn” (4)
For example, I translated Norman Mailer after I left university (5,7)
No spoilers, ta!
I’m Fed in the Guardian, Bluth in the Indy and Django in the Telegraph.
Django is a sort of contraction of my names - David, James and Gorman
Bluth: In Gaelic, Gorm = blue & An = the.
Fed: in the US, an FBI agent is called a Fed. And also a G-man
I set today’s Guardian prize crossword:
www.theguardian.com/crosswords/p...
Clues include:
Eco-friendly facts about drilling (5)
Thrash a legal case for trial out - it’s iron-clad (10)
Tense during drama initially directed like some soaps? (7)
No spoilers, ta!
Mark Gatiss
I set today’s Telegraph Toughie
www.telegraph.co.uk/puzzles/puzz...
Standing next to Mark Gatiss for the finale in Calvin Klein briefs & a Rolex?! (6,7)
Heavy material in what could be Shirley Temple’s biggest feature (7)
No spoilers, ta!
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I set today’s Telegraph Toughie
www.telegraph.co.uk/puzzles/puzz...
Clues include:
‘Work rest and play’ jingle ultimately lacking say Mars (3,6)
Perhaps Mar-a-Lago porter said why Florida must replace hotel - it’s an awful dive (5-4)
No spoilers, ta!
It’s good to have realistic targets in life
David Seaman serving in a pub
I set today’s Telegraph Toughie
www.telegraph.co.uk/puzzles/puzz...
Clues include:
More than one Arsenal star - but not Seaman - drank to excess in retirement (6)
My turn - be quiet (4)
Vegetable peeler - initially a right bargain (7)
No spoilers, ta!
Hooray!
Ta. Tuesday innit.
A man eating a Magnum
www.theguardian.com/crosswords/c...
Clues include
Maybe Magnum’s close to his nose (7)
Rival Pope made strange claims about religious books (8)
Produce - and handle - Elton John for instance (5,4)
Frosty Spike Milligan scene with actor, Oliver Reed taking only seconds (6)
No spoilers ta!
Thanks!
I set today’s Guardian cryptic:
www.theguardian.com/crosswords/c...
Where clues include:
Practical joke - bash knocker - run the other way (5,4)
Bought smack - it’s not for everyone (8,5)
Language in exchange with Larkin - the poet - after losing pages (7)
No spoilers, ta!
I can
Ta!
A Dyson Airblade hand dryer
I set today’s Guardian cryptic:
www.theguardian.com/crosswords/c...
Clues include:
A Dyson Airblade was primarily designed for the current time (8)
Or try to get fairground prize? (8)
Had coffee for one day on order (5)
No spoilers ta!
A Looney Tunes Daffy Duck cartoon title page
I today’s Indy cryptic
puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/crypti...
Clues include:
Voice of Loonie Tunes’ biggest characters appearing in Daffy cartoon (9)
Prince is banished, retiring conclusively, hence King can relax (6)
American cutting record up, specifically number one? (6)
No spoilers, ta!
Happy Christmas… I got you a crossword. (Today’s Telegraph Toughie)
www.telegraph.co.uk/puzzles/puzz...
Clues include:
Frank’s suggestion for anything in Yorkshire (9)
Charge new iPhone less on Mac (7)
With Camilla’s backing, regularly tells King to roll joint (5)
No spoilers, ta!
Thanks. (I think it’s the second time - I was also in that slot back in August)
* “one artiste essentially”
The Tin Church, Laragh
I set today’s Guardian prize cryptic:
www.theguardian.com/crosswords/p...
Clues include:
Judge adult getting into cartoon bird (4,3)
Seat for obevartistebessentially jamming on a musical instrument (7)
Also covered by Ian Dury (3)
Tin church, Laragh’s source for scrap (6)
No spoilers, ta!
An exciting picture of clutch, brake & accelerator pedals!
I set today’s Telegraph Toughie:
www.telegraph.co.uk/puzzles/puzz...
Clues include:
Clutch extremely, well, close to brake and throttle (5)
Saves defender getting on end of crosses (4,4)
Soloist originally meant to play viola part? (6)
No spoilers, ta!
Thank you. It was at the easier end of things - I don’t really care about the difficulty, either I like the clues or I don’t. The editors schedule them - so they weigh up difficulty for that reason.
Yogi Bear & Boo-Boo
I set today’s Guardian cryptic:
www.theguardian.com/crosswords/c...
Clues include:
Yogi Bear ultimately stops Boo-Boo becoming zoo attraction? (7)
Evasive action leads to swearing if Dawn French is recording (8)
Puzzle annoys over one thousand (eg 1331) (6,4)
No spoilers, ta!
Ta!
(And that’s Jane, bless her)
Thank you!
Google’s changing algorithms means it’s a moot point. A search for terms X & Y used to return only pages that contained _both_ X & Y. Nowadays it returns things with just X or just Y and maybe something it thinks you might have meant but didn’t type etc etc
Footballers, Ezri Konsa & Mo Salah
… the Guardian
www.theguardian.com/crosswords/c...
Where clues include:
Turnover seen when Konsa goes up against Mo Salah (6)
Perhaps Albert Finney’s content with set I redesigned (8)
Metal drawer (6)
No spoilers ta!
The single, ‘Everlasting Love’ by Carl Carlton
I set 2 crosswords today. The Indy:
puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/crypti...
Clues include:
Everlasting Love - hit single over in America - Carl finally makes it(7)
Flush loo - handle occasionally stays down (have wiped) (6)
Make out with Diane regularly seeking penetration (7)
No spoilers, ta!
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