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Available now for subscribers: Browser #cryptic #crossword #231, set by me, edited brilliantly as always by Dan Feyer.
Sample #crypticclue:
31a. Wrong smoking accessory killing high (6)
"Love^?"
By #Gussalufz
19a. "Release me!" snapped the thing (4)
23d. Grandfather possibly shut up after a sip of codeine (5)
Day-after-new-Hindu-crossword-of-mine-published = another older #cryptic #crossword now freely available on my site:
https://gussalufz.com/thc/2025/gussalufz-thc-01-2025-grid-1-32-clues.html
"Like Us?"
7d. Signature of a fantastic author (P. G. ____) (9)
23d. Resist quietly breaking wind (5)
Sample #crypticclue teasers from my Hindu #Cryptic #crossword (#14,541, a palindrome!), appearing in Saturday's paper.
https://crossword.thehindu.com/crossword/hindu-cryptic/b0bf4487
Perhaps Melania initially only becoming American for Trump? (6)
My puzzle today in The Independent, free at puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/crypti... #cryptic #crossword
The Independent's Cryptic Cros...
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Arena IndependentI was annoyed that Exolve Player could not parse Guardian #cryptic #29,747 from just the text of the clues.
Yes, for most standard blocked #crosswords, it can create an interactive solver from just the text of the clues.
So I tweaked it, and now it can parse it (it can now also handle a few more cases involving linked clues).
Give it a go, try with just the text of the clues from any #crossword:
Site with online plans of gorges in Turkic empire, Spooner says (6,4) #cryptic #crossword #sorry
Charlie Methven dismissing clergyman's made-up epithet for Grok? (11) #cryptic #crossword
I hear I’m in the i newspaper today, with a (recycled) Mev #cryptic #crossword.
I set today’s puzzle in the Independent, featuring:
He thought he was mad, asserted leader of council (9)
Check statement of one chasing after lecturer (5)
Lubed up Greek scored no problem (4)
#cryptic #crossword
puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/crypti...
The Independent's Cryptic Cros...
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Arena Independent#Cryptic #crossword clue formats:
A [Cryptic definition]
or
B [Def1]+[Def2]
or
C [Wordplay]+[Def] (or vice-versa)
C is commonest
It's True, I have another #cryptic #crossword out today. https://tlmb.net/blog/its-true/
Picture of the first wizard (5)
#cryptic
Any more takers for my #cryptic #crossword from Tuesday?
www.mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/2523
Sample clue: "Device for keeping the volume up (7)"
Cryptic crossword No 2,523 · M...
Solve Cryptic crossword No 2,523 on MyCrossword. 15x15…
MyCrosswordTed Rogers and I upset film star (3, 7) #cryptic #crossword
I was interviewed for an article about #cryptic #crosswords. I’m allowed to share this draft version: https://pa-training.shorthandstories.com/cracking-the-code/index.html?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAacf6pGTKs5uUq3SFSxvHEci88s-jbxQFxIKUaYs5zdYbxyxrboTbFs49uDBaA_aem_2ohS23kq9eJkF0_Gcf0G6Q
Indexing Herring Royalties – Ep. 54
In which we’re indexing herring royalties, taking a trip to the pharmacist again, and crossing ducks with foxes.
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Paddle your kayak over this way, and click: […]
https://offgrid.tlmb.net/2025/06/29/indexing-herring-royalties/