February 21, 2009 – Big Dave's Crossword Blog

ScrewedUp News – Feb 21

ScrewedUp News – Feb 21

Edition 1

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12.58, Feb 22 – This problem has now been fixed.  We were wrong, it wasn’t two numbers that needed to be changed, it was most of the grid!

This is the first of an irregular series of blogs about the ClueUp website.  After the fiasco of yesterday’s accidental publication of today’s crossword, and the absence of any information about what was happening on the ClueUp site itself, I thought you might like a forum for information about the problems and their resolution, if any.

Todays news concerns Codewords No 1231. Continue reading “ScrewedUp News – Feb 21”

DT Cryptic No 25858 – Hints

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 25858

Selected hints

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BD Rating – Difficulty *** Enjoyment ***

We published a full review, by Libellule, of this puzzle yesterday when it was accidentally released online.  As our policy here is to provide hints only for the weekend prize crosswords that review has been removed, and will be reposted at 12.00 next Thursday,  February 26th.   Instead I have selected a few hints from that review.  This will mean that Peter Biddlecombe will have a week off and be back on Thursday, 5th March with a review of next Saturday’s puzzle.

Continue reading “DT Cryptic No 25858 – Hints”