April 18, 2009 – Big Dave's Crossword Blog

ScrewedUp News – Apr 18

ScrewedUp News – Apr 18

Edition 16

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Codewords 1279 has now been changed, using numbers that are different from both the original online version and the printed version – with any luck this one will be OK.

While the main crosswords have been fairly reliable recently, apart from DT 25899 which was labelled as 8155 online for quite a while, problems with codewords persist. Continue reading “ScrewedUp News – Apr 18”

DT Cryptic No 25906 – Hints

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 25906 – Hints

Selected hints by Big Dave

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Just as I thought things were getting better it’s back to the bad old ways.  This weeks proper name count is five – two places, two boys and one girl.  The usual few hints to get you started.

Peter Biddlecombe’s full review of this puzzle will be published at 12.00 on St George’s Day – Thursday, 23rd April.

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