November 7, 2010 – Big Dave's Crossword Blog

ST 2561 (Hints)

Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 2561 (Hints)

Hints and tips from Big Dave

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Just as a leopard can’t change its spots, changing the name of the online site from CluedUp to Telegraph Puzzles hasn’t stopped stupid mistakes from creeping in.  Today’s ScrewUp involves 9 across which, at the time of writing, is unnumbered on the grid and in the clues and can’t be entered online – you have to submit the puzzle with one clue incomplete.  Perhaps puzzle_tester has been laid off because of the recession!

As is usual for the weekend prize crosswords, I will select a few of the better clues and provide hints for them.

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