April 21, 2019 – Big Dave's Crossword Blog

MPP 083 – Review

Monthly Prize Puzzle 083 – Review

April 2019

Faulty keyboard by Alchemi

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The instructions said:  Clues are normal.  However, when composing the grid, one of the keys on Alchemi’s keyboard was stuck, so he just left that letter out. Had the stuck key been Z (it wasn’t), PIZZAS would have appeared as PIAS and ZOOLOGY as OOLOGY.Continue reading

ST 3000 (Hints)

Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 3000 (Hints)

Hints and tips by Senf

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A very happy 93rd to HM and a very good Sunday morning from Winnipeg, where, on Monday, we had white stuff in the morning and a thunderstorm with hail in the evening and then for the rest of the week we had true spring-like weather with highs in the mid-teens.… Continue reading