November 18, 2024 – Big Dave's Crossword Blog

DT 30774

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30774

Hints and tips by Smylers

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Hello. It’s Monday and today’s crossword doesn’t contain any obscure vocabulary, so hopefully it should be suitable for beginners. If you’re one, then thank you for joining us — nice to have you here. The hints and explanations below are there to be used, with definitions underlined. Press on a clue’s brrr, it’s cold today! blob to reveal its answer.

Thank you for the welcome messages last week; I didn’t want to clutter up the comments by replying to each one separately, but they were all appreciated. And thank you to Big Dave’s resident technical expert Mr K for providing assistance in various matters, including how to add pictures.

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A date for your diary… Big Dave’s 16th Birthday Bash

25th January 2025

The Blog will be celebrating its sixteenth birthday next January 28th 2025. With help from the Guardians of the Blog (Cryptic Sue, MrK, Gazza and Prolixic) as well as John and Jane “Elgar”, I am reviving the Big Dave Birthday Bash and want to bring it to the attention of as many of you as possible.

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