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Category: Announcements
Big Dave gets a Face Lift
Welcome to the new look site
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For the last two or three weeks I have been working on a new look for the website. This new theme has a number of features – some more interesting than others!
1. The main reason for the change is to have a variable width instead of a fixed width. On my own screen less than half of the width was being utilised by the old theme – the new one adjusts to the size of screen. Try shrinking the screen horizontally and watch the text automatically move.
Sloggers & Betters
Peter Biddlecombe and I will be among those present in the Edgar Wallace pub in London from 5 – 8 pm. Drop in and have a drink with us if you are in town today. Full details can be found here:
Weekend Away!
This weekend, I am going away for a couple of days. Everything was planned until I had a power cut this morning. On rebooting the machine, I found that the hard drive was corrupted and I had to reload Windows. Two more power cuts and a lot of thumping of mouse and keyboard later I have managed to get back online, but with no time to do today’s hints.… Continue reading
Prize Puzzle Guidelines
Phil McNeill, the Puzzles Editor for the Telegraph Media Group, has issued answers to questions like “Can I use pencil or Tippex?”. You can read what he has said in Guidelines for the submission of Prize Puzzles.
Sloggers and Betters 5
Sloggers and Betters 5
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| What? | The 5th social gathering for the writers and fans of crossword blogs and the puzzles behind them |
News about Tilsit
News about Tilsit
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I have had a message from Tilsit to say that at the moment he is feeling much better, but it looks like it is going to be a week or so before he is allowed home.
Any comments left on this post will end up in his mailbox, so feel free to pass your message on to him.… Continue reading
One Month Old Today
Big Dave’s Blog is One Month Old Today
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It seems like a lifetime, but it was one month ago today that I started this blog.
On 28th January, there were just 2 hits (both from me!). The following day I published my first Toughie review, and the hit count shot up to 26, with 5 of them actually looking at the review. The average now is between 750 and 1000 hits per day and the review for each puzzle gets looked at from 100 – 200 times for the Toughies up as high as 500 for the Daily cryptic. Continue reading “One Month Old Today”
Welcome
Welcome to Big Dave’s Crossword Blog
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You have reached the world’s biggest and best crossword blog. If you are looking for help with the Daily and Sunday Telegraph cryptic crosswords or the Enigmatic Variations advanced cryptic, a total of 13 puzzles a week, then you have come to the right place.
If this is your first time, or for more information about this site, please click on Continue reading “Welcome”