NTSPP – 324
“Ale Here” by Elgar
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Category: Elgar as guest setter
NTSPP – 298
NTSPP – 298
S&B York 2015 by Elgar
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NTSPP – 246
NTSPP – 246
Sloggers & Betters 7 by Elgar
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NTSPP – 223
NTSPP – 223
S&B Derby 4 by Elgar
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NTSPP – 172
NTSPP – 169
NTSPP – 068 (Review)
Not the Saturday Prize Puzzle – 068 (Review)
Map by Elgar / Enigmatist
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For the uninitiated, Sloggers and Betters (a spoonerism of Bloggers and Setters) is a convivial evening involving lots of alcohol and a meal when setters of crosswords, bloggers and solvers meet in a pub and then a nearby restaurant. It usually, but not exclusively, follows the lunch given by the Times for its crossword setters.
The 8th Sloggers and Betters meeting took place at the Ship & Shovell (whose address and other London landmarks appear in the crossword). Ignoring the first and last letters, the top left to bottom right diagonal of grid features the name of the pub.
It was a pleasure to meet many familiar setters this year including Cephas, Giovanni, Shamus, Notabalis, Micawber and many others including John Henderson (Elgar) who with his wife Jane organised this year’s meeting. In honour of the occasion, Elgar prepared this crossword for those attending which he kindly allowed to be published as a NTSPP.
NTSPP – 068 (Comments)
Not the Saturday Prize Puzzle – 068
Map by Elgar / Enigmatist
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Welcome to the latest in our series of weekly puzzles.
This puzzle was distributed by Elgar at the S&B 8 meeting on 24th May 2011 and he has kindly given permission for it to be reproduced here.
NTSPP – 043 (Review)
Not the Saturday Prize Puzzle – 043
Sloggers & Betters by Elgar
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This crossword was produced by John Henderson, better known to Daily Telegraph readers as Elgar, in honour of the 7th Sloggers and Betters meeting. The meeting itself celebrated the fifth anniversary of Peter Biddlecombe’s Times for the Times crossword blog. In attendance from the far side of the world was one of the bloggers – Uncle Yap – who gets a mention in one of the clues.
You do need to know a little of the solvers and setters world to understand some of the clues. I have added some background information below. There is also a NINA around the perimeter of the grid that spells out {BLOGGER / SETTER / SLOGGER / BETTER}.
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NTSPP – 043 (Comments)
Not the Saturday Prize Puzzle – 043
Sloggers & Betters by Elgar
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Welcome to the forty third in our series of weekly puzzles.
Elgar distributed a special puzzle at the recent Sloggers & Betters 7 meeting, and has kindly given permission for it to be reproduced here.