Putting the words to lights – crossword clues explained in plain English
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Please could everyone read this post.
There have been a number of problems recently on touch mobile devices, particularly with viewing posts which have a large number of comments, like last Saturday’s Hints post (113 at the time of writing).
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Well, I thought 30gb was going to be enough bandwidth, but you all proved me wrong! I received an email at 5:20pm advising me that I had exceeded 80% of my bandwidth (actually it was 90%) so I immediately applied for an upgrade to unlimited bandwidth. … Continue reading
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The Telegraph has just released two books of Toughie Crosswords, covering the first 200 Toughie puzzles. I was pleased to see that, in his Editor’s Note, Phil McNeill describes Elgar as being “known to his fans as ‘Vlad the Impaler'”. You read that here for the first time in a comment that I made back in July 2011.
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After having availed myself of the free hosting on WordPress.com, I have decided to take the plunge into unknown territory and transfer the hosting of the site to Evohosting, based here in the UK. This transfer should take place soon after midnight BST, in time for a fresh start in the morning.
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Tomorrow sees the Northern Sloggers and Betters gathering which will be held at the Bramsche Bar in Todmorden, Rochdale Road from noon onwards. Big Dave and myself will be there along with a number of other setters and solvers. These meets are relaxed, friendly and very enjoyable. It would be great if you could come and join us. We would love to see you.
Here’s the venue: http://www.bramsche.co.uk. The bar is about 200 yards from Todmorden Rail Station and parking is just across the road or to the rear of the venue off Water Street.
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The Guardian is opening its doors this weekend to the public, as well as doing a number of Q&A events during the week. Araucaria and Paul will be there in person on Saturday. Elgar/Enigmatist is doing a Q&A session today on the Guardian Crossword thread run by Alan Connor from 1.00pm – 3.00pm.
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Some of you have been having difficulty leaving comments recently. The following has been posted in the WordPress Help Forum. Please don’t ask why, it’s a mystery to me as well.
*** The Forum post has been updated over ther weekend ***
This site uses a custom domain name (see point 3 below).
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There is an article about this party for Rufus on the Telegraph website. … Continue reading
The last ten days have been very busy, and very enjoyable, for me, and so many people have taken time and effort to make it so. From the February 18th surprise party at my local pub, to a family gathering last weekend in a Derbyshire farmhouse, via a reception at the Guardian on the Eve of my 80th birthday, I have been taken by surprise by the tremendous warmth and friendliness of people in the crossword world.