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The April newsletter from the Crossword Centre.
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Sample clue from my puzzle on the back page of today's Telegraph:
Thong catches when cycling (5)
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I set the cryptic crossword in the weekend edition of the @FT.
Sample clue: Fizz with Liz? According to Spooner one must have high connections (10).
Solve the puzzle here:
ft.com/crossword
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Brava to masterclass alumna @liari77_becky, who makes a well-earned debut in the Guardian today in her other feathered incarnation as Pavo!
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Cocteau Twins - Musette and Drums Live on the Tube, January 1984
Head Over Heels is out on pearl vinyl representing 1983 in @RoughTrade's anniversary celebrations
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Why are serious news organisations openly lying to their audiences? What are they hoping to gain? I genuinely don’t understand it.
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The suspect in a deadly school shooting in western Canada, Jesse Van Rootselaar, was an 18-year-old woman with mental health issues who killed her mother and stepbrother before attacking her former school, police said, but investigators did not offer a motive for one of the worst mass slaughters in Canadian history reut.rs/4qzwOiJ
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(1/3 of the vote - 60 seats from 129. Holyrood PR in action. Is the system really still fit for purpose?)
Dan Sanderson@DSanderson_85
First @YouGov poll for Holyrood elections shows SNP in clear lead with Reform opening up a five-point gap over Labour Constituency: 🟡SNP 34 🔵Reform 20 🔴Lab 15 🔵Con 10 🟠LibDem 10 🟢Green 9 List: 🟡SNP 29 🔵Reform 20 🔴Lab 15 🟢Green 12 🔵Con 11 🟠LibDem 9
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Sample clue from my puzzle on the back page of today's Telegraph:
Top venue like The Cavern Club broadcast Paperback Writer hit (10)
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Gana Gueye: "I'm really sorry lads. That was the most stupid red card of all time."
Lucas Paqueta: "Hold my Caipirinha "
#WHULIV
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I set today’s cryptic crossword in the Guardian:
Reform or Richard Tice’s getting a seat (9,5)
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Celebratory Greek verses on the 450th anniversary of Winchester College (1843) by Charles Wordsworth (William's nephew). The metre is catalectic trochaic tetrameter, because it is party time.
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For anyone who enjoys their cryptic clues in rhyming couplets, this week’s Gemelo from The Observer. share.google/VmXVJdWbfphJuc…
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Stop using "likely" as an adverb. It is an adjective, and plenty of other adverbs are waiting in the wings to convey the same meaning.
That's the tweet.
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One of the doyens of the crossword world set today's @thetimes crossword: former puzzle editor Richard Browne! Lots to admire and learn from here in our Friday masterclass:
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