Sample clues from my #cryptic #crossword in the current edition of @thebigissue
Unfriendly, like a flight attendant once over fifty? (7)
Trump course off-limits? Fake news (7)
Pound lost those missing canines (9)
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Stephen Knight
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Stephen Knight
@Silent_Knight49
Fan of all things cryptic
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Sample clues from my #cryptic #crossword in the current edition of @thebigissue
Lies in sumo positions and stretches (10)
From Lulu to Piaf and Nirvana (6)
Silvertail A-list? (6)
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@WilliamRyanPubs No, the Spanish gent is a more generic term
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@Silent_Knight49 That’s what I thought - at in Carlo? 🤦🏼♂️
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Sample clues from my #cryptic #crossword in the current edition of @thebigissue
Digging an exotic ensemble Virginia's wearing (10)
1/π, say (5)
Spanish guy grabs at house-sitter? (7)
Like a stop sign in Coolangatta roundabout? No thanks (9)
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@WilliamRyanPubs @thebigissue Homophone. Think board games
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Sample clues from my #cryptic #crossword in the current edition of @thebigissue
Essence of theorem assumes two rights make a wrong (5)
Modified car intact, pursuing a pole position? (10)
Pick up blue material - a small piece (4)
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Sample clues from my #cryptic #crossword in the Christmas edition of @thebigissue
Republican interrupts SEC routine to run for Congress (11)
Crazy dude fronts court, in dock (6)
In Athens, white canister loses lid when tipped over (7)
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@WilliamRyanPubs Haha.
(b) Def is the last word (but not the floors in your house 😎)
(d) Straight anagram
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Always elite #cryptic clueing. Friday afternoon, in Sydney. ‘All care, no responsibility…’
(a) ✅
(b)❓ I’ve been drinking
(c) ✅✅ Nice!
(d) 🤦🏼♂️ see (b)
Stephen Knight@Silent_Knight49
Sample clues from my #cryptic #crossword in the current edition of @thebigissue Barnaby's malfunctions run deep (7) Design is purer in seamless walls and floors (9) Judas Priest finally can tour after reforming (8) Uniform with sexy pants appears on Sgt Pepper (4,2,5,4)
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Sample clues from my #cryptic #crossword in the current edition of @thebigissue
Barnaby's malfunctions run deep (7)
Design is purer in seamless walls and floors (9)
Judas Priest finally can tour after reforming (8)
Uniform with sexy pants appears on Sgt Pepper (4,2,5,4)
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@WilliamRyanPubs @thebigissue Second one is a bit tricky - it’s a double def with a twist. Last word is one of the defs 😎
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Sample clues from my #cryptic #crossword in the current edition of @thebigissue
Amazon contractor features in a Canon ad (8)
Span of queen's travel blanket (6,3,5)
Anti-Palmer Liberal here? (10)
Owned by hunter if legal! (5)
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Sample clues from my #cryptic #crossword in the current edition of @thebigissue
In Revolution, at protest on bay! (6,3,5)
My bad mood exposed an afterthought (4)
Outskirts of Melbourne suburbia or Box Hill? (4)
100% plastic alloy tubes (10)
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Sample clues from my #cryptic #crossword in the current issue of @thebigissue
Drew lots, shuffled, discarding diamonds and spades (7)
Louisiana-styled tinned juice (no ice) (5)
Tap spade over ground (9)
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Sample clues from my #cryptic #crossword in the current edition of @thebigissue
Rusty Fiat done up haphazardly: 1984 model? (9,6)
In your face cream are eggs - is Visage foundation included? (10)
"Trading Places" leads Murphy, Ackroyd rarely kept entirely to script (7)
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...and a couple more with a Beach Boys vibe
Warmer in tiny surf? (9)
Wave from kerb area, endlessly excited (7)
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Sample clues from my #cryptic #crossword in the current edition of @thebigissue
Step down backwards into secret acid bath (8)
"I'm for Trump" rallies outright unscripted (9)
Order pots after commercial for Fosters (6)
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@WilliamRyanPubs @thebigissue Thanks mate.
For the second one, the whole clue is a def - name of the chain of stores
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Sample clues from my #cryptic #crossword in the current edition of @thebigissue
Serve incorrectly from 12 inch pan (4,5)
Global discount stores! (4)
Man entered building for warmth (10)
Intermittent Gaga riff "Bad Romance" (6)
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