The latest in our series where we turn the tables on the torturers. Under the spotlight this time is Dave Gorman, AKA Bluth and Django
A setter who first appeared during the pandemic is Bluth, whose sometimes topical clues have appeared in our roundups. Bluth is now also Django, as well as the comedian Dave Gorman, and is many puzzles in to his setting career. Time to Meet the Setter.
Hello Bluth! Why did you expand your portfolio career?
I wrote the foreword to a book of Everyman Crosswords in 2006 and started noodling with the idea of writing clues. I sent a puzzle to Allan Scott– Everyman at the time – and he gave me feedback. With hindsight he feels he was harsh. He is wrong.
24d With leading parts of Mike, Rick, Vyvyan and Neil plus Alexei Sayle, ultimately playing scumbags (6)
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