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Crossword roundup: Man up? Jog on
Alan Connor finds manly banter, sports talk and Niles Crane in his pick of the week's best - and most jumbo - cryptic cluesThe news in cluesIt was a week in which the Conservatives tried to battle...
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Crossword blog: Meet the letter G
Alan Connor explores what letters of the alphabet mean in cryptic crossword clues. This week, he talks to the voiced velar stop, better known as GYou've met A, B, C, D and E and F; now let's see what G...
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Crossword roundup: trolls and embryos
Alan Connor finds his fidelity called into question in his pick of the week's best - and most provocative - cryptic cluesBlue cluesGordius was not messing about in Wednesday's Guardian...26ac The...
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Cryptic crosswords for beginners: palindromes
Alan Connor demystifies the devices used in cryptic crosswords and asks experienced solvers to share their favourite examples. This week: words which read the same backwardsSolving a crossword clue is...
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Crossword roundup: from literati to Twitterati
Alan Connor finds cobwebs, euroscepticism and an -ATI word too many in his pick of the week's best - and most misleading - cryptic cluesThe news in cluesPity the Tory loyalist, downhearted by the...
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Crossword blog: cryptics in Australia
Alan Connor continues his global trip, seeing how different countries approach the crossword. Next stop: AustraliaLast time, we went to America; the next stop on our crosswording journey is Australia....
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Crossword roundup: Lites R Us
Alan Connor finds deliberate misspellings and trips to the loo in his pick of the week's best - and most presidential - cryptic cluesThe news in cluesIn Tuesday's Independent, new setter Alchemi...
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Crossword blog: meet the setter - Gordius
Alan Connor turns the tables on the torturers. Under the spotlight this time is David Moseley, aka GordiusGordius, known in the non-crosswording world as David Moseley, has been setting for the...
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Crossword roundup: remarkably egregious clues
Alan Connor finds words that mean one thing and then another in his pick of the week's best – and rockiest – cryptic cluesCluing coincidenceFrom Morph in Thursday's Independent …12ac Fishwho's stirring...
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Crossword blog: the year of the crossword
As the centenary of the crossword approaches, Alan Connor talks to the setter Paul about a year of celebrationIf you don't like crosswords, there are a couple of things you should avoid. One is this...
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Crossword roundup: whose bad?
Alan Connor finds bad meaning bad in his pick of the week's best - and heaviest - cryptic cluesAcross and down, out and aboutYou can hear Guardian crossword editor Hugh Stephenson talking to Lynne...
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Crossword blog: Meet the Setter - Qaos
Alan Connor turns the tables on the torturers. Under the spotlight this time is John Tabraham, AKA QaosJohn Tabraham, better known to solvers as Qaos, sets for the Church Times, the Magpie, 1 Across,...
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Crossword roundup: Jay-talking
Alan Connor finds whimsical poetry, harrowing cinema and the Brobdingnagian vocabulary of Robert Jay QC in his pick of the week's best - and most adventitious - cryptic cluesThe news in cluesSince...
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A Young Doctor's Notebook: from the operating table to the screen
Mikhail Bulgakov's chaotic account of his early career in medicine has been adapted for TV, with Daniel Radcliffe and John Hamm as the leads. Writer Alan Connor on the precision surgery involvedLike...
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Crossword blog: cryptics in India
Alan Connor continues his global trip, seeing how different countries approach the crossword. Next stop: India, with Shuchi Upadhyay from Crossword UncluedHaving visited America and Australia, the next...
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Crossword roundup: Rent-a-clue
Alan Connor finds cheating cyclists and invisible clingfilm in his pick of the week's best – and most quotable – cryptic cluesThe news in cluesTuesday's Telegraph conjured the image of Broadcasting...
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Crossword blog: what are your cryptic gripes?
Alan Connor proposes a one-time-only chance to share what has you uttering cross words when you're doing a crosswordThe crossword blog is a place of celebration. Our remit is to highlight the fun and...
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Crossword roundup: Merry Kissmas
Alan Connor finds cheating cricketers, gas guzzlers and descriptions of a kiss in the week's best – and most prancing – cryptic cluesThe news in cluesThis week has seen the odd seasonal clue, such as...
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Crossword blog: clues you love to hate
Alan Connor collects your most common niggles, gripes and bugbears when solving cryptic crosswordsHo, ho, ho! Or: no, no, no! Here at Crossword Blog, we have been celebrating Christmas less in the...
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Crossword roundup: you say panino, I say paninis
Alan Connor finds tricky plurals, a hungry bear and a year's worth of clues in his pick of the best - and crunchiest - crypticsWelcome to the first post in the year that marks the centenary of the...
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