For the instructions to the following, please see cryptic quiz 1.
Solutions can now be found in the comments below…
Monthly Archives: December 2012
cryptic crossword 86
The interactive version of the puzzle can be found by clicking below:
crossword 86 – interactive version
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cryptic quiz 21
For the instructions to the following, please see cryptic quiz 1.
1. Martin’s elephant (i) Anagram (a) UK cities
2. From Rudy (ii) Reversal (b) Countries
3. Plain sumo (iii) Embedded word (c) Car manufacurers
4. Star actors (iv) Odds/evens (d) Singers/musicians
5. Help northern Ireland (v) Homophone (e) Christmas items
What might the endlessly appearing films be?
1. That man’s metal! (3,5)
2. Dance party to attend (10)
3. Los Angeles as well (7)
And what might connect them?
Solutions can now be found in the comments section below…
cryptic crossword 85
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crossword 85 – interactive version
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cryptic quiz 20
For the instructions to the following, please see cryptic quiz 1.
And what film do these three actors have in common?
1. Wasteland account book (5,6)
2. Male cat pauses (3,5)
3. Flower and cabbage, perhaps? (4,4)
This may not be an easy one – so it may be worth mentioning that when 1 died, he was replaced by three other actors. But who directed it? I alert my girl about /terribly ill army tiger.
Solutions can now be found in the comments section below.
Big Dave’s Crossword Blog
Big Dave has once again very kindly posted a slightly improved version of one of my recent puzzles on his Crossword Blog.
And once again I ought to mention what an excellent site it is – whether or not you regularly do the Telegraph crossword, there’s a lot of great stuff there.
double crossword 29
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cryptic crossword – interactive version
trivia crossword – interactive version
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cryptic quiz 19
Apologies for the delay, and indeed the truncated nature of it, but here follows this week’s cryptic quiz…
For the instructions to the following, please see cryptic quiz 1.
Solutions can now be found in the comments section below…
cryptic crossword 84
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crossword 84 – interactive version
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cryptic quiz 18
For the instructions to the following, please see cryptic quiz 1.
What actors (play the characters below)*?
1. Saw celery (4,5)
2. Attend hearing (5,3,5)
3. Dainty pink man (5,8)
And what film did they all appear in?
Solutions can now be found in the comments section below.
* for a little clarity, please not the parentheses – these are clues to actors – not characters!
commoner crosswords 
