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This post discusses the answers to the last cryptic crossword I posted on this blog.  This one also has a “ghost theme” relating to one of my favourite films – Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. There are quite a few things I wasn’t happy with in this effort, but I’ve noted these below.

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This is another cryptic crossword that I’d been writing clues for in dribs and drabs for ages.  I’m not very satisfied with this either – my impression is that it’s mostly rather too easy, but for a couple of slightly obscure words.  However, there are a few that I’m quite proud of. Anyway, comments [...]

This post discusses the answers to the cryptic crossword I posted on this blog a couple of weeks ago.  There’s a sort of “ghost theme” – The 11a, 6a and The 15d all appear in 24, 22.

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5. SHUCKS: Double definition 6. WALTER: (TRAWLE)* 9. GRAMMY: Cryptic definition 10. ABETTING: not A BETTING [...]

This is the second 15×15 cryptic crossword that I’ve tried to set, dating from some time last year.  There are a few things in here that I wouldn’t do nowadays, but rather than rewrite clues for the same words over and over, I think it’s best to just see what people think and move [...]