Welcome to The Clue Clinic – where people interested in solving or setting cryptic crosswords come to learn, sharpen their skills, and get expert guidance from experienced setters.
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What’s New
The PDF of the latest Gemelo puzzle is available at this link: Gemelo 34 The first group of enhancements to the site have been implemented as of 07/05/26. The ways of interacting with the Clinic have changed slightly – please see the Discussions section on the About This Site page. For the latest information about the ongoing changes to the site, please see the Clinic’s Refurbishment Project Status page.
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That’s good to hear. I appreciate that the Spectator puzzle often has multiple unclued lights, which can push the number…
In the cryptic reading, the definition is ‘Certainly’, the anagram fodder is DONT ASK ME IN A, and the anagram…
I see no reason why editors of barred puzzles shouldn’t enumerate hyphenated or multi-word answers in exactly the same way…
I was talking about “don’t”. What is the verb which should be plural in the clue? “Rampage” being preceded by…
My late grandfather (who was born and grew up in South India, and whose conversation thereafter was liberally sprinkled with…
Hi David No, ‘rampage’ would have to precede the fodder and have a transitive form in order to work as…
Isn’t the verb in 1dn an imperative rather than a plural?
Hi RJHe I agree about the high standard of the puzzle, and I’ve been particularly pleased that the recent ‘plains’…
Slightly disappointing that the third Sunday of May didn’t bring another one of Gemelo’s customary specials, but this was a…
Thanks, Kate. Very interesting – the interactive version and the PDF have ‘Dishonest’, matching definition 1 of the answer in…