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 41 The PDF of the latest Azed puzzle is available at this link: Azed 2,781 The June Digest is now live, providing a short round-up of news and views from the Clinic. As of 16th June a number of improvements have been made to the Clinical Data table display. See the Refurbishment Project Status page for details.
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Thankfully the wordplay was clear. Apparently the reference in the expression is to a female cat, the three-letter word being…
I have never (!) heard the expression at 8dn, and of course it is not at the alphabetic position in…
Thanks, Doc – all becomes clear! In 32A, I was convinced that “to improve” was the definition, so was barking…
Thanks, Jim! I was – as is often the case – overcomplicating things for myself, by assuming that the antonym…
Hi Mark The introduction of the drop-down allowing the table to be filtered on indicator type was the driving reason…
Ah. I now see what you’ve done. Thanks for the feedback.
32a – A two-letter abbreviation is followed by a word meaning ‘to improve’, specifically with reference to a piece of…
Hi Mark In response to a recent request, and in the absence of any dissenting voices, we lifted the default…
Hi DCL, To be honest, I’ve forgotten some of the tricks of Gemelo 40. But not 4D. The original starts…
I’m a bit late to the party, but I’m enjoying this one! I’ve found it a bit more of a…