The Clue Clinic

all about cryptic crossword clues

The Clue Clinic

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.

If this is your first visit, we would recommend visiting the About This Site page to get some ideas about the areas of the site which may be of particular interest to you and the ways in which you can interact with Clinic staff and other readers.

What’s New

The PDF of the latest Gemelo puzzle is available at this link: Gemelo 52.
The PDF of the latest Azed puzzle is available at this link: Azed 2,784
The September Digest is now published, with views, news…and a chance to give your opinion on the health of the cryptic
The Forum is now available for discussion of all things crossword-related

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  1. Thanks, David – that’s very clear. I had a picture in my mind of what The Beatles’ Million Sellers (my…

  2. Strictly speaking any 7″ or 12″ viny disc only has 2 grooves, 1 on each side and the grooves for…

  3. Thank you. I now realise that it would have been easier to be accurate using a laptop and cursor than…

  4. Hi Hilary The abbreviation for ‘each’ is EA, so the wordplay has a two-letter abbreviation, a single-letter abbreviation and a…

  5. Hi Sheila No problem at all. On some browsers (eg Edge) you can refresh the page where it says ‘You…

  7. My apologies. I accidentally over-highly rated the difficulty and couldn’t find a way of changing it. Is there one?  Thank…

  8. No reward needed. Nice to see Slapp Happy get a mention 🙂

  9. There are many combinations of the form [participle + ‘in’] which are not explicitly listed as insertion indicators on the…

  10. Would “mentioned in” work as an insertion Ind? I see “on” is listed as a juxtaposition Ind for both before…