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{"rowid": 343873, "clue": "\u2018Self-sacrifice\u2019 commonplace under Capone, say \u2026 (8)", "answer": "ALTRUISM", "definition": "\u2018Self-sacrifice\u2019", "clue_number": "16d", "puzzle_date": "2016-06-01", "puzzle_name": "Toughie 1613", "source_url": "http://bigdave44.com/2016/06/01/toughie-1613/", "source": "bigdave44"}
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{"rowid": 489283, "clue": "\u2018Scandal\u2019, record by Queen with polish (9)", "answer": "DISCREDIT", "definition": "\u2018Scandal\u2019", "clue_number": "4d", "puzzle_date": "2014-06-05", "puzzle_name": "Toughie 1200", "source_url": "http://bigdave44.com/2014/06/05/toughie-1200/", "source": "bigdave44"}
{"rowid": 423274, "clue": "Regret catching computer key for \u2018Save\u2019 (6)", "answer": "RESCUE", "definition": "\u2018Save\u2019", "clue_number": "23a", "puzzle_date": "2012-09-05", "puzzle_name": "Toughie 836", "source_url": "http://bigdave44.com/2012/09/05/toughie-836/", "source": "bigdave44"}
{"rowid": 318127, "clue": "\u2018Safe space\u2019 could be a yard in shanty town (6)", "answer": "ASYLUM", "definition": "\u2018Safe space\u2019", "clue_number": "27a", "puzzle_date": "2019-11-14", "puzzle_name": "Toughie 2333", "source_url": "http://bigdave44.com/2019/11/14/toughie-2333/", "source": "bigdave44"}
{"rowid": 428218, "clue": "\u2018Sad Club\u2019 with name like that\u2019s dead (12)", "answer": "DISCONSOLATE", "definition": "\u2018Sad", "clue_number": "11d", "puzzle_date": "2013-01-08", "puzzle_name": "Daily Telegraph 27069", "source_url": "http://bigdave44.com/2013/01/08/dt-27069/", "source": "bigdave44"}
{"rowid": 426293, "clue": "\u2018River in Twilight\u2019, not Eyck\u2019s last (5)", "answer": "INDUS", "definition": "\u2018River", "clue_number": "2d", "puzzle_date": "2013-03-19", "puzzle_name": "Daily Telegraph 27129", "source_url": "http://bigdave44.com/2013/03/19/dt-27129/", "source": "bigdave44"}
{"rowid": 447103, "clue": "\u2018Ring\u2019 specialist engrossed in opera literature (3)", "answer": "ALI", "definition": "\u2018Ring\u2019 specialist", "clue_number": "19d", "puzzle_date": "2013-03-26", "puzzle_name": "Toughie 950", "source_url": "http://bigdave44.com/2013/03/26/toughie-950/", "source": "bigdave44"}
{"rowid": 374501, "clue": "\u2018Revolver\u2019 cover made by Queen after composer (7)", "answer": "HOLSTER", "definition": "\u2018Revolver\u2019 cover", "clue_number": "14d", "puzzle_date": "2015-05-07", "puzzle_name": "Toughie 1391", "source_url": "http://bigdave44.com/2015/05/07/toughie-1391/", "source": "bigdave44"}
{"rowid": 317981, "clue": "\u2018Revolver\u2019 LP I stole, minus sleeves (6)", "answer": "PISTOL", "definition": "\u2018Revolver\u2019", "clue_number": "20a", "puzzle_date": "2020-04-10", "puzzle_name": "Daily Telegraph 29334", "source_url": "http://bigdave44.com/2020/04/10/dt-29334/", "source": "bigdave44"}
{"rowid": 339200, "clue": "Grave message close to charcuterie: \u2018Ready to eat\u2018 (4)", "answer": "RIPE", "definition": "\u2018Ready to eat", "clue_number": "5d", "puzzle_date": "2018-10-05", "puzzle_name": "Daily Telegraph 28857", "source_url": "http://bigdave44.com/2018/10/05/dt-28857/", "source": "bigdave44"}
{"rowid": 309550, "clue": "\u2018Rating scales are infamously low on reliability\u2019, heads read (6)", "answer": "SAILOR", "definition": "\u2018Rating", "clue_number": "24a", "puzzle_date": "2021-01-22", "puzzle_name": "Toughie 2580", "source_url": "http://bigdave44.com/2021/01/22/toughie-2580/", "source": "bigdave44"}
{"rowid": 434744, "clue": "\u2018Rainbow\u2019 play guitar around clubs with record in comeback (8)", "answer": "SPECTRUM", "definition": "\u2018Rainbow\u2019", "clue_number": "20a", "puzzle_date": "2013-01-16", "puzzle_name": "Toughie 911", "source_url": "http://bigdave44.com/2013/01/16/toughie-911/", "source": "bigdave44"}
{"rowid": 381352, "clue": "To reversing taxi, starts to call out: \u2018Put that in your pipe and smoke it!\u2019 (7)", "answer": "TOBACCO", "definition": "\u2018Put that in your pipe and smoke it", "clue_number": "11d", "puzzle_date": "2016-04-19", "puzzle_name": "Daily Telegraph 28092", "source_url": "http://bigdave44.com/2016/04/19/dt-28092/", "source": "bigdave44"}
{"rowid": 304291, "clue": "\u2018Provide everything that is required\u2019, she quipped in part (5)", "answer": "EQUIP", "definition": "\u2018Provide everything that is required\u2019", "clue_number": "9a", "puzzle_date": "2019-03-15", "puzzle_name": "Daily Telegraph 28994", "source_url": "http://bigdave44.com/2019/03/15/dt-28994/", "source": "bigdave44"}
{"rowid": 487239, "clue": "\u2018Pence\u2019 is the French for \u2018Pound\u2019! (6)", "answer": "PESTLE", "definition": "\u2018Pound\u2019", "clue_number": "8d", "puzzle_date": "2014-03-05", "puzzle_name": "Daily Telegraph 27429", "source_url": "http://bigdave44.com/2014/03/05/dt-27429/", "source": "bigdave44"}
{"rowid": 293827, "clue": "\u2018Points of View\u2019 for old people? (6)", "answer": "ANGLES", "definition": "\u2018Points of View\u2019/old people?", "clue_number": "21d", "puzzle_date": "2021-03-18", "puzzle_name": "Daily Telegraph 29626", "source_url": "http://bigdave44.com/2021/03/18/dt-29626/", "source": "bigdave44"}
{"rowid": 355052, "clue": "Ace duettist reviewed in \u2018Points of View\u2019 (9)", "answer": "ATTITUDES", "definition": "\u2018Points of View\u2019", "clue_number": "16a", "puzzle_date": "2018-05-11", "puzzle_name": "Daily Telegraph 28731", "source_url": "http://bigdave44.com/2018/05/11/dt-28731/", "source": "bigdave44"}
{"rowid": 627070, "clue": "\u2018Phone home!\u2019 offering top part with small alien (7)", "answer": "HANDSET", "definition": "\u2018Phone", "clue_number": "19d", "puzzle_date": "2022-05-06", "puzzle_name": "Daily Telegraph 29980", "source_url": "http://bigdave44.com/2022/05/06/dt-29980/", "source": "bigdave44"}
{"rowid": 349055, "clue": "\u2018Pearl Beyond Price\u2019 \u2014 tear-jerking, doubtless (8)", "answer": "TREASURE", "definition": "\u2018Pearl Beyond Price\u2019", "clue_number": "9a", "puzzle_date": "2017-07-18", "puzzle_name": "Toughie 1848", "source_url": "http://bigdave44.com/2017/07/18/toughie-1848/", "source": "bigdave44"}
{"rowid": 353941, "clue": "Hindu texts Yard: \u2018Peace-time\u2019? (1,1,3)", "answer": "V E DAY", "definition": "\u2018Peace-time\u2019?", "clue_number": "23d", "puzzle_date": "2016-11-04", "puzzle_name": "Toughie 1703", "source_url": "http://bigdave44.com/2016/11/04/toughie-1703/", "source": "bigdave44"}
{"rowid": 301314, "clue": "\u2018Our Father Time/Who art a weather vane/Hallowed be thy ground \u2026\u2019? (3,5,6)", "answer": "THE LORD", "definition": "\u2018Our Father Time/Who art a weather vane/Hallowed be thy ground \u2026\u2019?", "clue_number": "8d", "puzzle_date": "2020-10-09", "puzzle_name": "Toughie 2521", "source_url": "http://bigdave44.com/2020/10/09/toughie-2521/", "source": "bigdave44"}
{"rowid": 488422, "clue": "Encourage \u2018Punch\u2019 to include du Maurier\u2019s last piece: \u2018One for the Ride\u2019 (7,3)", "answer": "STIRRUP CUP", "definition": "\u2018One for the Ride\u2019", "clue_number": "14d", "puzzle_date": "2014-02-26", "puzzle_name": "Toughie 1143", "source_url": "http://bigdave44.com/2014/02/26/toughie-1143/", "source": "bigdave44"}
{"rowid": 388961, "clue": "\u2018On yer bike \u2014 and ring the bell when date\u2019s collected!\u2019 (5)", "answer": "PEDAL", "definition": "\u2018On yer bike", "clue_number": "10a", "puzzle_date": "2016-05-04", "puzzle_name": "Toughie 1597", "source_url": "http://bigdave44.com/2016/05/04/toughie-1597/", "source": "bigdave44"}
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{"rowid": 328324, "clue": "\u2018Not quite empty!\u2019: no work for them (6)", "answer": "POTMEN", "definition": "\u2018Not quite empty!\u2019: no work for them", "clue_number": "28a", "puzzle_date": "2018-11-23", "puzzle_name": "Toughie 2131", "source_url": "http://bigdave44.com/2018/11/23/toughie-2131/", "source": "bigdave44"}
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{"rowid": 419803, "clue": "\u2018Narcotics\u2019? It\u2019s a Poe novel (7)", "answer": "OPIATES", "definition": "\u2018Narcotics\u2019", "clue_number": "16a", "puzzle_date": "2013-04-11", "puzzle_name": "Daily Telegraph 27149", "source_url": "http://bigdave44.com/2013/04/11/dt-27149/", "source": "bigdave44"}
{"rowid": 644557, "clue": "\u2018Much Ado About Nothing\u2019 in China? (1,5,2,1,6)", "answer": "A STORM IN A TEACUP", "definition": "\u2018Much Ado About Nothing\u2019 in China", "clue_number": "6d", "puzzle_date": "2022-11-11", "puzzle_name": "Daily Telegraph 30137", "source_url": "http://bigdave44.com/2022/11/11/dt-30137-full-review/", "source": "bigdave44"}
{"rowid": 333220, "clue": "One script rewritten for \u2018Morse\u2019, perhaps \u2026 (9)", "answer": "INSPECTOR", "definition": "\u2018Morse\u2019, perhaps", "clue_number": "14a", "puzzle_date": "2016-11-03", "puzzle_name": "Daily Telegraph 28262", "source_url": "http://bigdave44.com/2016/11/03/dt-28262/", "source": "bigdave44"}
{"rowid": 419876, "clue": "\u2018Morse\u2019 may be intelligible to such folk (8)", "answer": "DECODERS", "definition": "\u2018Morse\u2019 may be intelligible to such folk", "clue_number": "8d", "puzzle_date": "2013-09-06", "puzzle_name": "Daily Telegraph 27276", "source_url": "http://bigdave44.com/2013/09/06/dt-27276/", "source": "bigdave44"}
{"rowid": 334234, "clue": "Record playing in the small hours \u2014 \u2018Mood Indigo\u2019? (12)", "answer": "DISCONSOLATE", "definition": "\u2018Mood Indigo\u2019", "clue_number": "20a", "puzzle_date": "2017-05-01", "puzzle_name": "Daily Telegraph 28415", "source_url": "http://bigdave44.com/2017/05/01/dt-28415/", "source": "bigdave44"}
{"rowid": 446096, "clue": "\u2018Money, Money, Money\u2019 featuring Abba\u2019s number one \u2014 concerning this? (6)", "answer": "MAMMON", "definition": "\u2018Money, Money, Money\u2019 featuring Abba\u2019s number one \u2014 concerning this", "clue_number": "9a", "puzzle_date": "2013-08-20", "puzzle_name": "Toughie 1034", "source_url": "http://bigdave44.com/2013/08/20/toughie-1034/", "source": "bigdave44"}
{"rowid": 319268, "clue": "Strange claim about American in \u2018Miss Saigon\u2019, say (7)", "answer": "MUSICAL", "definition": "\u2018Miss Saigon\u2019, say", "clue_number": "7a", "puzzle_date": "2019-11-25", "puzzle_name": "Daily Telegraph 29217", "source_url": "http://bigdave44.com/2019/11/25/dt-29217/", "source": "bigdave44"}
{"rowid": 359811, "clue": "Hit book, \u2018Mary\u2019s Little Friend\u2019 (4)", "answer": "LAMB", "definition": "\u2018Mary\u2019s Little Friend\u2019", "clue_number": "6a", "puzzle_date": "2017-08-03", "puzzle_name": "Daily Telegraph 28496", "source_url": "http://bigdave44.com/2017/08/03/dt-28496/", "source": "bigdave44"}
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{"rowid": 633272, "clue": "See papers united on \u2018Keeping Up Appearances\u2019 (4,8)", "answer": "PEER PRESSURE", "definition": "\u2018Keeping Up Appearances\u2019", "clue_number": "18a", "puzzle_date": "2022-07-15", "puzzle_name": "Daily Telegraph 30040", "source_url": "http://bigdave44.com/2022/07/15/dt-30040/", "source": "bigdave44"}
{"rowid": 443788, "clue": "\u2018Junk\u2019 Indian meal nine individually cancelled after ordering? (6)", "answer": "ADMAIL", "definition": "\u2018Junk\u2019", "clue_number": "10a", "puzzle_date": "2013-09-20", "puzzle_name": "Toughie 1053", "source_url": "http://bigdave44.com/2013/09/20/toughie-1053/", "source": "bigdave44"}
{"rowid": 346538, "clue": "Revolutionary, 20, adopting line \u2018I\u2019m in charge of support!\u2019 (11)", "answer": "CHEERLEADER", "definition": "\u2018I\u2019m in charge of support!\u2019", "clue_number": "28a", "puzzle_date": "2017-01-31", "puzzle_name": "Daily Telegraph 28338", "source_url": "http://bigdave44.com/2017/01/31/dt-28338/", "source": "bigdave44"}
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{"rowid": 402502, "clue": "\u2018I seek to impress,\u2019 you said, cracking Toughie (6)", "answer": "POSEUR", "definition": "\u2018I seek to impress", "clue_number": "19d", "puzzle_date": "2021-06-29", "puzzle_name": "Toughie 2669", "source_url": "http://bigdave44.com/2021/06/29/toughie-2669/", "source": "bigdave44"}
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{"rowid": 345016, "clue": "Soon, your setter\u2019s turning up as \u2018Giovanni\u2019? (6)", "answer": "ANONYM", "definition": "\u2018Giovanni\u2019?", "clue_number": "17d", "puzzle_date": "2017-09-05", "puzzle_name": "Toughie 1876", "source_url": "http://bigdave44.com/2017/09/05/toughie-1876/", "source": "bigdave44"}
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