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rowid | clue | answer | definition | clue_number ▲ | puzzle_date | puzzle_name | source_url | source |
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640328 | Pun Crow + Asian + Whine = Croatian Wine | G | Quickied | 2022-06-03 | Daily Telegraph 30004 | http://bigdave44.com/2022/06/03/dt-30004/ | bigdave44 | |
640357 | pun Icon + Tacked = Eye Contact | C | Quickied | 2022-06-09 | Daily Telegraph 30009 | http://bigdave44.com/2022/06/09/dt-30009/ | bigdave44 | |
640386 | Pun: Rhodes + Eyed = Roadside. | F | Quickied | 2022-06-24 | Daily Telegraph 30022 | http://bigdave44.com/2022/06/24/dt-30022/ | bigdave44 | |
642555 | Pun (Middle Row): SHY + ANN = CHEYENNE | Q | Quickied | 2022-09-26 | Daily Telegraph 30102 | http://bigdave44.com/2022/09/26/dt-30102/ | bigdave44 | |
644095 | Pun (Middle Row): FEE + LICKS + TOE = FELIXSTOWE | Q | Quickied | 2022-10-31 | Daily Telegraph 30132 | http://bigdave44.com/2022/10/31/dt-30132/ | bigdave44 | |
644278 | Pun (Bottom Row) : POUR + TOLLS = PORTHOLES (rather than PORTALS) | T | Quickied | 2022-10-17 | Daily Telegraph 30120 | http://bigdave44.com/2022/10/17/dt-30120/ | bigdave44 | |
656113 | pun canter + berry + tails = Canterbury Tales | K | Quickied | 2023-03-22 | Daily Telegraph 30254 | http://bigdave44.com/2023/03/22/dt-30254/ | bigdave44 | |
656485 | Pun (Middle Row): APP + RAISE + KEY = APRÈS-SKI | Q | Quickied | 2023-01-30 | Daily Telegraph 30210 | http://bigdave44.com/2023/01/30/dt-30210/ | bigdave44 | |
657182 | Pun: Wild+ Dab + East = Wildebeest | I | Quickied | 2023-03-23 | Daily Telegraph No 30255 | http://bigdave44.com/2023/03/23/167508/ | bigdave44 | |
657699 | Pun (9a + 10a): WHOLE + DOVER = HOLDOVER | Q | Quickied | 2023-02-20 | Daily Telegraph 30228 | http://bigdave44.com/2023/02/20/dt-30228/ | bigdave44 | |
657817 | Pun (Middle Row) : ARDOUR + SNAILS = ‘ARD AS NAILS (HARD AS NAILS) | Q | Quickied | 2023-02-13 | Daily Telegraph 30222 | http://bigdave44.com/2023/02/13/dt-30222/ | bigdave44 | |
658124 | Pun: KISSED + ARMOUR = KIER STARMER | F | Quickied | 2023-02-16 | Daily Telegraph 30225 | http://bigdave44.com/2023/02/16/166072/ | bigdave44 | |
658302 | Pun (Middle Row): WEAK + DAZE = WEEKDAYS | Q | Quickied | 2023-04-10 | Daily Telegraph 30270 | http://bigdave44.com/2023/04/10/dt-30270/ | bigdave44 | |
658836 | Pun: Gear + Teen =Guillotine | M | Quickied | 2023-03-16 | Daily Telegraph No 30249 | http://bigdave44.com/2023/03/16/167244-2/ | bigdave44 | |
660641 | Pun (Middle Row): SUE + PURSE + TOR = SUPERSTORE | Q | Quickied | 2023-01-16 | Daily Telegraph 30198 | http://bigdave44.com/2023/01/16/dt-30198/ | bigdave44 | |
661490 | Pun (Middle Row) : MISSES + BEATEN = MRS BEETON | Q | Quickied | 2023-04-24 | Daily Telegraph 30282 | http://bigdave44.com/2023/04/24/dt-30282/ | bigdave44 | |
661519 | Pun: INK + HUM + TACKS = INCOME TAX | M | Quickied | 2023-06-29 | Daily Telegraph No 30339 | http://bigdave44.com/2023/06/29/173993/ | bigdave44 | |
662606 | Pun (Middle Row): ANSWER + CUDGEL = ON SCHEDULE | Q | Quickied | 2023-06-05 | Daily Telegraph 30318 | http://bigdave44.com/2023/06/05/dt-30318/ | bigdave44 | |
663388 | Pun: Rack + Mann+ In + Off = Rachmaninoff | V | Quickied | 2023-02-08 | Daily Telegraph 30218 | http://bigdave44.com/2023/02/08/165751/ | bigdave44 | |
639708 | pun TORE + EAR + DOOR = TOREADOR | M | Quicked | 2022-04-28 | Daily Telegraph 29973 | http://bigdave44.com/2022/04/28/dt-29973/ | bigdave44 | |
657030 | Crossword Pun: | TRANCE | Quickd | 2022-12-27 | Daily Telegraph 30181 | http://bigdave44.com/2022/12/27/dt-30181/ | bigdave44 | |
657971 | Crossword Pun: | FARMER | Quickd | 2023-01-06 | Daily Telegraph 30190 | http://bigdave44.com/2023/01/06/dt-30190/ | bigdave44 | |
658387 | Crossword Pun: | CROAK | Quickd | 2022-12-30 | Daily Telegraph 30184 | http://bigdave44.com/2022/12/30/dt-30184/ | bigdave44 | |
659101 | Crossword Pun: | CONK | Quickd | 2023-07-12 | Daily Telegraph 30350 | http://bigdave44.com/2023/07/12/dt-30350/ | bigdave44 | |
661579 | Crossword Pun: | RAPT | Quickd | 2022-12-23 | Daily Telegraph 30178 | http://bigdave44.com/2022/12/23/dt-30178/ | bigdave44 | |
663111 | Crossword Pun: | FOUGHT | Quickd | 2023-02-15 | Daily Telegraph 30224 | http://bigdave44.com/2023/02/15/dt-30224/ | bigdave44 | |
663473 | Crossword Pun: | SIOUX | Quickd | 2023-01-13 | Daily Telegraph 30196 | http://bigdave44.com/2023/01/13/dt-30196/ | bigdave44 | |
35569 | STREET: since QUEER STREET could clue SETTER as an anagram. A quaint expression. | QUEERa | 2018-09-22 | Times Cryptic No 27144 | https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/2011597.html | times_xwd_times | ||
54583 | - FINAL [settled] on QUARTER [region] | QUARTER-FINALa | 2019-07-25 | Times 27,413 | https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/2178641.html | times_xwd_times | ||
160242 | Required amount in turn from government-funded body and corporation (7) | QUANTUM | Required amount | Q | 2017-11-11 | Guardian Prize 27346 Paul | https://www.fifteensquared.net/2017/11/11/guardian-prize-27346-paul/ | fifteensquared |
203194 | Some NY/NI university honours (6) | QUEENS | Some NY/NI university | Q | 2016-11-12 | Guardian Prize 27034 Puck | https://www.fifteensquared.net/2016/11/12/guardian-prize-27034-puck/ | fifteensquared |
215750 | Phony quevice or quanny? (5) | QUACK | Phony | Q | 2017-06-24 | Guardian Prize 27226 Paul | https://www.fifteensquared.net/2017/06/24/guardian-prize-27226-paul/ | fifteensquared |
234328 | Leave fairly shortly (4) | QUIT | Leave/Leave | Q | 2015-07-25 | Guardian Prize 26627 Puck | https://www.fifteensquared.net/2015/07/25/guardian-prize-26627-puck/ | fifteensquared |
271275 | Witty remark to a Republican (6) | QUIPAR: | Q | 2013-08-31 | Guardian Prize Puzzle 26035 by Maskarade Late Summer Prize Cryptic Crossword | https://www.fifteensquared.net/2013/08/31/guardian-prize-puzzle-26035-by-maskarade-late-summer-prize-cryptic-crossword/ | fifteensquared | |
596026 | Aging star is essential to Chappaqua’s aristocracy (6) | QUASAR | Q | That's How Easy Love Can Be **** | cru-cryptics/Cryptic196.pdf | cru_cryptics | ||
596052 | Eliminate restrictions on essentially grungy woolen fabric, one hears (8) | UNFREEZE | Q | Acrostic | cru-cryptics/Cryptic225.pdf | cru_cryptics | ||
596075 | Reportedly sunbathe in tight-fitting bodice (6) | BASQUE | Q | Settling Accounts | cru-cryptics/Cryptic235.pdf | cru_cryptics | ||
656128 | my favourite in this puzzle – quite a tough solution to clue | D | Probablya | 2023-01-10 | Daily Telegraph 30193 | http://bigdave44.com/2023/01/10/dt-30193/ | bigdave44 | |
639677 | places go to 1a, 8d and 19d. I will give top honours to 1a in recognition of the incredibly long time it took me to parse the wordplay despite the answer being blatantly obvious. | Q | Podiumd | 2022-04-25 | Daily Telegraph 29970 | http://bigdave44.com/2022/04/25/dt-29970/ | bigdave44 | |
657272 | for me this week is 3d, 18a and 1a with 18a on the top step. | Q | Podiumd | 2023-04-17 | Daily Telegraph 30276 | http://bigdave44.com/2023/04/17/dt-30276/ | bigdave44 | |
662245 | for me today was 9a and 13d with the rather splendid lurker at 15d on the top step. | Q | Podiumd | 2023-02-06 | Daily Telegraph 30216 | http://bigdave44.com/2023/02/06/dt-30216/ | bigdave44 | |
641764 | leave a comment telling us what you thought. You can also add your assessment by selecting from one to five stars at the bottom of the post. I will find this particularly interesting today, hence the sub-heading. | A | Please | 2010-06-03 | Toughie 365 | http://bigdave44.com/2010/06/03/toughie-365/ | bigdave44 | |
641947 | leave a comment telling us what you thought. | A | Please | 2022-05-24 | Toughie 2857 | http://bigdave44.com/2022/05/24/toughie-2857/ | bigdave44 | |
660078 | leave a comment telling us what you thought. | A | Please | 2023-04-19 | Sunday Telegraph 3207 | http://bigdave44.com/2023/04/19/st-3207-full-review/ | bigdave44 | |
661071 | leave a comment telling us how you got on. | A | Please | 2023-04-19 | Daily Telegraph 30278 | http://bigdave44.com/2023/04/19/dt-30278/ | bigdave44 | |
663143 | leave a comment telling us what you thought. | A | Please | 2023-02-08 | Sunday Telegraph 3197 | http://bigdave44.com/2023/02/08/st-3197-full-review/ | bigdave44 | |
663269 | leave a comment telling us what you thought of the puzzle. | A | Please | 2023-01-02 | Daily Telegraph 30186 | http://bigdave44.com/2023/01/02/dt-30186/ | bigdave44 | |
639099 | producer perhaps mainly going without any on cruise ship (8) | MILLINER | Panama | 2014-10-01 | Daily Telegraph 27609 | http://bigdave44.com/2014/10/01/dt-27609/ | bigdave44 | |
189435 | Jonson’s work | VOLPONE | Jonson’s work | Page in the first book in | 2017-12-22 | Financial Times 15739 Julius | https://www.fifteensquared.net/2017/12/22/financial-times-15739-julius/ | fifteensquared |
55632 | UP backwards, then (NATION CUT*). “Periods” is the American term for “full stops”. | PUNCTUATIONa | 2018-04-28 | Times Cryptic No 27018 | https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/1932820.html | times_xwd_times | ||
11040 | (AD TORN OPEN*). | D | PTERANODONa | 2018-11-24 | Times Cryptic No 27198 | https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/2045072.html | times_xwd_times | |
26314 | The well known identity of apes and bishops | PRIMATEa | 2021-01-14 | 27874 | https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/2472343.html | times_xwd_times | ||
37917 | DD. | PRETTYa | 2017-04-29 | Times Saturday 26706 | https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/1730137.html | times_xwd_times | ||
36865 | P [pawn] RESUME [come back]. For a while I contemplated “pledgee”, as in PLEDGE=to pawn, followed by E={com}E back. It’s in Chambers, but happily it was another red herring. | PRESUMEa | 2017-03-25 | Times Saturday 26676 | https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/1708591.html | times_xwd_times | ||
54579 | - P RAISED [pressure | increased] | PRAISEDa | 2019-07-25 | Times 27,413 | https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/2178641.html | times_xwd_times | ||
28633 | - (ONE'S SKIP*) ["for wreckage", i.e. to be wrecked] | POKINESSa | 2016-10-28 | Times 26,555 | https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/1619474.html | times_xwd_times | ||
43104 | - POE{try} [lyrical work, "lacking TRY (= effort)"] | POEd | 2019-05-16 | Times 27,353 | https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/2141043.html | times_xwd_times | ||
13562 | POE [author] gets presented with TASTERS [samples] | POETASTERSa | 2018-05-18 | Times 27,041 | https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/1943595.html | times_xwd_times | ||
28910 | - PITA HAY [bread | cut and dry] + A | PITAHAYAa | 2018-05-01 | Monthly Club Special 20,211 | https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/1935023.html | times_xwd_times | ||
58810 | - HOLE for opening is easy enough, but where I earn my corn today is by pointing out that pigeon can be used to mean responsibility, usually in negative phrases - naturally - like 'Look, mate, that's not my pigeon' | PIGEONHOLEa | 2018-08-06 | Times 27109 | https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/1986608.html | times_xwd_times | ||
51581 | - H (house) + E and B [musical keys] in PE | PHOEBEa | 2018-01-08 | Times 26929 | https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/1874457.html | times_xwd_times | ||
35621 | P=quietly, EP=record, TIDES=comings and goings on beach. | PEPTIDESd | 2017-04-08 | Times Saturday 26688 | https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/1717260.html | times_xwd_times | ||
48212 | - PARLEYED [spoke French perhaps], "visited" by E [English] | DOWN | PEARL-EYEDa | 2019-09-30 | Monthly Club Special 20,228 | https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/2215364.html | times_xwd_times | |
34087 | PARCH “about” TRIA[d], “saving” the final letter. | PATRIARCHa | 2019-03-30 | Times Cryptic No 27306 | https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/2113746.html | times_xwd_times | ||
43768 | - PATHOS [sympathy] "suppressing" GEN [information] | PATHOGENSa | 2016-09-30 | Times 26,531 | https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/1602575.html | times_xwd_times | ||
34079 | DE DEUX: anagram (“unexpectedly”) of (EXUDED SAP*). A part of the ballet, of course, nothing to do with a literal nutcracker. | PASa | 2019-03-30 | Times Cryptic No 27306 | https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/2113746.html | times_xwd_times | ||
11038 | PAY (foot, the bill for example) around (about) ISLE (an inch). | PAISLEYa | 2018-11-24 | Times Cryptic No 27198 | https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/2045072.html | times_xwd_times | ||
160241 | Doorman put up with erotic novel (11,4) | PORTERHOUSE BLUE | novel | P | 2017-11-11 | Guardian Prize 27346 Paul | https://www.fifteensquared.net/2017/11/11/guardian-prize-27346-paul/ | fifteensquared |
203192 | Grandpa’s television’s hidden drawer (6) | PASTEL | drawer | P | 2016-11-12 | Guardian Prize 27034 Puck | https://www.fifteensquared.net/2016/11/12/guardian-prize-27034-puck/ | fifteensquared |
203193 | Foreign article holding up sauce no end? So get a grinder! (6) | PESTLE | grinder | P | 2016-11-12 | Guardian Prize 27034 Puck | https://www.fifteensquared.net/2016/11/12/guardian-prize-27034-puck/ | fifteensquared |
215749 | Mrs Grundy runs animal houses (4) | PRIG | Mrs Grundy | P | 2017-06-24 | Guardian Prize 27226 Paul | https://www.fifteensquared.net/2017/06/24/guardian-prize-27226-paul/ | fifteensquared |
234327 | Feeling of foreboding here, gripping N and Timothy (12) | PRESENTIMENT | Feeling of foreboding/Feeling of foreboding | P | 2015-07-25 | Guardian Prize 26627 Puck | https://www.fifteensquared.net/2015/07/25/guardian-prize-26627-puck/ | fifteensquared |
271274 | Part of pitch where a player gets tangled with a net (7,4) | PENALTY AREA: | P | 2013-08-31 | Guardian Prize Puzzle 26035 by Maskarade Late Summer Prize Cryptic Crossword | https://www.fifteensquared.net/2013/08/31/guardian-prize-puzzle-26035-by-maskarade-late-summer-prize-cryptic-crossword/ | fifteensquared | |
596025 | Except for the end, perform keynote without passion (8) | PLATONIC | P | That's How Easy Love Can Be **** | cru-cryptics/Cryptic196.pdf | cru_cryptics | ||
596051 | Unending bliss one found during present comeback (9) | REJOINDER | P | Acrostic | cru-cryptics/Cryptic225.pdf | cru_cryptics | ||
596074 | Rewritten home page features new promotional tool (9) | MEGAPHONE | P | Settling Accounts | cru-cryptics/Cryptic235.pdf | cru_cryptics | ||
641230 | favourite this week is 12a. | Q | Ourd | 2022-08-17 | Daily Telegraph 30068 | http://bigdave44.com/2022/08/17/dt-30068/ | bigdave44 | |
658594 | favourite and last one in is 6d. | Q | Ourd | 2023-03-01 | Daily Telegraph 30236 | http://bigdave44.com/2023/03/01/dt-30236/ | bigdave44 | |
659040 | favourite this week is 27a because of the great misdirection. | Q | Ourd | 2023-02-22 | Daily Telegraph 30230 | http://bigdave44.com/2023/02/22/dt-30230/ | bigdave44 | |
659738 | favourite today is 14d. | Q | Ourd | 2023-05-24 | Daily Telegraph 30308 | http://bigdave44.com/2023/05/24/dt-30308/ | bigdave44 | |
661130 | favourite today is the complicated charade that is 3d. | Q | Ourd | 2023-04-26 | Daily Telegraph 30284 | http://bigdave44.com/2023/04/26/dt-30284/ | bigdave44 | |
661679 | days put on such reticence | T | Ourd | 2023-03-27 | Rookie Corner 468 | http://bigdave44.com/2023/03/27/rookie-corner-468/ | bigdave44 | |
20642 | else a little Conservative! | Ora | 2017-04-21 | TLS Crossword 1169 | https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/1724989.html | times_xwd_times | ||
62139 | reading: | D | Optionald | 2021-03-04 | Times Quick Cryptic No 1823 | https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/2499120.html | times_xwd_times | |
659300 | again lots of ticks on our pages but we won’t pick out any one for favourite | Q | Onced | 2023-07-05 | Daily Telegraph 30344 | http://bigdave44.com/2023/07/05/dt-30344/ | bigdave44 | |
661489 | I understood 3d, it became my clue of the day. | Q | Onced | 2023-04-24 | Daily Telegraph 30282 | http://bigdave44.com/2023/04/24/dt-30282/ | bigdave44 | |
63038 | edit: thanks to Ulaca for pointing out “en” not only sounds like the letter N, it is the name of it according to the usual dictionaries. I must say I find that puzzling. Do all letters of the alphabet have names? How do you spell the name of the letter “a” for example? And does “z” have different names in UK and US? Apparently so, according to Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_alphabet. Learn something new every day! | Ona | 2018-10-20 | Times Cryptic No 27168 | https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/2026252.html | times_xwd_times | ||
661879 | no! My heart sank as I saw the Nina. Our condolences Sparks. How do you give an enjoyment rating for such a sad message? Many of the across answers apply to 12a | P | Oh | 2023-03-03 | Toughie 3020 | http://bigdave44.com/2023/03/03/toughie-3020/ | bigdave44 | |
39348 | an exarch, which is a Byzantine provincial governor, especially of Italy. | Ofd | 2018-02-01 | Monthly Club Special 20,208 | https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/1887836.html | times_xwd_times | ||
653846 | the pits for conch (8) | SEASHELL | conch | Ocean’s | 2023-04-08 | Financial Times 17374 Set by Gozo | https://www.fifteensquared.net/2023/04/08/financial-times-17374-set-by-gozo/ | fifteensquared |
28638 | - {b}OXER. "Lightweight" is a boxing category; take the top off a BOXER to reveal a type of fence in horse jumping. | T | OXERa | 2016-10-28 | Times 26,555 | https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/1619474.html | times_xwd_times | |
35608 | OWING=in the red. All “guarding” N=knight. Did anyone read “Red Guard” as belonging together? Nice feint, that. | OWNINGa | 2017-04-08 | Times Saturday 26688 | https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/1717260.html | times_xwd_times | ||
37919 | or OVERT URN. | OVERTURNa | 2017-04-29 | Times Saturday 26706 | https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/1730137.html | times_xwd_times | ||
57353 | - OVER ISSUE [concerning | children]. If a bank has overissued currency, this would constitute a note glut. | OVERISSUEa | 2020-04-09 | Times 27,635 | https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/2319188.html | times_xwd_times | ||
55631 | OF ACTION: OU (“where” in France), TO, FACTION (camp). | OUTa | 2018-04-28 | Times Cryptic No 27018 | https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/1932820.html | times_xwd_times | ||
20643 | - OUT [unfashionable] + homophone of DONNE. | OUTDONEa | 2017-04-21 | TLS Crossword 1169 | https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/1724989.html | times_xwd_times | ||
34084 | HALF: anagram (“poor”) of (HEALTH FOR*). | OTHERa | 2019-03-30 | Times Cryptic No 27306 | https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/2113746.html | times_xwd_times | ||
55635 | hidden answer inside “tO THE Round”. | OTHERa | 2018-04-28 | Times Cryptic No 27018 | https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/1932820.html | times_xwd_times | ||
13561 | (I G{rimace} A LOT A*) ["nasty"] | OTALGIAa | 2018-05-18 | Times 27,041 | https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/1943595.html | times_xwd_times | ||
43103 | - OR + CHEST RATE [bust | judge] | ORCHESTRATEd | 2019-05-16 | Times 27,353 | https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/2141043.html | times_xwd_times |
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CREATE TABLE "clues" ( rowid INTEGER PRIMARY KEY, clue TEXT, answer TEXT, definition TEXT, clue_number TEXT, puzzle_date TEXT, puzzle_name TEXT, source_url TEXT NOT NULL, source TEXT ); CREATE INDEX clues_source_index ON clues ("source");