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rowid | clue | answer | definition | clue_number ▲ | puzzle_date | puzzle_name | source_url | source |
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18912 | TOWN - SPAT OWN [argument | to have] | SPAa | 2019-07-04 | Times 27,395 | https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/2167580.html | times_xwd_times | ||
5076 | sounds like SOW FEAR, at least to non-rhotic speakers (those who don’t stress their “r”s). | SOFIAa | 2018-07-28 | Times Cryptic No 27096 | https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/1981841.html | times_xwd_times | ||
13548 | reverse all of REC COS [sports ground + companies] | SOCCERa | 2018-05-18 | Times 27,041 | https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/1943595.html | times_xwd_times | ||
34083 | or, SO BE RING. | SOBERINGa | 2019-03-30 | Times Cryptic No 27306 | https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/2113746.html | times_xwd_times | ||
28530 | SNIP{p}ER. | SNIPERa | 2017-04-01 | Times Saturday 26682 | https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/1713172.html | times_xwd_times | ||
2475 | - SLIGHT [small] "seals" {shor}E | SLEIGHTa | 2018-04-06 | Times 27,005 | https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/1920959.html | times_xwd_times | ||
28620 | IN - SIN [wrong] to cover PEEL reversed [skin, "on reflection"] | SLEEPa | 2016-10-28 | Times 26,555 | https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/1619474.html | times_xwd_times | ||
13552 | SKIER [sportsperson] "digesting" PP [pianissimo = very quiet] | SKIPPERa | 2018-05-18 | Times 27,041 | https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/1943595.html | times_xwd_times | ||
18910 | - {n}AV{y} + I'S [one's], all reversed for this Hindu deity. | SIVAa | 2019-07-04 | Times 27,395 | https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/2167580.html | times_xwd_times | ||
235564 | 20 INJURE/EMMETS | J | SIN(e) FUL(l)/BE SIDES | 2015-01-01 | Guardian Christmas Prize Puzzle No 26448 by Maskarade | https://www.fifteensquared.net/2015/01/01/guardian-christmas-prize-puzzle-no-26448-by-maskarade/ | fifteensquared | |
63043 | SO (extremely) “hugging” IMP (brat) / A / TIC (jerk). | SIMPATICOa | 2018-10-20 | Times Cryptic No 27168 | https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/2026252.html | times_xwd_times | ||
50983 | - SHREK catches I [green ogre; one]. Referring to the first ever winner of the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature in 2001, and its eponymous green uglihero. | SHRIEKa | 2018-07-06 | Times Cryptic 27,083 | https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/1970809.html | times_xwd_times | ||
21470 | - SHOP [give away] + KEEPER [ring] | I | SHOPKEEPERa | 2018-07-13 | Times 27,089 | https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/1974160.html | times_xwd_times | |
35622 | PINK: KING PIN=key figure, “kept in” SHOCK=upset. | SHOCKINGd | 2017-04-08 | Times Saturday 26688 | https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/1717260.html | times_xwd_times | ||
34077 | SH=don’t speak, ILL=badly. Another word of whose meaning I was uncertain, but I trusted the wordplay and wrote it in as soon as I saw it. | SHILLa | 2019-03-30 | Times Cryptic No 27306 | https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/2113746.html | times_xwd_times | ||
36864 | HE in SIKH. Saw quickly I needed to put “he” in something, but took a while to work out what. I suspect the spelling of “sheikh” made it harder to see! | SHEIKHa | 2017-03-25 | Times Saturday 26676 | https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/1708591.html | times_xwd_times | ||
37921 | EIGHT: SIGHT [faculty] around EYE [looker] around VENT [opening]. Another nice disguise – “obviously” there should be an “F” (opening in faculty) somewhere in the answer. | F | SEVENTYa | 2017-04-29 | Times Saturday 26706 | https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/1730137.html | times_xwd_times | |
45784 | - (STRIVE*) ["to be trained"] + OR [if not] | SERVITORa | 2018-06-02 | Times Cryptic Jumbo No 1324 | https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/1954265.html | times_xwd_times | ||
36869 | (ENABLES MC*). I had some doubt about which end of this clue was the anagram indicator, and which the definition! | SEMBLANCEa | 2017-03-25 | Times Saturday 26676 | https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/1708591.html | times_xwd_times | ||
58801 | - EG in SUE. The extended non-literal meaning of segue constitutes one of my least favourite words. Others in the pantheon include egregious, feckless, cognitive dissonance and passive aggressive. | SEGUEa | 2018-08-06 | Times 27109 | https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/1986608.html | times_xwd_times | ||
2480 | - humorously misconstrued, if you only spend a single second in command, you've been a very short time at the top | SECOND-IN-COMMANDa | 2018-04-06 | Times 27,005 | https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/1920959.html | times_xwd_times | ||
35618 | SC.=that is (abbrev. of “scilicet”), RUMP=behind. | T | SCRUMPd | 2017-04-08 | Times Saturday 26688 | https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/1717260.html | times_xwd_times | |
21463 | - SOLD outside C [flogged; clubs (suit of cards)] | SCOLDa | 2018-07-13 | Times 27,089 | https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/1974160.html | times_xwd_times | ||
20644 | - Not sure if this is a reference to Olivia Manning's novel "School for Love"? I'm afraid to say I bunged this in after ruling out SHADOWS, assuming it was a Twelfth Night reference... but if it is, it's gone over my head! | SCHOOLSa | 2017-04-21 | TLS Crossword 1169 | https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/1724989.html | times_xwd_times | ||
21466 | - SCHOOL M{arking} A RM. Fish come in schools and an RM is a Royal Marine is a jolly, but probably not a Jolly Jack Tar it seems. | SCHOOLMARMa | 2018-07-13 | Times 27,089 | https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/1974160.html | times_xwd_times | ||
34086 | A double definition, the first from Latin. | SALVEa | 2019-03-30 | Times Cryptic No 27306 | https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/2113746.html | times_xwd_times | ||
34375 | NET: the river TYNE inside an anagram (“moving”) of (FAST E*). I’m not quite sure how to read the definition. If they dive, wouldn’t it be intentional? But, you get the gist. Acrobat artists or high wire performers, for example. | D | SAFETYa | 2019-04-13 | Times Cryptic No 27318 | https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/2122406.html | times_xwd_times | |
160244 | At the front, spineless German general (7) | SHERMAN | general | S | 2017-11-11 | Guardian Prize 27346 Paul | https://www.fifteensquared.net/2017/11/11/guardian-prize-27346-paul/ | fifteensquared |
203196 | Spy partners king in support of second Russian city (8) | SMOLENSK | Russian city | S | 2016-11-12 | Guardian Prize 27034 Puck | https://www.fifteensquared.net/2016/11/12/guardian-prize-27034-puck/ | fifteensquared |
215752 | Dog acts like a camel, we hear? (5) | SPITZ | Dog | S | 2017-06-24 | Guardian Prize 27226 Paul | https://www.fifteensquared.net/2017/06/24/guardian-prize-27226-paul/ | fifteensquared |
234330 | Those people in function at church are drunk? Party time always, apparently (5,3,4,3) | SINCE THE YEAR DOT | always, apparently/always, apparently | S | 2015-07-25 | Guardian Prize 26627 Puck | https://www.fifteensquared.net/2015/07/25/guardian-prize-26627-puck/ | fifteensquared |
271277 | Apostle’s Oxbridge college (2,5) | ST JOHNS | S | 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 | |
596028 | Mystic realm strangely unchanged when reflected in a mirror (11) | SYMMETRICAL | S | That's How Easy Love Can Be **** | cru-cryptics/Cryptic196.pdf | cru_cryptics | ||
596054 | Faceless evil backing heroin, for example, is ascendant (9) | HEGEMONIC | S | Acrostic | cru-cryptics/Cryptic225.pdf | cru_cryptics | ||
596077 | Partially bring up misstatements on redirect (6) | IMPUGN | S | Settling Accounts | cru-cryptics/Cryptic235.pdf | cru_cryptics | ||
639090 | fences in church? That’s improper (8) | INDECENT | improper | Requisitiona | 2014-10-01 | Daily Telegraph 27609 | http://bigdave44.com/2014/10/01/dt-27609/ | bigdave44 |
639100 | head of government’s got nothing on (5) | NUDGE | Reminderd | 2014-10-01 | Daily Telegraph 27609 | http://bigdave44.com/2014/10/01/dt-27609/ | bigdave44 | |
189440 | of the second degree | QUADRIC | of the second degree | Records wastage from leg muscles calculated “ | 2017-12-22 | Financial Times 15739 Julius | https://www.fifteensquared.net/2017/12/22/financial-times-15739-julius/ | fifteensquared |
39314 | - within I YR [one | year], RAW TO [not prepared | to], all "back" | A | RYOTWARIa | 2018-02-01 | Monthly Club Special 20,208 | https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/1887836.html | times_xwd_times | |
39932 | - HOUSE [put up], with ROUND [drinks] initially | ROUNDHOUSEa | 2018-06-15 | Times Cryptic No 27,065 | https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/1958785.html | times_xwd_times | ||
43675 | DIAMOND: rough = hoodlum, one in a suit = diamond in this case. | ROUGHd | 2017-03-18 | Times Saturday 26670 | https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/1704508.html | times_xwd_times | ||
51582 | - SUB reversed in ROT | ROBUSTa | 2018-01-08 | Times 26929 | https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/1874457.html | times_xwd_times | ||
21464 | - RE{a}R [bring up], with S CUE [second | reminder] in place of ["for"] the "a". An easy clue to bung in but a harder one to parse correctly! | RESCUERa | 2018-07-13 | Times 27,089 | https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/1974160.html | times_xwd_times | ||
50982 | - PRO getting in REACH [for; contact] | REPROACHa | 2018-07-06 | Times Cryptic 27,083 | https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/1970809.html | times_xwd_times | ||
13554 | (MINT CREATE*) ["possibility for..."] | DOWN | REMITTANCEa | 2018-05-18 | Times 27,041 | https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/1943595.html | times_xwd_times | |
2482 | - homophone of REIGN DEAR [period of influence | precious, "we say"] | DOWN | REINDEERa | 2018-04-06 | Times 27,005 | https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/1920959.html | times_xwd_times | |
28532 | ESTATE: E [European] in REAL STATE. | REALa | 2017-04-01 | Times Saturday 26682 | https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/1713172.html | times_xwd_times | ||
13549 | double def. RAY as in doh-ray-mi-fah, the second note of the diatonic scale. | RAYa | 2018-05-18 | Times 27,041 | https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/1943595.html | times_xwd_times | ||
54581 | - RAT [desert] keeps INCA [7d] keeps O [nothing] | RAINCOATa | 2019-07-25 | Times 27,413 | https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/2178641.html | times_xwd_times | ||
160243 | Performer performing realistic stunt for the finale? (10) | RECITALIST | Performer | R | 2017-11-11 | Guardian Prize 27346 Paul | https://www.fifteensquared.net/2017/11/11/guardian-prize-27346-paul/ | fifteensquared |
203195 | Safe Liberal seat’s second Liberal (8) | RELIABLE | Safe | R | 2016-11-12 | Guardian Prize 27034 Puck | https://www.fifteensquared.net/2016/11/12/guardian-prize-27034-puck/ | fifteensquared |
215751 | Rifle cleared, safe to hold a gun (8) | REPEATER | gun | R | 2017-06-24 | Guardian Prize 27226 Paul | https://www.fifteensquared.net/2017/06/24/guardian-prize-27226-paul/ | fifteensquared |
234329 | Paper dying journalist edited again (9) | REAMENDED | edited again/edited again | R | 2015-07-25 | Guardian Prize 26627 Puck | https://www.fifteensquared.net/2015/07/25/guardian-prize-26627-puck/ | fifteensquared |
271276 | Awfully virile Nationalist (7) | RIVELIN: | R | 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 | |
596027 | Speaker’s part in list (4) | ROLL | R | That's How Easy Love Can Be **** | cru-cryptics/Cryptic196.pdf | cru_cryptics | ||
596053 | Looking obliquely when using the hose, if resistance is neutral (9) | SQUINTING | R | Acrostic | cru-cryptics/Cryptic225.pdf | cru_cryptics | ||
596076 | Versifier's endless song penned by one taking it easy (9) | RHYMESTER | R | Settling Accounts | cru-cryptics/Cryptic235.pdf | cru_cryptics | ||
639259 | Pun (Middle Row) : LOGGER + RHYTHM = LOGARITHM | Q | Quickied | 2022-03-14 | Daily Telegraph 29934 | http://bigdave44.com/2022/03/14/dt-29934/ | bigdave44 | |
640038 | Pun Eyed + Sum + Arch = Ides of March | I | Quickied | 2022-05-26 | Daily Telegraph 29997 | http://bigdave44.com/2022/05/26/dt-29997a/ | bigdave44 | |
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 |
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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");