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Twmbarlwm

@michaelelljay

Crossword setter.
Daily Telegraph Minis (self), cryptics (anon) and Toughies ('Light')
Independent cryptics ('Deri')

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I set today’s Daily Telegraph Toughie crossword telegraph.co.uk/puzzles/ Care about rubbish bags, workers close to walkout (9) Kerouac book 'On the Road' here? (6,7) E.g. TNT not formerly T? (7)

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I set today's Sunday Telegraph prize Toughie crossword: telegraph.co.uk/puzzles/ Detective writer nobody need say film director wanted back (7,7) Pope Leo, essentially good man, most civilised (8) Underwear, pair seen in the middle of dressing (6)

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I set today's Daily Telegraph back-page cryptic telegraph.co.uk/puzzles/ Delayed at traffic lights maybe, point and play (7,3,5) What cleaning a lamp might do for maverick (4,6) Caught changing in lavatory, should she have foreseen that? (11)

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I set today’s Daily Telegraph cryptic telegraph.co.uk/puzzles/ Unpleasant imp splutters milk in churns (15) Lecture we hear from drunk tank (7) Hum song and dance (5)

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I set the prize Toughie cryptic in today’s Sunday Telegraph telegraph.co.uk/puzzles/ Very hip, playing Steely Dan’s latest cuts (9) College closed between terms for police investigation (4) Produce another cake without topping, a reason for moving mince pies to the side (6)

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I set today's Daily Telegraph cryptic crossword telegraph.co.uk/puzzles/ Vehicle with many passengers heading for first class? (6,3) Perhaps chat and propose a place to eat in the garden (4,5) Might treatment here make you feel hot? Doctor unable to say (6,5)

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I set today's Daily Telegraph cryptic crossword telegraph.co.uk/puzzles/ What perhaps ma's saying after swearing (6,2,6) Fool with lies and chatter before match (8) Something to toast the Trotters after retirement? (3-5,6)

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I set today’s Daily Telegraph Toughie crossword telegraph.co.uk/puzzles/ ‘Absolutely Fabulous’ and another sitcom ... ‘Not Going Out’? (4,4,7) Hitherto elegant, posing naked (2,3,10) In general, US nincompoops turning xenophobic? (7)

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I set today’s prize Toughie cryptic telegraph.co.uk/puzzles/ Graves will probably be dug by this aficionado (9) Learner driver stuck in pit, getting AA (5) Fragile ego principally smitten with Mars trips (8) Price departs, but this keeps The Animals going (4) #OneForTheTeenagers

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I set today’s Daily Telegraph cryptic crossword telegraph.co.uk/puzzles/ Film streaming on Apple, 'The Feast' (6,2,3,4) Stirring up soy, chef briefly making this? (4,4) Returning from injury, fit? Certainly better (7)

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Puzzle setter? Can't ultimately answer after order for oath of silence (6) (Refined my guess to include any other setter aged 30 to 80, so I'm happy with that.)

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I set today’s Sunday Telegraph prize Toughie crossword telegraph.co.uk/puzzles/ Lose it when a grandmother’s stuck under upturned Portaloo? (2,7) Oath that might be taken by editor (9) Superior dentures should not have a rattle (5)

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I set today’s Daily Telegraph cryptic crossword telegraph.co.uk/puzzles/ Hand out punishment? (4,2,3,5) Road crew’s machines restore small unstable … (5-7) … crack with tar for free (7) Review here: bigdave44.com/2025/09/10/dt-…

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I set today’s Daily Telegraph Toughie crossword telegraph.co.uk/puzzles/ Star, Moon and Newton in Brian Cox show (10) Simple Simon was so alone (7)

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I set today’s Daily Telegraph cryptic crossword telegraph.co.uk/puzzles/ Type of crossword clue designed to be hard, generally (6,3,5) Facing carpeting, as crash-mat might be (3,3,4,4)

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I set today’s prize Toughie in the Sunday Telegraph telegraph.co.uk/puzzles/ Uncovered cryptic clue for sailor (5,5) Number, short, sweet and old: 'It's Impossible' (2,3,2)

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I set today’s cryptic crossword in The Independent, free to solve online here: puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/cryptic-… Heading off, get syrup (3) 'Misty' not covered by chamber musician (7) Wild fellow managed revolutionary sex clubs (7)