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Dave Gorman @davegorman.bsky.social · 2d

I set today’s Guardian cryptic
www.theguardian.com/crosswords/c...
Clues include:
Player of golf round stood to make this kind of bread (7)
Welshman capturing El Salvador? (4)
Ruin sex and - essentially - what’s left of marriage (7)
No spoilers, ta!

Headline about the American golfers being paid to play in the Ryder Cup

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Dave Gorman @davegorman.bsky.social · 2d

Ta!

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Dave Gorman @davegorman.bsky.social · 10d

I set today’s Telegraph Toughie
www.telegraph.co.uk/puzzles/puzz...
Clues include:
State, say, Ross King’s content to start (7)
Articulated food truck, oddly, a three-wheeler (3,3)
Tell composer Fellini’s sorry about cutting bits (7)

No spoilers, ta!

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Dave Gorman @davegorman.bsky.social · Sep 3

No!

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Dave Gorman @davegorman.bsky.social · Sep 3

Ernie Els obvs. Bloody autocorrect!

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Dave Gorman @davegorman.bsky.social · Sep 3

I set today’s Telegraph Toughie
www.telegraph.co.uk/puzzles/puzz...
Clues include
Hole where bogeys could be upsetting to Ernie Else - but not the Europeans (7)
Conversation in Siamese maybe translated into French (4)
Regularly daub it with Flora Light spread - tasty! (1,3,2,3,5)

No spoilers, ta!

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Dave Gorman @davegorman.bsky.social · Aug 14

Damn you autocorrect - that’s supposed to be Fergus not Ferguson

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Dave Gorman @davegorman.bsky.social · Aug 14

I set today’s Telegraph Toughie
www.telegraph.co.uk/puzzles/puzz...
Run on dollar came after banks withdraw - this helps keep books in order (7)
Supply easel through us - stock ends here (14)
Looks himself up online - Ferguson upset about OnlyFans having removed content (8)

No spoilers, ta!

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Dave Gorman @davegorman.bsky.social · Jul 31

That first clue should be (11) not (10)… but you knew that

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Dave Gorman @davegorman.bsky.social · Jul 31

I set today’s Indy cryptic: puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/crypti...
Sample clues:
Case of animal lust - tell her to go wild? (10)
Clue to get her love as there’s no more Mr Nice Guy (3,6,3,3)
A guy free from anxiety (2,4)

No spoilers, ta!

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puzzles.independent.co.uk

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Dave Gorman @davegorman.bsky.social · Jul 17

I set today’s Telegraph Toughie:
www.telegraph.co.uk/puzzles/puzz...
Clues include:
Damaged baggy light red trousers - getting home to change? (5,4)
First to smoke weed in Oxford? (4)
Dead right I’ll see you in a bit (5)
No spoilers, ta!

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Dave Gorman @davegorman.bsky.social · Jul 9

I set today’s Guardian cryptic:
www.theguardian.com/crosswords/c...
Clues include:
Bond villain, Jaws essentially breaking back to get ahead (6)
E-coli must, mostly, spread in bowl (8)
Journalist: Balls maybe yellow after sex (6)

No spoilers, ta!

Roger Moorecand Richard Kiel as James Bond and Jaws

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Dave Gorman @davegorman.bsky.social · Jul 3

I set today’s Indy cryptic:
puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/crypti...
Clues include:
Bad effect that follows dessert wine? (10)
Square character keeping something barbershop needs (4-4,7)
Dawn making new props occasionally - wow (8)

No spoilers, ta!

The Independent's Cryptic Crossword | Play Online for Free | Independent

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puzzles.independent.co.uk

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Dave Gorman @davegorman.bsky.social · Jun 26

That was the wrong link. This - I hope - is the right one: www.theguardian.com/crosswords/c...

Cryptic crossword No 29,731

www.theguardian.com

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Dave Gorman @davegorman.bsky.social · Jun 26

I set today’s Guardian cryptic:
www.theguardian.com/crosswords/c...
Clues include:
Supervisors lost Carphone Warehouse business ultimately (10)
Stolen sinks initiating court action? (4,4)
No.1 for Doris Day after record label advance - one that’s almost divine (7)

No spoilers, ta!

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Dave Gorman @davegorman.bsky.social · Jun 19

I set today’s Telegraph Toughie
www.telegraph.co.uk/puzzles/puzz...
Criminal mastermind finally traps James Bond - overlooking very problematic plot point? (5,3)
Married man hides crush (5)
Flat/apt (5)
No spoilers, ta!

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Dave Gorman @davegorman.bsky.social · Jun 19

If you got the answer, you probably did. Ultimately.

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