Cryptic 7: Little Wiggle Room
"You have to listen to the notes he's NOT playing."
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Benny Davis
- Sep 23, 2020
- 1 min
Cryptic 6: Happy Birthday
A new grid made as a present for a friend, so it's a little bit particular. See how far you can get!
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Benny Davis
- Sep 16, 2020
- 1 min
How To Solve Cryptic Crosswords
I've started a series explaining how this obsession of mine works. They're such fun but there's a barrier to taking them up if you don't...
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Benny Davis
- Sep 13, 2020
- 1 min
Cryptic 5: Have A Go
Just a regular cryptic crossword, with maybe a few more double meanings than usual. Take a turn and be critical (4, 1, 3).
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Benny Davis
- Sep 9, 2020
- 1 min
Cryptic 4: Indeterminate Crossword
Fitting all the across clues in was quite a struggle, so I trust your delight and anguish in solving it will make it worth the while.
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Benny Davis
- Aug 27, 2020
- 7 min
The Bakelite Telephone
There is a Bakelite telephone in my living room. It sits unplugged on a shelf in the house I share with my wonderful, and above all...
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Benny Davis
- Aug 24, 2020
- 1 min
Cryptic 3: And Now, The Story Of A Crossword
Related TV mopers need reboot?! (8, 11)
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Benny Davis
- Aug 12, 2020
- 3 min
But Are You SURE The World Is Ending?
This whole world reacting to climate change is no different to my belligerent, overweight, diabetic father’s to medical advice. Every...
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Benny Davis
- Aug 11, 2020
- 1 min
Cryptic 2: A Crossword
A new crossword to make this more than just a fleeting obsession. Something of a theme to this but might not be immediately obvious.
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Benny Davis
- Aug 6, 2020
- 1 min
Cryptic 1: How To Crossword
A cryptic crossword that includes every different kind of cryptic clue, to teach people how to do them. Once you've made an attempt at...
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Benny Davis
- Aug 5, 2020
- 1 min
The Smallest Hill - Episode 1
I argue with an Englishman about whether hazelnut is a better flavour than chocolate, reaching no conclusion and achieving nothing.
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Benny Davis
- Jul 1, 2020
- 1 min
From The Archives 9: Old Fashioned
Another classic dug up from 2016. Old Me still managing to surprise New me.
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Benny Davis
- Jun 9, 2020
- 1 min
From The Archives 8: Another Crossword
This one's alright I guess
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Benny Davis
- Jun 8, 2020
- 1 min
From The Archives 7a: Get Around Again
The same theme as the previous but squeezed into a different grid. Which do you prefer? Have a go at each and see which looks better
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Benny Davis
- Jun 7, 2020
- 1 min
From The Archives 7: Getting Around
A favourite theme with an updated grid, hopefully for the better! Maybe not! You tell me!
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Benny Davis
- Jun 6, 2020
- 1 min
From The Archives 6: Broken Mirror
An old theme, but a brand new and improved grid. The old one was f**king terrible.
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Benny Davis
- Jun 6, 2020
- 1 min
From The Archives 5: Timber
Another Boatman-style running theme from 2011, with references perhaps more relevant to the time.
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Benny Davis
- Jun 4, 2020
- 1 min
From The Archives 4: Good Grounds
Another themed grid from the archives, with a few clues updated and refined. A running theme in the style of The Guardian's Boatman...
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Benny Davis
- Jun 3, 2020
- 1 min
From The Archives 3: Drow
Another fun one from the vault. Genuinely surprised that a younger me managed this, I must be getting dumber. Or just less confident.
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Benny Davis
- Jun 1, 2020
- 1 min
From The Archives 1: Thumb Crossword
Found all the old grids I made way back in 2011 when we briefly wrote them for the student paper. Varying levels of quality among them,...
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Benny Davis
- Mar 1, 2020
- 6 min
An Excessively Introspective Tripadvisor Review Of A Guided Mountain Climb
This is for anybody who’s ever told me that I don’t have the sense to know when to hold my tongue. The following is the review I wanted...
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Benny Davis
- Oct 1, 2019
- 4 min
Children With Power
Children being ordered to behave like adults by adults behaving like children.
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Benny Davis
- Feb 23, 2018
- 2 min
Music Nerd Post
I think one of my favourite things about ear training was learning to transcribe something from a very distant long term memory....
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