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Cryptic crossword #113: An operator’s lost symptom of covid-19 (7)

6 July 2023

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Cryptic crossword #111: AI novels unsettled nation (8)

8 June 2023

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Cryptic crossword #109: Spots expert bottling nitrogen (4)

11 May 2023

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Cryptic crossword #107: Somehow hit potassium requirement (5)

13 April 2023

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Cryptic crossword #105: Am getting around to a little matter (4)

16 March 2023

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Cryptic crossword #103: Tellurium coated in copper? Uncertain (11)

16 February 2023

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Cryptic crossword #101: Sadly, it ain't a moon of Uranus (7)

19 January 2023

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Cryptic crossword #99: Stumped

15 December 2022

In this special cryptic, the lonely dendrochronologist's smartphone programming project is described by the answers to the two starred clues


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Cryptic crossword #98: Sulphur dioxide and bit of tin residue (4)

8 December 2022

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Cryptic crossword #96: Reportedly craving mineral found in bones (7)

10 November 2022

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