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Dave Gorman @davegorman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Always ignore the surface meaning.

Dave Gorman @davegorman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I set today’s Guardian prize cryptic: www.theguardian.com/crosswords/p... Clues include: Finally comedy club opens offering humour of a kind (5) Swimmer needs to dry back (6) Writer joining electronics firm, Sharp (7) No spoilers, ta!

theguardian.com

Prize crossword No 30,122

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Dave Gorman @davegorman.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I set today’s Telegraph Toughie www.telegraph.co.uk/puzzles/puzz... (£) Clues include: Miss Whiplash maybe in shed gripping client’s backside - it involves pins (3,6) Plane from LAX more tense - on board mostly drunk (5,4) No spoilers, ta!

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Dave Gorman @davegorman.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I set today’s Telegraph cryptic… www.telegraph.co.uk/puzzles/puzz... (£) Sample clues: When rejected, Yellowcoat Ted never harbours bad blood (8) Nun hiding - is a church in trouble (8) Jumble sale occasionally helps out (6) No spoilers, ta!

Some characters from Hi-de-Hi, Ted Bovis

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Dave Gorman @davegorman.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

It’s a very satisfying thing.

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Dave Gorman @davegorman.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Often the way, I find - you just need to find a way in…

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Dave Gorman @davegorman.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I set today’s Guardian cryptic www.theguardian.com/crosswords/c... Sample clues: Question weaker body? Try exercising. (One probably sits with a computer all day) (6,8) Part of stag party in strip club getting wrecked in just seconds (6) No spoilers, ta!

theguardian.com

Cryptic crossword No 30,101

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Dave Gorman @davegorman.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Their puzzle app is genuinely very good. I recommend trying Plusword.

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Dave Gorman @davegorman.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

www.theguardian.com/crosswords/c... Finally - given you identified graffiti artist - Banksy’s in exposed state (6) Lowest point of brain drain with regular emigration climbing (5) Young male nurse is loaded (5) Again, no spoilers, ta!

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Dave Gorman @davegorman.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

www.telegraph.co.uk/puzzles/puzz... (£) Mark Noble mishit? No and it should be ignored (7) Truth about representing Italy (7) Ultimately most Pride parades will follow large musical floats (9) No spoilers, ta!

A headline about Mark Noble missing a penalty for West Ham

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Dave Gorman @davegorman.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

I’ve set two of today’s papers’ crosswords. I’m in the Telegraph and The Guardian. Links and sample clues follow…

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Dave Gorman @davegorman.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

I set today’s Telegraph Toughie www.telegraph.co.uk/puzzles/puzz... (£) Clues include: Caddie’s estimate of area covered by electronic golf cart going uphill (7) Finding ghetto-blaster in two different Spars (7) Black tea - or tea no milk - made last of all in public bars? (7) No spoilers, ta!

telegraph.co.uk

Telegraph Puzzles

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Dave Gorman @davegorman.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

That’s a lovely thing. Thank you.

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Dave Gorman @davegorman.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

I set today’s Guardian crossword: www.theguardian.com/crosswords/c... Clues include Firm steal something many people like to drive (4,7) It must go through on time they regularly stress (9) Maintains focus for cryptic clues (6) No spoilers, ta!

theguardian.com

Cryptic crossword No 30,065

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Dave Gorman @davegorman.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

I set today’s Guardian cryptic: www.theguardian.com/crosswords/c... Clues include: Viewer’s complaint leads to Musical Youth’s opening piano number being cancelled (6) Ready before clergyman describes Eden? (5,8) Day after Laurel and Hardy discovered model (8) No spoilers, ta!

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Dave Gorman @davegorman.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

I set today’s Telegraph cryptic www.telegraph.co.uk/puzzles/puzz... Clues include: I view ark erupting while guarding entrance to ‘Raiders’ film set here (5,4) Lines of code taking seconds to allow banned Twitter users on X (6) Flimsy Shakespeare line quoted by Spooner (9) No spoilers, ta!

telegraph.co.uk

Telegraph Puzzles

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Dave Gorman @davegorman.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

I set today’s Guardian prize crossword: www.theguardian.com/crosswords/p... Clues include Slogan - one used by Kanye and GAP before silly, flawed deal’s conclusion (6,2,5,7,2,4) Nintendo console installing game after turning knobs (7) Dundee’s comic strips (7) No spoilers, ta!

News article about Kanye & Gap ending their partnership

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Dave Gorman @davegorman.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

I set today’s Telegraph Toughie www.telegraph.co.uk/puzzles/puzz... Clues include: Amazon’s owner, having turned his focus to its margins, parties (6) Finally no worries about space in circus for performing seals (1-5) No spoilers, ta!

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Dave Gorman @davegorman.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

I set today’s Guardian cryptic: www.theguardian.com/crosswords/c... Clues include: Shows guys making American jeans (9) Rich red and variety of canapés might do inside (9,9) Returning uncooked iron-enriched biscuit (5) No spoilers, ta!

theguardian.com

Cryptic crossword No 30,019

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Dave Gorman @davegorman.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

I set today’s Guardian cryptic: www.theguardian.com/crosswords/c... Clues include: Pick up bargain (8) Mum is back fast (6) Share a large place (10) Rolling marijuana - mine is excellent (3-3) No spoilers, ta!

theguardian.com

Cryptic crossword No 30,007

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Dave Gorman @davegorman.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

I set today’s Telegraph crossword: www.telegraph.co.uk/puzzles/puzz... Clues include: Sport with lanes in PE with Bolt winning stupidly (6,7) Pasta in new bags (7) Women’s group having rushed around, made a decision on Tinder (6) No spoilers, ta!

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Dave Gorman @davegorman.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

I set today’s Telegraph Toughie: www.telegraph.co.uk/puzzles/puzz... Clues include: Vibration of mobile regularly going off on board plane, say (7) Parts of manifesto - 11th idea succeeded (6) Dairy product the grocer creates with no rights for distribution (7,6) No spoilers, ta!

telegraph.co.uk

Telegraph Puzzles

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Dave Gorman @davegorman.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Genuinely confused. What’s the connection?

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Dave Gorman @davegorman.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Ah… I believe the i runs old Indy puzzles so I had no idea it was in

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Dave Gorman @davegorman.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

I set today’s Guardian prize crossword: www.theguardian.com/crosswords/p... Clues include: Uhura discovered characters bringing up the rear in red will die in difficulty (6) Unknown joining Disney to make music (5) Small PC close to price range (5) No spoilers, ta!

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Dave Gorman @davegorman.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

I set today’s Telegraph cryptic: www.telegraph.co.uk/puzzles/puzz... Sierra with funny Nora Batty navigation system! (5) Maintenance of whichever luxury car breaks (7) Regularly got naked to have following on X (5) No spoilers, ta!

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Dave Gorman @davegorman.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

I set today’s Guardian crossword: www.theguardian.com/crosswords/c... Clues include: It’s application could help you get into Oxford? (8) Ferraris and Rolls are mostly stolen for joy rides? (6,6) Early on, I go to party with deviant I’d met (2,4,4) No spoilers, ta!

theguardian.com

Cryptic crossword No 29,976

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Dave Gorman @davegorman.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

I set today’s Telegraph Toughie: www.telegraph.co.uk/puzzles/puzz... Top secret number - good feature for TV gameshow (7,5) Mistake giving new order to “about turn” (4) For example, I translated Norman Mailer after I left university (5,7) No spoilers, ta!

The cover of Norman Mailer’s An American Dream

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Dave Gorman @davegorman.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

I’m Fed in the Guardian, Bluth in the Indy and Django in the Telegraph. Django is a sort of contraction of my names - David, James and Gorman Bluth: In Gaelic, Gorm = blue & An = the. Fed: in the US, an FBI agent is called a Fed. And also a G-man

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Dave Gorman @davegorman.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

I set today’s Guardian prize crossword: www.theguardian.com/crosswords/p... Clues include: Eco-friendly facts about drilling (5) Thrash a legal case for trial out - it’s iron-clad (10) Tense during drama initially directed like some soaps? (7) No spoilers, ta!

theguardian.com

Prize crossword No 29,960

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Dave Gorman @davegorman.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

I set today’s Telegraph Toughie www.telegraph.co.uk/puzzles/puzz... Standing next to Mark Gatiss for the finale in Calvin Klein briefs & a Rolex?! (6,7) Heavy material in what could be Shirley Temple’s biggest feature (7) No spoilers, ta!

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Dave Gorman @davegorman.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

youtu.be/Ax7YjTPVWxo?... I set today’s Telegraph Toughie www.telegraph.co.uk/puzzles/puzz... Clues include: ‘Work rest and play’ jingle ultimately lacking say Mars (3,6) Perhaps Mar-a-Lago porter said why Florida must replace hotel - it’s an awful dive (5-4) No spoilers, ta!

youtu.be

A mars a day - classic chocolate bar advert 1981

YouTube video by Old Skool Telly

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Dave Gorman @davegorman.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

It’s good to have realistic targets in life

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Dave Gorman @davegorman.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

I set today’s Telegraph Toughie www.telegraph.co.uk/puzzles/puzz... Clues include: More than one Arsenal star - but not Seaman - drank to excess in retirement (6) My turn - be quiet (4) Vegetable peeler - initially a right bargain (7) No spoilers, ta!

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Dave Gorman @davegorman.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

www.theguardian.com/crosswords/c... Clues include Maybe Magnum’s close to his nose (7) Rival Pope made strange claims about religious books (8) Produce - and handle - Elton John for instance (5,4) Frosty Spike Milligan scene with actor, Oliver Reed taking only seconds (6) No spoilers ta!

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