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sloopjohnbee.bsky.social @sloopjohnbee.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I have now🥇
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sloopjohnbee.bsky.social @sloopjohnbee.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
If this is related to Twm's comment about 24 hrs of fame I better go see if I can do it in one😉
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sloopjohnbee.bsky.social @sloopjohnbee.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Loved it, and plenty to drink too, A small beer, a red wine for the ladies and a vodka cocktail too. Blog at bigdave44.com/2026/09/27/s... now
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Sunday Toughie 244 (Hints) – Big Dave's Crossword Blog
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sloopjohnbee.bsky.social @sloopjohnbee.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Did you have to queue?
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sloopjohnbee.bsky.social @sloopjohnbee.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Damn an E too many... YET CRIMES CHANT works Who's singing now?
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sloopjohnbee.bsky.social @sloopjohnbee.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
TYNE CRIME CHEATS?
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Twm @twm-barlwm.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Attention rookie crossword setters! The crossword website bigdave44.com – the internet’s most active crossword review blog (34,500 visitors per week and 89,000 page views) – is encouraging more puzzles from new compilers for its weekly Rookie Corner slot.
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sloopjohnbee.bsky.social @sloopjohnbee.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
I hope it is the first of many, were you going for badly tempered chocolate or an archaic informal adjective in 7d?
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sloopjohnbee.bsky.social @sloopjohnbee.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Light on Sunday Toughie duty today, He sneaks a few film references in, and I have added a Welsh Lullaby Blog up now; bigdave44.com/2026/07/19/s...
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Sunday Toughie 234 (Hints) – Big Dave's Crossword Blog
Sunday Toughie No 234 by Light   Hints and Tips by Sloop John Bee + - + - + - + - + - + - + - + - + - + Lots of films, birds, dogs and a little bit of Welsh - Suo Gân from Light today I enjoyed this a...
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sloopjohnbee.bsky.social @sloopjohnbee.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Nice pic, I went with Pep asleep youtu.be/m9XAG9ofaOk?...
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sloopjohnbee.bsky.social @sloopjohnbee.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
You need to get a spoffle wp.me/p5Eqk-Bd
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The Story of Spoffle
“Find new words… make up new words… abbreviate for fun…” Stephen Fry I love language, but I can’t say I’ve got around to making up new words. I remember a…
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sloopjohnbee.bsky.social @sloopjohnbee.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
@foscl.bsky.social I hope anyone celebrating the 150th has a go at the Telegraph Toughie crossword today www.telegraph.co.uk/puzzles/puzz... How many places on the line can you spot?
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Telegraph Puzzles
Telegraph Puzzles - Play daily online games including crosswords, sudoku, kakuro, codewords, PlusWord and more
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sloopjohnbee.bsky.social @sloopjohnbee.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Hinted two out of three... Blog at Big Dave's now bigdave44.com/2026/04/26/s...
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Sunday Toughie 222 (Hints) – Big Dave's Crossword Blog
Sunday Toughie No 222 by Light   Hints and Tips by Sloop John Bee + - + - + - + - + - + - + - + - + - + A cracking puzzle from Light today. I wish I could have hinted more. The brilliant 1d gets the n...
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sloopjohnbee.bsky.social @sloopjohnbee.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
1ar,000,000 #MetricBandsOrSong
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sloopjohnbee.bsky.social @sloopjohnbee.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
JK Rowling and the Chelsea back four are probably sweating now
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sloopjohnbee.bsky.social @sloopjohnbee.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Author Deighton's visiting Omsk, busy Russian city (8) Not any more he isn't
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sloopjohnbee.bsky.social @sloopjohnbee.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Well it wouldn't be cogent, as he couldn't convince anyone else to join his war.
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sloopjohnbee.bsky.social @sloopjohnbee.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Chop the Spaniel on the left, he ate The Telegraph (4,8)
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sloopjohnbee.bsky.social @sloopjohnbee.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
proXimal being quite tough today Sample clue Propose moving radioactive waste once mutated wisteria removed (8) I wonder where the extra I in 27a came from Blog at Big Daves now bigdave44.com/2026/03/01/s...
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Sunday Toughie 214 (Hints) – Big Dave's Crossword Blog
Sunday Toughie No 214 by proXimal   Hints and Tips by Sloop John Bee + - + - + - + - + - + - + - + - + - + proXimal is here again with all his Sunday Toughie trademarks. Tougher than usual I think, bu...
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sloopjohnbee.bsky.social @sloopjohnbee.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
Hinted the first, but the anagram is left for the solver Blog soon @ bigdave44.com
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Big Dave's Crossword Blog – Putting the words to lights – crossword clues explained in plain English
Putting the words to lights - crossword clues explained in plain English
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sloopjohnbee.bsky.social @sloopjohnbee.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Somewhat of a surprise but Samuel has brought us a fine Sunday Toughie today with a poignant theme... Sample clue; Ultra harsh after trashing valedictory performance (4,6) Blog at Bigdave44.com now
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Big Dave's Crossword Blog – Putting the words to lights – crossword clues explained in plain English
Putting the words to lights - crossword clues explained in plain English
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sloopjohnbee.bsky.social @sloopjohnbee.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
A Welsh river would hate if it contained gin (5)
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sloopjohnbee.bsky.social @sloopjohnbee.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
The Wharfe at Boston Spa (A moderate crossword river... but good gin.)
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Twm @twm-barlwm.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
[Repost with your home river] The Teifi, Newcastle Emlyn. (A bad crossword river!)
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sloopjohnbee.bsky.social @sloopjohnbee.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
Zandio on Prize Toughie duty today. Sample clue; Free trade, third reduced by 90 per cent (4) No spoilers please, but discussion at bigdave44.com/2026/01/11/s...
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Sunday Toughie 207 (Hints) – Big Dave's Crossword Blog
Sunday Toughie No 207 by Zandio   Hints and Tips by Sloop John Bee   + - + - + - + - + - + - + - + - + - + Zandio a bit trickier today (to me) quite a few 16d references, but please don't mention the ...
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sloopjohnbee.bsky.social @sloopjohnbee.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
It's all Cleckhuddersfax to me
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sloopjohnbee.bsky.social @sloopjohnbee.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
A bit like Dave Swarbrick. his obituary was published in the Daily Telegraph in error. He kept copies to sell at his concerts. "It's not the first time I've died in Coventry"
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sloopjohnbee.bsky.social @sloopjohnbee.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Orange is a strange choice of highlighter, surely it should be 7up green.
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sloopjohnbee.bsky.social @sloopjohnbee.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
I may have overplayed The Welsh Connection...
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sloopjohnbee.bsky.social @sloopjohnbee.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
Now I'll have to hint those! Blog@ BigDave's soon.
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sloopjohnbee.bsky.social @sloopjohnbee.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
Short answer - No Long answer - No, the dangerous knives are the blunt ones. Have you got any plasters?
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sloopjohnbee.bsky.social @sloopjohnbee.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
I have referred to Doris Day rather than Zayn Malik, not many teenagers at big dave's
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sloopjohnbee.bsky.social @sloopjohnbee.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
#cryptic #crosswords #Robyn making a surprise but welcome return to the Sunday Toughie Sample clue; 1d and 22d Buzz is started by internet game inventor (4,5) Blog at bigdave44.com imminently
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Big Dave's Crossword Blog – Putting the words to lights – crossword clues explained in plain English
Putting the words to lights - crossword clues explained in plain English
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sloopjohnbee.bsky.social @sloopjohnbee.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
Nice one, I assume the first syllable is derived from the Dutch "pappekak" that gave us poppycock. I will take a copy of the puzzle for Bruce when I see him at Anfield on the 7th
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sloopjohnbee.bsky.social @sloopjohnbee.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
"The first-ever Telegraph crossword of 30 July 1925 looks nothing like the cryptic crosswords of today." Are there any plans to celebrate the centenary of the Telegraph Cryptic Crossword?
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sloopjohnbee.bsky.social @sloopjohnbee.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
. New to Blue sky I blog the Sunday Toughie at Big Dave's l am curious to know who "Light” is. Do any of you good folks know. It sounds like a RayT/Beam type of alias but I don't recognise any of his signatures.
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