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Welcome to The Clue Clinic – where people interested in solving or setting cryptic crosswords come to learn, sharpen their skills, and get expert guidance from experienced setters.

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What’s New

The PDF of the latest Gemelo puzzle is available at this link: Gemelo 44
The PDF of the latest Azed puzzle is available at this link: Azed 2,782
The July Digest is now live, providing a short round-up of news and views from the Clinic.

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  2. A thematic entry for the non-competition… King John leased it with thanks after distillation of Armagnac (5,5)   (Armagnac)* TA…

  3. My query was the use of “M” in the initial letters of the anagrams for the instructions, which would read;…

  4. Hi John I’m not sure I understand. In 33a the word ‘stream’ is de-anagrammed to MASTER, which in turn yields…

  5. Very good puzzle and more challenging than most so far for Gemelo. In 33A surely the anagram should be of…

  6. I didn’t know the old abbreviation, thanks Jay. I saw a terrible pun, indicated by groan! But I think now…

  7. Thanks, Jay – a lapsus muris on my part, as my Latin master would probably have said if the relevant…

  8. Very nice puzzle, superbly constructed I thought. Thanks as always for the blog, Doc (small point, ‘beans’ is underlined in…

  9. Not exactly a single letter abbreviation in 34A, but hard to explain without giving too much away. This was my…

  10. Thanks, David – duly corrected (and the rest double-checked). Unsurprisingly, Claude didn’t spot that one, since he didn’t have visibility…