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Crossword blog: meet the setter – NutmegThe latest in our series where we turn the tables on the torturers. Under the spotlight this time is Margaret Irvine, AKA Nutmeg
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Crossword roundup: celebrating a century of Vera LynnA 100th-anniversary puzzle whose subject is around to enjoy it, plus the best of the rest from the cryptic world
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Crossword blog: Colin Dexter's life in five cluesInspector Morse creator Colin Dexter, who died on Tuesday, was a prolific creator of crosswords both real and fictional. Here are five clues that sum up his life of witty wordplay
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Crossword roundup: why eyebrows are found on highbrowsScottish synonyms and chance currency in the pick of the best of the broadsheets’ cryptic clues
editor's update
Hugh Stephenson
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prize
Winners of Prize No 27,160
Vee Singleton - Framlingham, Suffolk
Gary Powell - Aberdare, Rhondda Cynon Taf
Louise Bulman - Bidford-on-Avon, Warwickshire
Catriona Macpherson - Bristol
Ray Habermass - London
Vee Singleton - Framlingham, Suffolk
Gary Powell - Aberdare, Rhondda Cynon Taf
Louise Bulman - Bidford-on-Avon, Warwickshire
Catriona Macpherson - Bristol
Ray Habermass - London
Winner of Genius No 164
James N Morris, South Lanarkshire
Winner of Genius No 165
Mrs Aprile Biggs, West Sussex
azed
Azed No. 2,336 winners
Carol Scott, Stockport
Geoff Telfer, West Yorkshire
Richard Stocks, Weybridge
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