Curate’s egg seller
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I set today's cryptic crossword in the Daily Telegraph
telegraph.co.uk/puzzles/
Tout from estate at this event? (3,4,4)
Tense question on original TV game show (10)
Who's grasping money in film by Stone? (9)
I set the prize Toughie cryptic crossword in today’s Sunday Telegraph
telegraph.co.uk/puzzles/
Medicine from jar next to blunt needle (5,5,5)
A dodgy tip with score at 16:9? (6,5)
Brilliant book on Dexter (6)
I set today's Daily Telegraph cryptic crossword
telegraph.co.uk/puzzles/
At last Cassandra Trotter is up (5)
This out of order, I can't shop? (9)
Echo accompanying Rotten and Vicious? Stop playing because of it (7)
How many people have mentioned Martin Fishback so far? @FergusCraig
I set today’s cryptic crossword in the Daily Telegraph
telegraph.co.uk/puzzles/
Ready to take someone out? (5,5)
Distinctive feature, one on Mars possibly (5,4)
Busy flat beginning to trouble female university student (8)
I set today’s cryptic crossword in The Independent, free to solve online here:
puzzles.independent.co.uk/ga…
Heading off, get syrup (3)
'Misty' not covered by chamber musician (7)
Wild fellow managed revolutionary sex clubs (7)
I set today’s prize Toughie in the Sunday Telegraph
telegraph.co.uk/puzzles/
Uncovered cryptic clue for sailor (5,5)
Number, short, sweet and old: 'It's Impossible' (2,3,2)
I set today’s Daily Telegraph cryptic crossword
telegraph.co.uk/puzzles/
Type of crossword clue designed to be hard, generally (6,3,5)
Facing carpeting, as crash-mat might be (3,3,4,4)
I set today’s Daily Telegraph Toughie crossword telegraph.co.uk/puzzles/
Star, Moon and Newton in Brian Cox show (10)
Simple Simon was so alone (7)
I set today’s Daily Telegraph cryptic crossword
telegraph.co.uk/puzzles/
Hand out punishment? (4,2,3,5)
Road crew’s machines restore small unstable … (5-7)
… crack with tar for free (7)
Review here: bigdave44.com/2025/09/10/dt-…
I set today’s Sunday Telegraph prize Toughie crossword
telegraph.co.uk/puzzles/
Lose it when a grandmother’s stuck under upturned Portaloo? (2,7)
Oath that might be taken by editor (9)
Superior dentures should not have a rattle (5)
I set today’s Daily Telegraph cryptic crossword
telegraph.co.uk/puzzles/
Article about Lineker ultimately backing female football pundit (7)
Bent copper failed to get top spot (5,2,5)
Producer of ‘Hairspray’ under pressure? (7)
Puzzle setter? Can't ultimately answer after order for oath of silence (6)
(Refined my guess to include any other setter aged 30 to 80, so I'm happy with that.)
I set today’s Daily Telegraph cryptic crossword
telegraph.co.uk/puzzles/
Film streaming on Apple, 'The Feast' (6,2,3,4)
Stirring up soy, chef briefly making this? (4,4)
Returning from injury, fit? Certainly better (7)
I set today’s prize Toughie cryptic
telegraph.co.uk/puzzles/
Graves will probably be dug by this aficionado (9)
Learner driver stuck in pit, getting AA (5)
Fragile ego principally smitten with Mars trips (8)
Price departs, but this keeps The Animals going (4) #OneForTheTeenagers
I set today’s Daily Telegraph Toughie crossword
telegraph.co.uk/puzzles/
‘Absolutely Fabulous’ and another sitcom ... ‘Not Going Out’? (4,4,7)
Hitherto elegant, posing naked (2,3,10)
In general, US nincompoops turning xenophobic? (7)
I set today's Daily Telegraph cryptic crossword
telegraph.co.uk/puzzles/
What perhaps ma's saying after swearing (6,2,6)
Fool with lies and chatter before match (8)
Something to toast the Trotters after retirement? (3-5,6)
I set today's Daily Telegraph cryptic crossword
telegraph.co.uk/puzzles/
Vehicle with many passengers heading for first class? (6,3)
Perhaps chat and propose a place to eat in the garden (4,5)
Might treatment here make you feel hot? Doctor unable to say (6,5)