28368 – Big Dave's Beta Retreat

DT 28368

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 28368

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Hello, everyone. I’m currently working my way through Don “Giovanni” Manley’s Chambers Crossword Manual, hoping to get better acquainted with the laws/rules/conventions of cryptic crosswords. I recently encountered an aside in that book saying that the Swahili word for crossword is “chemshebongo”, meaning “boil brains”.… Continue reading