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Fresh from The Times of London

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Well… not quite.

But CrosSword Devlin (the guy what does the 6000 miles… crossword) does publish his work in other esteemed publications, including (but not necessarily limited to) Cape Town’s Funny Money.

I’m just telling you this so you understand that you’re getting top quality craftsmanship each month; and August’s offering is no exception:

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Check out that clue on 1 down: “Waterproof mammal” – I mean, all mammals are intrinsically waterproof, so there’s clearly more thinking you need to do here – but just think of the infamous snowmobile joke and you’ll be well on your way.

January’s highbrow moment

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“Better late than never”, so the old adage goes.
“Better never late!” as my Mum used to say.

But this is ever so slightly behind schedule, such as any schedule exists for the monthly 6000 miles… crossword puzzle. So apologies for that.

Anyway, I know you’ve been waiting, so without any further ado:

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Starts ok, doesn’t it? 1 across is an absolute doozy.
But you can leave me with your forging warpaths by the time we get to number 18.

As ever, if you can’t see the crossword above, click here to reload the original page.

Weekend puzzle

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Meh. Friday. It’s almost the weekend. Don’t @ me.

Last month’s 6000 miles… crossword post was a huge success. A whole two people got in touch about it. Not all of the comments were positive, but equally not all of them were negative either and that’s a new record for this blog.

Thus, without further ado, here’s this month’s offering:

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(Again – if you don’t see an interactive crossword puzzle above, click here to reload this page.)

Nice early invoking of this guy.

Even I managed to get quite a few clues this time around.
How did you get on?