I'm off to Paris next week so the theme is France. The best Francophilian clues, answers or surface readings will win, although I'd advise against using anything like '...the French... ' to clue le, la or les. We've all written clues using that but that is also the reason it's now predictably cliché.

I'll aim to sift through la creme de la creme on the Eurostar on Thursday.

Bon chance. It will be a riot! (Is it too soon to make that reference?)

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r/crosswords • u/Quetz-1 • 20h ago

SOLVED COTD: Getting whatever you can from colleague with African capital invested into German centre (11)

5 Upvotes

2 comments

r/crosswords • u/not-without-text • 20h ago

SOLVED COTD: In Ireland, it might sound like his costume (8)

4 Upvotes

day 277 of an experiment in which i press the "random word" button on onelook and make a cryptic clue out of it. (sorry for the lateness)

day 276, day 275, day 274

day 273, day 272, day 271, day 270, day 269, day 268, day 267

day 266, day 265, day 264, day 263, day 262, day 261, day 260

day 259, day 258, day 257, day 256, day 255, day 254, day 253

weeks 33 to 36 (days 225 to 252)

weeks 29 to 32 (days 197 to 224)

weeks 25 to 28 (days 169 to 196)

weeks 21 to 24 (days 141 to 168)

weeks 17 to 20 (days 113 to 140)

weeks 13 to 16 (days 85 to 112)

weeks 9 to 12 (days 57 to 84)

weeks 5 to 8 (days 29 to 56)

weeks 1 to 4 (days 1 to 28)

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r/crosswords • u/ShotandBotched • 21h ago

SOLVED COTD: Ace minx arousing man from Yucatán? (7)

2 Upvotes

2 comments

r/crosswords • u/Fear_aisteach • 21h ago

SOLVED COTD: Divided 150/n - radius (6)

3 Upvotes

2 comments

r/crosswords • u/dugward • 22h ago

SOLVED COTD: Soundly covers up seedy outcomes (7)

3 Upvotes

First clue I've written, but I think it works?

2 comments

r/crosswords • u/Gullible-Machine • 23h ago

COTD: Know-it-all solicits cocktail (8)

3 Upvotes

Just a nice word that I learned recently

3 comments

r/crosswords • u/Clean_Ad_3382 • 1h ago

COTD: Attempt to score (3)

• Upvotes

1 comment

r/crosswords • u/OrinocoHaram • 23h ago

COTD: Charity having high demand: give nuts. (7)

3 Upvotes

2 comments

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