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CH – 

From 1–19 December, 1 clue comprising letters, number & image have appeared each day on our website. From 20 until 25 December, only the letters will appear.

You must now explain the letters and supply an accurate number to accompany them.

Solutions have something in common relating to Edinburgh. A small prize will go to the person who correctly solves the most clues by noon on 2 January.

Send your collected answers to spurtle@hotmail.co.uk.

Bitter-sweet farewell

S1 Developments Ltd wants to change the use of the hotel at 14–15 Claremont Crescent and reconfigure it as seven 2-bdrm flats with two separate 3-bdrm mews dwellings and limited on-site parking for cars and bikes behind (23//070507/LBC and 23/07058/FUL).

BT – 

From 1–19 December, 1 clue comprising letters, number & image have appeared each day on our website. From today until 25 December, only the letters will appear.

Solvers must now explain the letters and supply an accurate number to accompany them.

Solutions have something in common relating to Edinburgh. A small prize will go to the person who correctly solves the most clues by noon on 2 January.

RS – 10

From 1–19 December, 1 clue comprising letters, number & image have appeared each day on our website. Solutions have something in common relating to Edinburgh.

The clues are purposely difficult to begin with but will become easier to allow retro-solving later on.

A small prize will go to the person who correctly solves the most clues by noon on 2 January.

Send your collected answers to spurtle@hotmail.co.uk.

GR – 84/85

From 1–25 December, 1 clue comprising letters, number & image will appear each day on our website. Solutions have something in common relating to Edinburgh.

The clues are purposely difficult to begin with but will become easier to allow retro-solving later on.

A small prize will go to the person who correctly solves the most clues by noon on 2 January.

Send your answers to spurtle@hotmail.co.uk.

The Scottish Beacon's Rhiannon J. Davies won the prestigious Georgina Henry Award at this year's British Journalism Awards, hosted by the Press Gazette on Thursday night.

Davies has been integral to establishing and coordinating the Scottish Beacon, which launched this summer. It is the first collaborative journalism outlet of its kind in the UK, with an aim to strengthen the independent community-based media sector and to bring stories from Scotland’s communities to a wider audience.

Frustration about Picardy Place congestion and the charmless new ‘Fantasy Island’ at its centre ignited on social media over the weekend.

Over 50k X users viewed Spurtle’s brief attempt at positive thinking and later observation that sitters in the space are obliged to face outwards towards the traffic rather than inwards towards some unimaginative planting.

IS – 33

From 1–25 December, 1 clue comprising letters, number & image will appear each day on our website. Solutions have something in common relating to Edinburgh.

The clues are purposely difficult to begin with but will become easier to allow retro-solving later on.

A small prize will go to the person who correctly solves the most clues by noon on 2 January.

Send your answers to spurtle@hotmail.co.uk.

UGL – 65

From 1–25 December, 1 clue comprising letters, number & image will appear each day on our website. Solutions have something in common relating to Edinburgh.

The clues are purposely difficult to begin with but will become easier to allow retro-solving later on.

A small prize will go to the person who correctly solves the most clues by noon on 2 January.

Send your answers to spurtle@hotmail.co.uk.