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CHRISTMAS PUZZLE – Day 17

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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.

CHRISTMAS PUZZLE – Day 16

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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.

CHRISTMAS PUZZLE – Day 15

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PGS – 86

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.

CHRISTMAS PUZZLE – Day 14

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VT – 28

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.

SUNSHINE ON PICARDY

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The state of Edinburgh’s public realm in general and Picardy Place in particular have come in for a lot of criticism lately.

As an experiment, we wondered whether a mix of sunshine, poetic perspective and positive thinking might change the way we feel about Broughton's newly created Fantasy Island.

See what you think.

CHRISTMAS PUZZLE – Day 13

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CC – 22

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.

CHRISTMAS PUZZLE – Day 12

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CWN – 74

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.

SMIZZLIN SPURTLESHIRE

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After five days and nights of near constant rain, this Spurtle correspondent stepped out in leaking wellies and went for a squelch.

The sun didn't break from behind a cloud.

Instead, the neighbourhood turned out to be variously …

Droukit in St Mark's Park

CHRISTMAS PUZZLE – Day 11

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MC – 22

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.