"recognisable) approach to clue-writing, but the way in which wordplay devices are used and indicated is kept within a defined set of rules. In the ""Guardian"", ""Independent"", ""Financial Times"" and ""Telegraph"" Toughie series the setters' pseudonyms are published, so solvers become familiar with the styles of individual setters rather than house rules. Thus the level of difficulty is associated with the setter rather than the newspaper, though puzzles by individual setters can actually vary in difficulty considerably. It is effectively impossible, then, to describe one newspaper's crosswords as the toughest or easiest. For newcomers to cryptic puzzles the ""Daily Telegraph"""
"The Daily Telegraph The Daily Telegraph, commonly referred to simply as The Telegraph, is a national British daily broadsheet newspaper published in London by Telegraph Media Group and distributed across the United Kingdom and internationally. It was founded by Arthur B. Sleigh in 1855 as ""Daily Telegraph & Courier"". ""The Telegraph"" is widely regarded as a national ""newspaper of record"" and it maintains an international reputation for quality, having been described by the BBC as ""one of the world's great titles"". The paper's motto, ""Was, is, and will be"", appears in the editorial pages and has featured in every edition"
"a boat, learning the tango, walking the dog"". Trevor Grove Trevor Grove (born 1 January 1945) is a British journalist and former editor of ""The Sunday Telegraph"" (1989–1992). Raised and educated in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where he was educated at St. George's College, Quilmes, Grove was appointed editor of ""The Sunday Telegraph"" on 3 October 1989 under Max Hastings, then editor-in-chief of both the daily and Sunday titles. Unusually, the previous editor, Peregrine Worsthorne, was not removed from the newspaper, but instead was retained as editor of the comment section. This prompted the emergence of factionalism on the newspaper, which"
"Trevor Grove Trevor Grove (born 1 January 1945) is a British journalist and former editor of ""The Sunday Telegraph"" (1989–1992). Raised and educated in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where he was educated at St. George's College, Quilmes, Grove was appointed editor of ""The Sunday Telegraph"" on 3 October 1989 under Max Hastings, then editor-in-chief of both the daily and Sunday titles. Unusually, the previous editor, Peregrine Worsthorne, was not removed from the newspaper, but instead was retained as editor of the comment section. This prompted the emergence of factionalism on the newspaper, which made Grove's position difficult. He was eventually succeeded"
"in the fog of the crash night. John Bauldie John Bauldie (23 August 1949 – 22 October 1996) was a British journalist, noted as one of the foremost experts on the work of Bob Dylan. He was editor of the Dylan fanzine ""The Telegraph"", and was also on the launch staff of ""Q"" magazine. On the magazine website, Bauldie claimed that Dylan was a regular reader of ""The Telegraph"". Bauldie died in controversial circumstances in a helicopter crash with the businessman Matthew Harding, having watched his favourite football team, Bolton Wanderers, defeat Chelsea. The crash enquiry found that the pilot"
"Christopher Tookey Christopher Tookey (born 9 April 1950) is an English film critic. He has written for both ""The Sunday Telegraph"" and the ""Daily Mail"". He has presented the Radio 4 programmes ""The Film Programme"" and ""Back Row"". In 2013, he won the award as ""Arts Reviewer of the Year"" from the London Press Club. At Oxford University he was president of the Oxford Union, Editor of Isis, President of the Etceteras and Musical Director of Oxford Theatre Group. Tookey was elected chairman of The Critics' Circle in 1995, but his bid to become vice-president floundered due to the position"
"John Bauldie John Bauldie (23 August 1949 – 22 October 1996) was a British journalist, noted as one of the foremost experts on the work of Bob Dylan. He was editor of the Dylan fanzine ""The Telegraph"", and was also on the launch staff of ""Q"" magazine. On the magazine website, Bauldie claimed that Dylan was a regular reader of ""The Telegraph"". Bauldie died in controversial circumstances in a helicopter crash with the businessman Matthew Harding, having watched his favourite football team, Bolton Wanderers, defeat Chelsea. The crash enquiry found that the pilot was not qualified to fly on instruments"
"Group's ""www.telegraph.co.uk"" website, under the title of ""The Telegraph"". ""The Telegraph"" has been the first newspaper to report on a number of notable news scoops, including the 2009 MP expenses scandal, which led to a number of high-profile political resignations and for which it was named 2009 British Newspaper of the Year, and its 2016 undercover investigation on the England football manager Sam Allardyce. However, critics, including the paper's former chief political commentator Peter Oborne, accuse it of being unduly influenced by advertisers, especially HSBC. ""The Daily Telegraph and Courier"" was founded by Colonel Arthur B. Sleigh in June 1855"
"Telegraph Media Group The Telegraph Media Group (TMG, previously the Telegraph Group) is the proprietor of ""The Daily Telegraph"" and ""The Sunday Telegraph"". It is a subsidiary of Press Holdings. David and Frederick Barclay acquired the group in July 2004, after months of intense bidding and lawsuits, from Hollinger Inc. of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, the newspaper group controlled by the Canadian-born British businessman Conrad Black. In 2015, TMG made an operating profit of £51 million. Profits before tax were £47m, and turnover for the 53 weeks up to 3 January 2016 was £319m, according to unaudited accounts leaked to ""The"
"Elisabeth de Stroumillo Olga Elisabeth Terese ""Minky"" de Stroumillo (17 May 1926 – 11 March 2010) was a British journalist and travel writer, who is best known for her reports in ""The Daily Telegraph"" from around the world and a series of travel guides to European countries. Born to a Russian American couple in Paris, de Stroumillo had a turbulent upbringing in France, Britain and the United States and travelled extensively in her youth before joining the ""Telegraph"" and running the travel section through the 1970s and 1980s. De Stroumillo was born in 1926 in Paris, the descendant of a"
"Thomas Toughill Thomas Toughill is a non-fiction author born in Glasgow, Scotland. His works include ""Oscar Slater: The Mystery Solved"" , Oscar Slater: The Immortal Case of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, ""World To Gain: The Battle For Global Domination And Why America Entered WWII"" and ""The Ripper Code"". He currently lives in Gibraltar with his wife. Toughill's research into the Oscar Slater case, probably the most scandalous miscarriage of justice in modern British history, served as the basis for the 2005 BBC documentary, ""Conan Doyle For The Defence"", in which he featured. A new edition of his Oscar Slater book"
"the Telegraph Media Group at 111 Buckingham Palace Road in Victoria, which he purchased from the Barclay brothers in 2007. He owned 31 Brompton Square, bought in the mid-2000s for £28 million, and had the entire garden dug out to a depth of 30 feet to build a three-storey basement. The project was abandoned in 2008. As of 2017, it is for sale at £25 million. Kallakis lived a luxurious lifestyle, gambling in London's casinos and owning several cars, including a Bentley Azure, another Bentley, a Ferrari Scaglietti and a Mercedes. He falsely claimed to be an ""ambassador for the"
"the next bomb goes off in London, blame the judges"". Con Coughlin Con Coughlin (born 14 January 1955) is a British journalist and author, currently ""The Daily Telegraph"" Defence Editor. He was born in London, England, the son of the ""Telegraph's"" crime correspondent C. A. Coughlin. The eldest of four children (his younger brother is Vincent Coughlin QC), he grew up in Upminster, Essex. Raised as a Catholic, at the age of 11 he won a scholarship to Christ's Hospital, and at 18 gained a scholarship to read Modern History at Brasenose College, Oxford, where he specialised in the Industrial"
"the former leader of the SNP, called ""The Telegraph"" ""extreme"" on ""Question Time"" in September 2015. ""The Daily Telegraph""s sister Sunday paper was founded in 1961. The writer Sir Peregrine Worsthorne is probably the best known journalist associated with the title (1961–97), eventually being editor for three years from 1986. In 1989 the Sunday title was briefly merged into a seven-day operation under Max Hastings's overall control. In 2005 the paper was revamped, with Stella being added to the more traditional television and radio section. It costs £2.00 and includes separate Money, Living, Sport and Business supplements. Circulation of ""The"
"Ian Brodie (journalist) Ian Ellery Brodie, OBE (23 March 1936 – 8 May 2008) was a British journalist, foreign correspondent and author. From 1986 to 2001 he worked in the Washington bureaux of ""The Daily Telegraph"" and then ""The Times"". Brodie was born in Bath, but raised in Luton. After leaving school at 16, Brodie joined the ""Luton News"". Following national service he worked for the ""Daily Sketch"" and then the ""Daily Express"". Promoted to deputy foreign editor, he was moved through positions in Moscow, Southeast Asia and the United States. After returning to England as foreign editor of the"
"Ian Brodie (journalist) Ian Ellery Brodie, OBE (23 March 1936 – 8 May 2008) was a British journalist, foreign correspondent and author. From 1986 to 2001 he worked in the Washington bureaux of ""The Daily Telegraph"" and then ""The Times"". Brodie was born in Bath, but raised in Luton. After leaving school at 16, Brodie joined the ""Luton News"". Following national service he worked for the ""Daily Sketch"" and then the ""Daily Express"". Promoted to deputy foreign editor, he was moved through positions in Moscow, Southeast Asia and the United States. After returning to England as foreign editor of the"
"T. E. Utley Thomas Edwin 'Peter' Utley (1 February 1921 – 21 June 1988) was a British High Tory journalist and writer. Blind since childhood, the adopted son of Miss Anne Utley, Utley read History at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, graduating with a double first. During the Second World War he was a ""Times"" leader writer and then worked for ""The Observer"" and ""The Sunday Times"". In the early 1950s, he was Assistant Editor of ""The Spectator"" and then for twenty years, he was a leader writer for ""The Daily Telegraph"", then columnist and Chief Assistant Editor. In 1987, he"
"Con Coughlin Con Coughlin (born 14 January 1955) is a British journalist and author, currently ""The Daily Telegraph"" Defence Editor. He was born in London, England, the son of the ""Telegraph's"" crime correspondent C. A. Coughlin. The eldest of four children (his younger brother is Vincent Coughlin QC), he grew up in Upminster, Essex. Raised as a Catholic, at the age of 11 he won a scholarship to Christ's Hospital, and at 18 gained a scholarship to read Modern History at Brasenose College, Oxford, where he specialised in the Industrial Revolution under the tutelage of the historian Simon Schama. In"
"Derby Telegraph The Derby Telegraph, formerly the Derby Evening Telegraph, is a daily tabloid newspaper distributed in the Derby area of England. Stories produced by the Derby Telegraph team are published online under the Derbyshire Live brand. In 1857, Richard Keene was publishing the ""Derby Telegraph"" every Saturday. His business was in the Irongate district of Derby. His family was to include Alfred John Keene who was a local painter whose work is displayed in the Derby Art Gallery. Another paper was first published in 1879 by Eliza Pike. It was known at the time as the ""Derby Daily Telegraph"""
"and ""The Daily Telegraph"". His Telegraph blog was long-listed for the 2012 George Orwell Prize for blogging. He was a political columnist for ""The Sun on Sunday"" for its first 11 months. At the time of the paper's launch in late February 2012, in a Twitter exchange with comedy writer Graham Linehan, he was asked about working for Rupert Murdoch and the events before Milly Dowler's murder became known: ""That murdered girl thing? Check the Guardian story. Turned out to be balls. Get off your high horse"". The story itself was not in error, but the paper did falsely claim"
"The Independent during 1987 before moving to The Daily Telegraph in 1992. The cartoon strip was so popular that it was subject to a nationwide billboard campaign before it switched to the Daily Telegraph. Taylor is a supporter of Tottenham Hotspur football club, and as a private joke (and to avoid libel accusations) always names characters who are fired in the ""Alex"" strip after Tottenham footballers. Alex was turned into a stage play by Peattie and Taylor and was performed at the Arts Theatre, London in October, 2007. Robert Bathurst portrayed the titular character. He also writes TV and film"
"In December 1866, the syndicate bought the now defunct ""The Telegraph"" (by this time renamed ""The Daily Telegraph"" with a morning edition and a weekend ""Weekly Mail"") at auction, and incorporated it with ""The Express"" to form ""The Express and Telegraph"". In 1871, when the shareholders were Barrow, Goode, Robert Stuckey, Thomas Graves, William Parkin, Thomas King, James Counsell, and George Williams Chinner, the partnership was dissolved and the business was carried on by Barrow and King. J. H. Barrow died on 22 August 1874, and Thomas King ran the papers for himself and Mrs. Barrow for about five years."
"Tom Utley Thomas Dermot Utley (born 29 November 1953) is a British journalist who writes for the ""Daily Mail"". Utley is the son of the journalist T. E. ('Peter') Utley and Brigid Viola Mary (1927-2012), daughter of Dermot Michael Macgregor Morrah, a journalist, Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, and Arundel Herald Extraordinary at the College of Arms. He went to Westminster School and to Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. He wrote for ""The Daily Telegraph"", where he was described by ""The Independent"" as a ""star ""Telegraph"" columnist"", but left in early 2006 after being offered a salary of £120,000 by"
"Stephen Glover (columnist) Stephen Glover (born 13 January 1952) is a British journalist and columnist for the ""Daily Mail"". He was educated at Shrewsbury School and Mansfield College, Oxford. He co-founded ""The Independent"" in 1986 with Andreas Whittam Smith and Matthew Symonds. All three had previously been journalists on ""The Daily Telegraph"" and had left the paper towards the end of Lord Hartwell's ownership. Between 1986 and 1990 Glover was Foreign Editor of ""The Independent"". In 1990 he became the founding editor of ""The Independent on Sunday"". In 1992 Glover helped Richard Ingrams launch ""The Oldie"" magazine with fellow journalists"
"was Edward Levy-Lawson, proprietor of ""The Daily Telegraph"". In 1879 there was a much-reported court case following a fracas on the doorstep of the Beefsteak Club between Labouchère and Levy-Lawson. The committee of the club expelled Labouchère, who successfully sought a court ruling that they had no right to do so. Labouchère returned to Parliament in the 1880 election, when he and Charles Bradlaugh, both Liberals, won the two seats for Northampton. (Bradlaugh's then-controversial atheism led Labouchère, a closet agnostic, to refer sardonically to himself as ""the Christian member for Northampton"".) In 1884, Labouchère unsuccessfully proposed legislation to extend the"
"and ""Frost/Nixon"". One of his heroes is the British broadcaster Sir David Attenborough; prior to interviewing him on ""Tubridy Tonight"" in March 2009, he said he ""grew up watching his nature programmes"". Noted for his passions for such things as U.S. politics (he took time off work to cheer on Barack Obama in that country's 2008 presidential election), ""Inspector Morse"" box sets (the lead character of which he described as ""the morose and melancholic opera lover who deals with an inordinate amount of bloodshed in Oxford""), ""real turf, the John Hinde donkey post card kind"" and buying out-of-print history books"
"Colin Coote Sir Colin Reith Coote, DSO (19 October 1893 – 8 June 1979) was a British journalist and Liberal politician. For fourteen years he was the editor of the ""Daily Telegraph"". He was born in Fenstanton, Huntingdonshire. He was the son of Howard Browning Coote of Stukeley Hall, later Lord Lieutenant of Huntingdonshire, and Jean née Gray of Aberdeen. He was educated at Rugby School and Balliol College, Oxford, graduating in 1914. On the outbreak of war he obtained a commission in the Gloucestershire Regiment. He served in France and Italy, and was forced to return to the United"
"Evening Telegraph (Dundee) The Evening Telegraph is a local newspaper in Dundee, Scotland. Known locally as the Tele (usually pronounced ""Tully or Tilly""), it is the sister paper of ""The Courier"", also published by Dundee firm D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd. Though now allied to Thomson's conservative and populist policy, the early paper was quite different and emerged in 1877 with the radical and reforming ethos of Sir John Leng who became Liberal member of parliament for the city. Historical copies of the ""Dundee Evening Telegraph"", dating back to 1877, are available to search and view in digitised form"
"The publisher and primary writer was John Bauldie, who died in 1996; a website exists about the periodical and 15 Dylan-related books, of which 13 were published by ""The Telegraph"", and two—anthologies, consisting mostly of ""Telegraph"" articles—each had multiple publishers, according to country. On the magazine website, Bauldie claimed that Dylan was a regular reader of ""The Telegraph"". The Telegraph (magazine) The Telegraph was a fan-oriented periodical about the work of Bob Dylan and musicians associated with Dylan. It was published in Manchester, England, in 56 issues from November 1981 until the ""Winter"" (presumably the final quarter) of 1997. By"
"Thornton Leigh Hunt Thornton Leigh Hunt (10 September 1810 – 25 June 1873) was the first editor of the British daily broadsheet newspaper ""The Daily Telegraph"". Hunt was the son of the writer Leigh Hunt and his wife Marianne, ""née"" Kent. As a child he lived in Hampstead until the age of twelve, when his father moved the family to Italy for three years in order to edit ""The Liberal"". Though he aspired to become a painter, an allergy to the pigments he was using thwarted Hunt's ambitions, though he did provide eight woodcuts to illustrate his father's poem 'Captain"
"the British Society of Magazine Editors (BSME) awards, Tough won the BSME Entertainment & Celebrity Editor of the Year award in 2018. He also won the IPC Media Editor of the Year award in 2001, 2007 and 2012. In addition to his journalistic work, Tough also devised Sounds Like Music, an afternoon game show which ran for two 26-show series on ITV. Tough is married with a son. His brother is Ian Tough of the comedy act The Krankies. Colin Tough Colin Tough (born October 1959 in Clydebank, Dunbartonshire) is Editor in Chief of What's On TV, TVTimes, TV &"
"a cousin of Lytton Strachey... It had long been her ambition to start a magazine devoted to literature and the arts, and as editors Swift and I seemed to her to be the answer. This was before the days when literary magazines could get financial backing from the Arts Council...However, Mrs Hutchinson and he were confident that she would be able to find a backer for the venture...Our benefactor was Michael Berry [1911-2001], now Lord Hartwell, the owner of the ""Daily Telegraph"". He undertook to guarantee the first four volumes of ""X"", and proved an ideal backer—he never interfered. Indeed,"
"Glasgow University in History and German. He worked in a whisky distillery, spent time as an infantry officer in the British Army, became an intelligence officer based in Hong Kong and was a bodyguard for both Henry Kissinger and Richard Nixon. Thomas Toughill Thomas Toughill is a non-fiction author born in Glasgow, Scotland. His works include ""Oscar Slater: The Mystery Solved"" , Oscar Slater: The Immortal Case of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, ""World To Gain: The Battle For Global Domination And Why America Entered WWII"" and ""The Ripper Code"". He currently lives in Gibraltar with his wife. Toughill's research into"