Crossword clue sleuths

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Stuck on a crossword? Don't want to google?
Thread for crossword enthusiasts.

and do you know who said 'Let not poor Nelly starve' on his deathbed?

Oh, I love a good crossword.

I assume it's about Nell Gwynn so probably Charles II?

Yes! You know you get those clues when you kick yourself for not realising what the answer was when you knew it? One of those.

Which x-words do you like? I have an app on my tablet.

I prefer cryptic ones, I love the moment when the answer suddenly comes to you. Telegraph my favourite, The Times too hard for me!

I do like the general knowledge ones too - Times Two and any magazines.

We're a bit skint atm so stopped buying papers so I'm only really doing the ones in the freebie papers, Metro and Standard.

Are there any free apps you could recommend?

@DuckyMcDuck you can do the Guardian free on-line every day (and access all the previous ones).

www.theguardian.com/crosswords/series/cryptic

I use CodyCross which is a bit irritating but fills a few minutes here and there and has lots of crosswords.

I’m hopeless at the cryptic ones but used to work with a couple of blokes who were excellent at them. The one that come to mind that they explained to me was ‘£51’. Anyone get the word?

Liquid?

I'm hopeless at cryptic ones too I'm afraid.
I can't make head nor tail of £51.

Squid?

@Lobsterquadrille2 - got it! Roman numerals for the 51 - LI - quid

That's clever!

How about SGEG? (9,4)

Scrambled eggs?

Yes!