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Leedsclimber

My earliest memory of doing a crossword was sitting in a bench shelter on Hastings sea front with my dad. After that there was quite a gap until I started dabbling with the Sunday Times cryptic about 20 years ago. Back then my best time for completion could (only) be measured in days. Thankfully a bit better these days.

MyCrossword Featured crossword No 14 by PostMark

Mon June 29, 2026 at 9:00 am by Leedsclimber

Hello everyone

A grid from 15×15 regular PostMark to start the week.

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Independent 12,387 by Mog

Sat June 20, 2026 at 8:17 am by Leedsclimber

Hello everyone

“To err is human, to nearly blog the answers to a national paper crossword a day early: moronic”

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Categories Independent 13 Comments

Independent 12,357 by Longitude

Sat May 16, 2026 at 8:30 am by Leedsclimber

Hello everybody.

A very fine puzzle from Longitude which, in my humble opinion, is one of the best of this year so far.

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Categories Independent 16 Comments

MyCrossword Featured crossword No 10 by Gennaro

Mon May 4, 2026 at 8:00 am by Leedsclimber

A grid by Gennaro for today.

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Categories MyCrossword 12 Comments

Independent 12,327 by Tack

Sat April 11, 2026 at 11:36 amSat April 11, 2026 at 8:30 am by Leedsclimber

A grid from Tack for our pleasure today.

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Categories Independent 15 Comments

MyCrossword Featured crossword No 6 by Baldur

Mon March 9, 2026 at 8:30 am by Leedsclimber

Fresh from icy Breidablik, a grid by Baldur to start the week.

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Categories MyCrossword 9 Comments

Independent 12,297 by Bluebird

Sat March 7, 2026 at 8:00 am by Leedsclimber

Hello crossword fans

A grid by Bluebird today.

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Categories Independent 8 Comments

Independent 12,267 by Dalibor

Sat January 31, 2026 at 8:30 am by Leedsclimber

A grid by Dalibor for this Saturday.

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Categories Independent 12 Comments

MyCrossword Featured crossword No 2 by Meles

Mon January 12, 2026 at 6:15 am by Leedsclimber

Good morning everyone

A number of “firsts” on this blog: my first My Crossword blog, my first blog of MC setter Meles, and first use of the crossword blogging utility. Perhaps only my 15×15 colleagues will care about that last one, though!

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Categories MyCrossword 10 Comments

Independent No. 12,237 by Eccles

Sat December 27, 2025 at 3:13 pmSat December 27, 2025 at 8:30 am by Leedsclimber

Good morning cruciverbalists. A very Merry Xmas to you all, whether celebrating or not.

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Categories Independent 16 Comments

Independent No. 12,207 by Maize

Sat November 22, 2025 at 8:10 am by Leedsclimber

A grid by Maize to solve today.

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Categories Independent 15 Comments

York S&B 2025 puzzle by Komorník

Tue October 28, 2025 at 4:35 amSun October 26, 2025 at 8:00 am by Leedsclimber

Morning everyone. There will probably be some sore heads in York today: some from the ale, some from having a go at this beast of a grid from Komornik.

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Categories S&B Puzzles 2 Comments

Independent No. 12,177 by Umpire

Sat October 18, 2025 at 8:57 am by Leedsclimber

No flowery prose from me today: in the middle of a house move, so technically now ex-LeedsClimber!

Thank you, Umpire for the grid

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Categories Independent 7 Comments

Independent on Sunday No. 1,856 by Filbert

Sun September 21, 2025 at 7:12 am by Leedsclimber

Filbert occupies his customary slot on Sunday.

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Categories Independent 16 Comments

Independent No, 12,147 by Raider

Sat September 13, 2025 at 8:51 am by Leedsclimber

If you’re reading this on Saturday morning, then this week’s site issues may have been resolved.

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Categories Independent 18 Comments
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