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Leedsclimber's avatarLeedsclimber

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.

Independent No. 11,817 by Methuselah

Sat August 24, 2024 at 8:00 am by Leedsclimber

Guten morgen, meine freunde. Ich bin in Munchen am Urlaub*. Ok, enough showing off, I have a Methuselah grid to blog before going off in search of more cultural highlights, the best of … Read more >>

Categories Independent 20 Comments

Independent No.11,787 by Punk

Sat July 20, 2024 at 8:00 am by Leedsclimber

Today’s grid is supplied by Punk.

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Categories Independent 15 Comments

Independent No: 11,757 by Tyrus

Sat June 15, 2024 at 4:01 pmSat June 15, 2024 at 8:33 am by Leedsclimber

Happy Saturday everyone!

A grid from Tyrus for our pleasure today.

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Categories Independent 32 Comments

Independent No. 11,727 by Bluth

Mon May 13, 2024 at 6:00 pmSat May 11, 2024 at 8:30 am by Leedsclimber

Morning everyone, and happy Saturday

My third outing blogging a grid by Bluth, who is normally a setter I enjoy solving with their gentle style and clever clue constructions.

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Categories Independent 12 Comments

Independent No. 11,697 by Bluebird

Sat April 6, 2024 at 8:53 amSat April 6, 2024 at 7:57 am by Leedsclimber

My first blog of a Bluebird grid today.

I found this enjoyable as it was straightforward, perhaps to the point of being “workaday” (in the nicest possible way).

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Independent No. 11,667 by Bluth

Sat March 2, 2024 at 9:15 amSat March 2, 2024 at 8:30 am by Leedsclimber

What an absolute treat we’ve all had from Bluth today. Normally I expect some cruciverbal flair from this setter but this was an absolute pleasure. The grid fell relatively easily, with so many … Read more >>

Categories Independent 22 Comments

Independent No. 11,637 by Knut

Sat January 27, 2024 at 8:00 am by Leedsclimber

Morning everyone A pleasant and straightforward offering from Knut today, with only a couple of visits to the online reference sources necessary to complete. Favourite was 17 across for the band reference, and I … Read more >>

Categories Independent 20 Comments

Guardian Prize crossword No. 29,261 by Maskarade – solution

Sat January 6, 2024 at 12:50 pmThu January 4, 2024 at 11:59 pm by Leedsclimber

“Time flies when you’re having fun”, or so I’m lead to believe. It’s been a whole year since my first outing as a 225 blogger. And what a year it’s been! Thank you … Read more >>

Categories Guardian 45 Comments

Guardian Prize crossword No. 29,261 by Maskerade – placeholder

Sun December 31, 2023 at 9:42 amSat December 30, 2023 at 9:30 am by Leedsclimber

This is a placeholder post for the bumper Xmas Prize cryptic crossword, published on Saturday 23rd December. The blog will be posted with solutions on Friday 5th January after entries close. Merry Xmas … Read more >>

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Independent No. 11,607 by Tyrus

Sat December 23, 2023 at 9:00 am by Leedsclimber

“‘Twas the night before Xmas (almost: go with it), when all through the house

Not a creature was stirring…”

…except perhaps the moans of pain from Leedsclimber trying to solve this absolute beast of a crossword from Tyrus.

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Categories Independent 22 Comments

Independent No. 11,577 by Twin

Sat November 18, 2023 at 9:54 am by Leedsclimber

Morning solvers. For reasons too complicated to bore you with, it’s Xmas morning in the LC household, so as is LC tradition this blog will be being accompanied by a glass* of vintage port. Don’t judge: it’s always opening time somewhere.

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Categories Independent 18 Comments

Guardian Quiptic No. 1,250 by Pasquale

Mon October 30, 2023 at 12:58 pmMon October 30, 2023 at 8:27 am by Leedsclimber

Good morning everyone. It’s the start of a new week, and a new adventure for me covering the Quiptic grid.

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Categories Guardian Quiptic 33 Comments

Independent No. 11,547 by Italicus

Sat October 14, 2023 at 8:00 am by Leedsclimber

Good morning Saturday solvers.

A grid by Italicus for us to get our teeth into today.

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Categories Independent 9 Comments

Independent No. 11,517 Monk

Mon November 27, 2023 at 4:56 pmSat September 9, 2023 at 8:15 am by Leedsclimber

Good morning solvers.

A pretty tough challenge from Monk this morning. My advice: have Wikipedia* or your Brittanica* at the ready!

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Categories Independent 18 Comments

Independent No. 11,507 by Filbert

Tue August 29, 2023 at 1:11 pmTue August 29, 2023 at 9:00 am by Leedsclimber

I’ve been offered a piece of advice a number of times over the years,  which has generally stood me in good stead:

“Never get on a ship until you know where it’s going”.

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