Announcements

At long last, our 5th social gathering for the writers and fans of this blog and the puzzles behind it. Well actually “these blogs” – it’s equally open to folk from fifteensquared, Big … Read more >>

There’s been some discussion over the last couple of days about off-topic chat: some of you like it, some don’t. In an attempt to accommodate both points of view, we have introduced a … Read more >>

Solvers of the Daily Telegraph cryptic and Toughie puzzles might be interested to know about a new blog that has just started up just for you: http://www.bigdave44.com/ Neil

We have two vacancies on our FT team: Rishi, who has provided excellent coverage of the Tuesday puzzle for a year, has decided to retire at the end of February.  Also, Octofem, our … Read more >>

This is obviously more relevant for readers of another blog, but if you have friends in need of help with broadsheet dailies, it does a good job for these puzzles in general as … Read more >>

For those that haven’t seen it, here’s the completed grid for yesterday’s Independent crossword by Math: If you’re still wondering why I’m showing you this, look at the unchecked letters around the perimeter … Read more >>

If you have bought, or are about to buy, the 11th Edition please check it carefully. Today I have found that my copy has pages 1168 to 1216 missing and pages 1217 to … Read more >>

Just in case you’ve not read it anywhere else, the Daily Telegraph has a new cryptic puzzle as from yesterday. In addition to their relatively easy daily anonymous cryptic they now have the … Read more >>

I was looking forward to the Guardian’s free crossword this morning (Sept. 1) but even past noon IST it has not appeared. I have been a registered user of the website (though not … Read more >>

Further to the initial announcement here’s what the crossword editor says about the free service: “[What] the crossword site now offers you (and from September 1 anyone else who logs on to guardian.co.uk/crossword) … Read more >>

As some of you might know there used to be a blog like this one dedicated to the Daily Telegraph cryptic crossword.  Since its demise a few people have asked if we would … Read more >>

The Guardian crossword site currently states the following Guardian crosswords are going free From September 1 you will be able to access all of the Guardian’s crosswords online for free. As a result … Read more >>

One of our Guardian bloggers is stepping down from active duty so we have an opening. You don’t need to be a super solver but you will need to be able to blog … Read more >>

As nmsindy says in his Quixote report, this Sunday’s edition (8th June) will include a shortened version of Don Manley’s “Chambers Crossword Manual”. For UK solvers who don’t yet have a “how to … Read more >>