Johninterred – Times for The Times

Times Quick Cryptic No 3206 by Wurm

Johninterred23rd January 2026 at 1:22 AM23 January 2026Quick Cryptic

An entertaining, as ever, Quick Cryptic from Wurm today with just a couple of tricky bits.

Fortnightly Weekend Quick Cryptic. This time it is Sawbill’s turn to provide the extra weekend entertainment. You can find the crossword here.

Too Many Requests

Johninterred20th January 2026 at 4:30 PM22 January 2026Announcement

Apologies to all for this ongoing problem. Our tech team have been working on this for some time without success. We identified a bug in one of our core plug-ins that was causing the site to call itself frequently when finding avatar images. That was fixed with a new version of the plug-in but the error hasn’t stopped occurring. Repeated interactions with Bluehost support have not yet resolved the issue. It has been escalated to the core technical team and we expect a response from them in the next 72 hours. Thank-you all for your continuing patience and I hope we get it resolved soon. P.S. When the problem happens it occurs just after the hour mark and site comes back 1 hour later, so if you see the issue please wait until after the next hour mark to try again. All users get the same message. Don’t take it personally!

Times Cryptic Jumbo No 1767 – 27th December

Johninterred10th January 2026 at 12:20 AM10 January 2026Jumbo Cryptic

A first Jumbo from one of our newer setters, and it’s a good one with lots of witty clues.

Times Quick Cryptic No 3194 by Wurm

Johninterred9th January 2026 at 1:41 AM9 January 2026Quick Cryptic

A typically witty Quick Cryptic from Wurm today with a couple of tricky bits.

Fortnightly Weekend Quick Cryptic. This time it is Phil’s turn to provide the extra weekend entertainment. As an added bonus for the first of our puzzles of the year, Phil has provided a 15×15 grid, but don’t worry – it is no more difficult than the usual 13x13s. You can find the crossword here.

Monthly Club Special No 293 – December 2025

Johninterred1st January 2026 at 12:05 AM1 January 2026Monthly Club Special

Happy New Year to all here. Once more the best crossword of the month throws up a number of lovely words and entertaining clues. What is more, it is a double pangram!

Times Quick Cryptic No 3182 by Cheeko

Johninterred26th December 2025 at 1:22 AM24 December 2025Quick Cryptic

A bit of chewy Quick Cryptic for the Boxing Day holiday today. Did you spot the Nina?

Fortnightly Weekend Quick Cryptic. This time it is my turn to provide the extra weekend entertainment. You can find the crossword entitled “Boxing Day” here.