Johninterred – Page 16 – Times for The Times

Times Crossword Championship – Change of Timings

Johninterred10th October 2023 at 2:28 PM10 September 2025Announcement

There has been a change of arrangements for 21st October.

Times Quick Cryptic No 2499 by Pedro

Johninterred6th October 2023 at 1:20 AM10 September 2025Quick Cryptic

Lots of deceptive trickery to enjoy in today’s Quick Cryptic from Pedro. There are plenty of places where you can be led up the garden path, as I was a couple of times. Thank-you Pedro.

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

Monthly Club Special No 20276 – Sept 2023

Johninterred1st October 2023 at 12:05 AM10 September 2025Monthly Club Special

More monthly fun with some esoteric vocabulary and clever wordplay. Thank-you clever setter.

Times Quick Cryptic No 2489 by Mara

Johninterred22nd September 2023 at 1:36 AM10 September 2025Quick Cryptic

There are lots of friendly clues in this Quick Cryptic from Mara today. Thank-you Mara. How did you all get on?

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

Accessing Today’s Crosswords

Johninterred20th September 2023 at 8:49 AM10 September 2025Announcement

The Times seems to have a problem with its Puzzles page and Crossword club on the app and online at the moment. You can, however, print the puzzles from the ePaper. Navigate to the page with the crossword and click on the crossword. You should get a pop-up window with the ability to print the crossword.

[Update: The problem appears to have been fixed now].

Times Bank Holiday Cryptic Jumbo No 1632 – 28th August

Johninterred9th September 2023 at 1:39 AM10 September 2025Jumbo Cryptic

A lovely middle-of-the road Cryptic Jumbo for the Bank Holiday with a good mix of easy and harder clues.

Times Quick Cryptic No 2479 by Breadman

Johninterred8th September 2023 at 1:36 AM10 September 2025Quick Cryptic

This was fun! A little over half way through a first pass of the across clues I spotted we had something unusual going on.

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