I hope you’re all having a good Christmas break. Here are my comments on the team effort. Starting with the grid, the checking side is fine. For me it seems a mild shame to have … Read more “TftT Christmas Crossword report”
Author: petebiddlecombe
The Sunday Times Cryptic Crossword Book 1
I’m delighted to tell you that the first book of ST cryptic crosswords since 2006 was published on Thursday – cover price £6.99. Not long after starting at the Sunday Times, I asked Harper Collins … Read more “The Sunday Times Cryptic Crossword Book 1”
A rare visit from your founder …
… who realised the other day that he was getting ready for his 25th appearance at the Times Crossword Championship. I put together some text and photos about memories on a Facebook page. You should … Read more “A rare visit from your founder …”
TfTT Christmas Turkey 2017
TfTT Christmas Turkey 2017 Most of this was done fairly easily for a “mixed setters” puzzle. After 10 minutes I was left with 7 clues, solved in this order (time not noted – maybe another … Read more “TfTT Christmas Turkey 2017”
The Christmas Turkey Report
I solved this about a week ago but left the report writing until today. Mainly because we’ve finalised puzzles up to 1st Jan to give ourselves an easy Christmas/New Year gap, but as it happens, … Read more “The Christmas Turkey Report”
TLS Report today
Some of you may have seen a TLS report earlier, that’s no longer visible. It was about TLS crossword 1138 (mistakenly “1139” in the header), and was a week too early. As I’m the owner … Read more “TLS Report today”
Donald Yerrill
from today’s Times Literary Supplement: Donald Yerrill, known to our solvers as “Tantalus”, died on July 22, 2016, at the age of ninety-two. Don set the vast majority of the TLS crosswords, and was still … Read more “Donald Yerrill”
Information about the new TLS crossword setters
In alphabetical order: Broteas is Peter Biddlecombe, Sunday Times (and TLS) crossword editorMyrtilus is Bob Price, a former successful contestant in the Sunday Times clue writing contestPraxiteles is D G Tallis, who has set puzzles … Read more “Information about the new TLS crossword setters”
Christmas Turkey “roasting” 2014
Solving time: about 15 minutes Thanks to Sotira and JerryWh for another chance to briefly re-live the days of producing crossword-related material which you can still change after a few people have read it. I’m … Read more “Christmas Turkey “roasting” 2014″
TftT Christmas Turkey No. 1
It’s good to be back, squeezing in a blog report before work, and the shared clue writing in this puzzle happens to be similar to a puzzle coming up in the Sunday Times. On December … Read more “TftT Christmas Turkey No. 1”