Category: Announcement

UPDATE: As of 17.30 GMT we are slightly oversubscribed, so I’m afraid we’re now filling the subs’ bench. Do please register your interest, regardless. Anyone who misses out will surely get first dibs next time … Read more “Christmas Turkey 2016”

I got an email from a publicity assistant at Penguin Books about 10 days ago, asking me if I’d like a review copy of “a very exciting cryptic puzzle book due to be published next … Read more “GCHQ Puzzle Book”

I thought it might be nice to have a thread where folk can chat about Saturday’s event without hijacking main puzzle threads and annoying those who weren’t there and wouldn’t have wanted to be. So … Read more “Championships 2016 chatter”

There will be a meeting for crossword setters and solvers at The George, Borough High Street, Southwark, London, SE1 1NH, coinciding with the annual Times Crossword Championship. The meeting will begin at 11:00 am on … Read more “Championship S & B”

Sorry everyone – I am trapped in Wales with minimal internet access and literally only just remembered what day it is. Would anyone be able to rustle up a quick blog for today’s at incredibly … Read more “Emergency Blogger Requested!”

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”

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”

Once again Andy Burch in Australia has kindly compiled a Puzzle Index cross-checked with the latest in the Times Crossword Book series. These puzzles were originally published in 2011. This page will also be saved … Read more “Times Cryptic Crossword Book 19 – Puzzle Index”

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”

There will be a meeting for crossword setters and solvers at The George, Borough High Street, Southwark, London, SE1 1NH, coinciding with the annual Times Setters’ Lunch. The meeting will begin at 02:00 pm on … Read more “Sloggers and Betters 13”