Category: Announcement

Dave Perry has been in touch, as he finds he no longer has the time available to contribute to the blog. As the regulars know, Dave had a stroke last year and reduced his (at … Read more “A couple of vacancies”

Richard Cleaver has once again produced a Cryptic Quiz in aid of MIND – The Mental Health Charity. The subject this time is food and drink, and there are 100 definitionless cryptic clues to solve … Read more “MIND Charity Cryptic Quiz”

I’ve been reliably informed that on Christmas Day there’s going to be a Quick, a normal 15×15 and a Jumbo, so do we have all these covered? Macavity has volunteered to the Quick but is … Read more “Christmas Crossword blogs”

Hello All from Sotira and JerryWh The turkey is now ready to serve… and you can get some here. (the link leads to a .pdf download, or you can solve online). Having stuffed, cooked, basted … Read more “The 2014 Turkey is Cooked!”

UPDATE 4 DECEMBER: All clues have now been distributed, and we have more than sufficient for the Subs Bench, so I’m afraid there are no more clue-setting opportunities now. When the solution and blog are … Read more “The Return of the TFTT Christmas Turkey – So, Who Wants Stuffing?”

There’s an interesting post on the Crossword Unclued blog which might be helpful to newcomers baffled by some of the language we’ve invented for ourselves over the years. So if you don’t know your COD … Read more “Blogging Jargon”

Sorry for the delay in getting this up – before last year I used to laboriously create an HTML table and post it here, then last year Pete gave me a link to the file … Read more “2014 Times Crossword Championship results”

… be aware that some solutions are given in the Guardian piece below!

Meet the man with a mind for puzzles Georgie Keate Published at 12:01AM, October 20 2014 For most crossword enthusiasts, winning the Times championship six years in a row would be quite a feat. In … Read more “Crossword Competition: The Times report”

This year the Championships have moved again, out of the Times HQ and into the Tower Hotel near Tower Bridge. I’ve booked a room myself, so I may just hang around the hotel bar between … Read more “Times Crossword Championships 2014”