Category: Announcement

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”

The Cryptic Quiz in aid of MIND has now closed (although anyone’s still welcome to donate and have a crack at it: https://www.justgiving.com/MIND-Quiz1/). The answers have been published – download them from here.

Dorsetjimbo was one of our earlier recruits in 2007 (not a founder member, but possibly the longest-serving now apart from myself?), and has decided to finally hang up his blogging boots (well, for the Daily … Read more “New blogging vacancy, and a sub request”

I’ve just had word from Dave Perry that he’s finished a month’s convalescence at home and is back at work, and also ready to resume blogging duties. Thanks so much to all the people who … Read more “Some good news and bad news”

For a while, the Crossword Club page had links to two puzzles listed as the Times Cryptic for May 28 – 25798 and 25799. Mctext posted a blog for 25799, and the Crossword Editor has … Read more “Whoopsie…”

We have a blogging problem or three – Dave Perry, who does every other Friday, every Sunday, and one in five Jumbos – has had a stroke and will be out of action for the … Read more “Hard Times (geddit?)”

On the right hand menu there’s now a new link to our Google Blogging Calendar. This is now up-to-date (at least until the Easter Bank Holiday puzzles put the Jumbo sequence out again!) and complete. … Read more “Blogging Schedule”

I came upstairs just now to do my own Saturday blog (yeah, I know, things don’t always work out as planned) and also this one (to be found on page 26 of this week’s Sunday … Read more “The Puzzle of all Puzzles by Anax – Setter’s blog”

UPDATE (midnight Thursday gmt) We do have more than enough volunteers to cover all clues now, so thank you all. Apologies to those who missed out. Maybe next year …. RegardsSotira ———————————- To all volunteers: … Read more “TfTT’s A Christmas Turkey – UPDATE”