Category: Announcement

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”

I’ve made this available at the top again so those who were able to attend can comment on it and tell us what a fantastic occasion it was, who was there etc. The Christmas Turkey … Read more “Sloggers, betters and other cruciverbalists’ centenary convention”

I heard from Kathryn Friedlander this morning with an update to the research on crossword solving skills that some of us took part in a couple of years ago. For those who didn’t, this involved … Read more “Crossword Research update”