Category: Announcement

  hilary_marchantOctober 13th, 22:16Hilary Marchant writes: I decided to start with this one, the tactic of starting with Puzzle 2 having served me well in the lunchtime session. This was much harder, and I abandoned … Read more “2010 Championship Grand Final – Puzzle 2”

I think it was widely accepted that this was a difficult puzzle. I can’t give my own time, or even a very good estimate, as besides not timing the individual puzzles, I chopped and changed … Read more “2010 Championship Grand Final – Puzzle 1”

Final update (Monday evening, Tuesday morning): I can now report that I beat Mark Goodliffe at something on Sunday – providing a definitive image of a solver in mental agony. See the new picture (with … Read more “Times Championship 2010”

Crossword Club members should now have received e-mails announcing that the new site is live and telling you how to set up your details. I’ve had a quick look. You can now complete cryptic crosswords … Read more “New club site now released”

Solving time: 21:16 (1 wrong) I’d no idea about CHLOE, never having either seen or read Back to Methuselah. Apart from that, this was mostly plain sailing, with the unknown answers readily guessable, though I … Read more “TLS 846 (3 September)”

At long last, I’ve amended our profile page (the “About this blog …” link above) to reflect various changes in our blogging team and changes recieved from some contributors. While I’m in the mood for … Read more “Biddlecombe updates profile page shock horror”

For those who don’t often visit this currently quiet backwater, here’s what they said yesterday … Thank you for all the ideas and feedback you’ve been sending us for the new site – we’ll do … Read more “New Times Crossword Club Bulletin Board announcement.”

On October 3rd, former Times crossword editor Brian Greer is in London on a visit from Portland, Oregon where he now works. He suggested a gathering in a pub to meet up with me and … Read more “Another pub gathering (and some championship chat)”

Guardian, Times and FT setter Michael Curl has just set up a Crossword Who’s Who on his website. It looks very good to me but I’m slightly biased as he included me. A little puzzle … Read more “Who’s who and who’s doing what”

Anax has started a new site for his puzzles – http://anaxcrosswords.wordpress.com/. He’s still getting to grips with the WordPress blogging service but there are already some puzzles to try, including a nice “crossword with no … Read more “New home for Anax puzzles”