Category: Announcement

Just to let you know the UKPuzzle website has now been cleared of trojans – I found three of the little blighters in the end. Actually getting rid was fairly easy thanks to Avast! The … Read more “Clean at last”

At long last, our 5th social gathering for the writers and fans of this blog and the puzzles behind it. Well actually “these blogs” – it’s equally open to folk from fifteensquared, Big Dave’s Telegraph … Read more “Sloggers and Betters 5”

Just got round to setting up an initial version of a “Memories” page – linked at the top of this page. This lists “memorable” postings on this blog (including my original single-handed version). They’re grouped … Read more “Yesterday once more …”

Today’s paper contains a grand total of three four cryptic crosswords (if we count the umpteenth reprint of No. 1), and other cryptic xwd material. The most significant is a two-page “how to solve it” … Read more “We’re official now…”

I went to print today’s Saturday cryptic and found there is now a button with an option to print a grey grid to save ink. Brilliant! This was a suggestion I wrote to them about and … Read more “Club changes”

I’ve just heard that this year’s championship will be on Sunday October 11th. As far as I know location and everything else are the same as the last few years, except that the puzzles will … Read more “Times Championship – a date for some of your diaries”

Here’s what I sent to the Times …. This is a list of suggestions about the crossword club search facility. It’s the result of some discussion at the Times for the Times blog, and I’ll … Read more “Suggestion list sent to the Times”

Hot on the heels of the new Telegraph blog, I’ve just discovered a daily blog about the Crosaire puzzle in the Irish Times. If you’ve never tried Crosaire, the first thing to know is that … Read more “Another new blog – Crosaire”

In a comment on 24146, jerrywh said: “Just to agree with Peter… surely nobody would seriously dispute that on average, overall, the Times Cryptic is the best crossword around?” I pretty much agree with this … Read more “Is the Times puzzle the best?”

Here’s an amended version of the suggestions about the search facility, splitting the issues and suggested solutions, as suggested by Richard.  When this version gets no comment traffic for three days, I’ll send it to … Read more “Revamped search suggestion list”