Category: Announcement

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”

Here are the results of Kororareka’s work on the extent of repetition in Times crossword answers. Apart from some editing for style and length, the information below is his work, not mine. I’ve added a … Read more “Kororareka’s stats for the Times Crossword 2008”

It looks like they load the crosswords day by day now, and so you can get to a crossword as soon as it is online without having to do the time change (my desktop at … Read more “Some good news for those not in the UK…”

Modified rapture here: The simpler front page is a step forward from the previous one with its various links and buttons. Searching is considerably improved but the function of the “keyword” option is a mystery … Read more “First impressions of new club site”

After escaping some previous changes unscathed, it seems to be my turn for not being able to log in with an e-mail address/pwd combo that’s worked for ages. Is anyone else out in the cold? … Read more “New look crossword club – anyone else unable to get in?”

I had a log-in failure this morning to match those I’ve seen sporadically reported by others recently, but it now seems to be fixed. Back on December 23, they said that “Times Online would like … Read more “Club troubles / Relaunch”

It’s been good to see so many of you introducing yourselves recently. If you’ve got the wits to do the Times crossword you can work out plenty by observation and don’t need much help, but … Read more “Some information for new readers”

I thought others may like to know that today’s ST puzzle is a Jumbo so does not appear via the usual Sunday link – there’s one further down to ST Jumbos.  Also they have screwed … Read more “ST Puzzle”

This is a repeat of the exercise carried out last May. It is based upon 24 consecutive Monday to Saturday puzzles from 1st to 28th November inclusive. No sampling techniques have been used. Subject to … Read more “Clue Topics Analysis”