Crossword blog
The crossword blog looks at the smartest and wittiest clues from all the cryptics. Come and share the joy and frustration of crossword culture
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Crossword roundup: Tory name-callingSAM CAM and BOJO, TRUMAN and TRUMP in the pick of the cryptic crop
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Crossword roundup: wordfights and fighting swordsLanguage might be a weapon, but swords give way to words: the best (and most festive) cryptic clues
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Cryptic crosswords for beginners: drugsThe next in our series that demystifies cryptic clueing: why a crossword solver needs a working knowledge of street terms for drugs
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Crossword roundup: did a puzzle help the spy George Blake flee to Russia?When ‘runagate’ appeared in a 1966 edition of the Times crossword, MI5 just had to investigate ...
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Crossword blog: 10 years of crossword bloggingA very happy birthday to Times for the Times, the UK’s first solvers’ blog
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Crossword roundup: the all-seeing eyeA spot more cricket and an old new word for state intrusion in the best of the cryptic crop
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Cryptic crosswords for beginners: howzat!The game of cricket provides many opportunities for cryptic wordplay, but you don’t need to understand the rules to solve the clues
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Crossword roundup: how long are donkey's ears?An ignominious cameo and the surprisingly modern YONKS in the pick of the cryptic clues
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Crossword roundup: Why are there so few slang words for 'husband'?There are classical clues and chauvinistic catchphrases in this installment of collections from the cryptic crop
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Crossword blog: who can you call when you're stuck?One solver phoned her council for help with a tricky clue: where else can the frustrated crossworder turn for help?
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Crossword roundup: Corbynism and flowing hairBefore he was even elected, Corbyn achieved a greater laurel: a double cryptic-crossword cameo
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Beta-testing
Hugh Stephenson explains why, though it's not broke, the crossword site is still being fixed.
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Crossword blog: Merl ReagleAmerican crossword setter Merl Reagle, who died at the weekend, helped to change the puzzle for the better
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Crossword roundup: Corbynmania and Trump FeverThey might be outside mainstream politics, but they’re inside the crossword grids – and other issues arising from the latest cryptic clues
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