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: the pervasive stink of Jeremy HuntUnflattering crosswording cameos and unpleasant imagery in the pick of the best cryptic clues
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Crossword roundup: WB Yeats and a homeless BeelzebubGood news for some – but not yet all – of the Independent’s crossword stable
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Cryptic crosswords for beginners: capital lettersDon’t trust anything in a cryptic crossword clue ... especially an upper-case (or even a lower-case) letter
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Crossword roundup: emigres and emigrants, immigrants and migrantsThe language of migration and how to make it more puzzling still
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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: the cryptic world says bye to BowieJanuary saw tributes in crossword form to David Bowie, among them an inadvertent farewell
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Crossword blog: would you solve your workmate's puzzle?Group-solving, cheating and ‘borrowing’ co-workers’ newspapers: what is the etiquette of the workplace crossword?
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Crossword roundup: do you leave or let well alone?Competing phrases, obsolete topicality and maritime gossip in the pick of the best cryptic clues
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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
Why crosswords are a survivalist's essential