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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Alan Connor finds cricketing lingo and ecstatic politicians in his pick of the best cryptic clues
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Alan Connor finds poker jargon and rose-coloured blooms in his pick of the best cryptic clues
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Alan Connor demystifies the devices used in cryptic crosswords for beginners. This time: numbers turning into letters
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'Temporary' Genius arrangements explained and a lovely tale from Toronto, Canada
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Alan Connor celebrates a musical legend and punctures a monkey myth in his pick of the best cryptic clues
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Alan Connor finds festive tales both touching and chilling in his pick of the best cryptic clues
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Alan Connor warns against regarding the crossword as one of the fun optional extras that come with news
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Hugh Stephenson celebrates the things that one learns in solving (and editing) crosswords
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Alan Connor finds a puzzle dedicated to a clue and puzzles that refuse to remain in two dimensions in his pick of the cryptics
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A grid filled in by the setter himself shows he was setting puzzles the traditional way until the end, says Alan Connor
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Alan Connor: The Rev John Graham died a year ago, and to mark his anniversary his incomplete final puzzle has been lovingly completed by his fellow setter Philistine
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Alan Connor unearths a tribute to the BBC’s Blackadder series in his pick of the best cryptic moments
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As The Imitation Game relates the role crosswords played in second world war codebreaking, Alan Connor contemplates solving a puzzle set by Turing
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Autumnal imagery and the ancient roots of spooky words as Alan Connor hunts the best cryptic clues
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Mark Goodliffe has won the Times Crossword Championship for the eighth time. Alan Connor watches, not in shock, but in awe
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Alan Connor navigates Greek gnomes, Roman noses and Roman gnomes in the pick of the recent cryptic clues
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Crossword roundup: election heroes and villains