I’m pleased to report that Loon, my friendly, feathered alter ego, makes another appearance in the Times Quick Cryptic slot today #cryptic #crossword

My latest is now on MyCrossword and I hope it provides some early weekend entertainment! Some of the clues you'll find include... - Daughter lost by careless cave divers or the other way round? (4,5) - Food passage absorbing gas from the bottom (7) www.mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/3143

I'm thinking of doing a #CrypticSunday spinoff video thing. Are you (or someone you know) new to cryptics or have you been doing them for a little while but still not feeling like you're properly confident? Fancy doing a joint solve with me on a Zoom call - pre-recorded not streamed?

The sun is shining and I’ve uploaded a puzzle on to mycrossword for the first time. What a brilliant site it is. Here are some tasters… Explosive snort before stable-boy’s vault (6,4) Baby bird’s noisy ring? (6) www.mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/3134

Anyone in the market for an occasional crossword test solving buddy? I have one that's ready for review if you do. Otherwise it'll be on MyCrossword at the weekend for collective review / enjoyment / pillory (delete as appropriate).

Any good tips for proof-reading and editing a draft crossword? I've taken to writing out each wordplay in a semi-parsed format such as this for 10a in my last crossword SET backing TAME _NT_ at heart Essentially substituting all synonyms/ tokens and reducing unused fodder to _ 1/2

The rain is back but so are the crosswords! Join us at 12 to help solve cryptics from the MyCrossword community by duncanjwitham and Chlorine @katstevens.bsky.social. Beginners and hecklers welcome, as ever! #CrypticSunday twitch.tv/crypticsunday

No new puzzle this week but if anyone needed a clue to help find the key word in last week's shenanigans offering then a periodic table at 9a should do the trick! Arsenic produces thing of value (5) www.mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/3101...

My 7th offering now on MyCrossword. It's my first with a shenanigans special instruction so it will be interesting to see how it goes down! Clues include: Displays trendy tart on the counter (9) Fake cafe chain given purpose (7) Material caught near naked blond (5) mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/3101