Maybe 8 out of 10 Cats ended prematurely, in for broadcast (8) It's a pleasure, as always, to set The Independent #cryptic #crossword, especially one with such a lovely palindromic number. I hope it brightens your day! puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/crypti...

SOCIETY: Do you know the period around mid-December that’s really dark/cold? When everyone’s ill? ME: Yes… SOCIETY: Let’s make that when we schedule annual gatherings and concerts for EVERYTHING, including ALL workplaces, schools, clubs… ME: But that would be ridic- SOCIETY: Great - that’s sorted!

Christmas* cryptic (crossword) corner meet up, tomorrow night, The Montpelier, Peckham, 6.30pm. Join us if you fancy. *not really Christmas, just December, but I might buy extra crisps *and* those Scampi Fries.

I set the cryptic crossword in the weekend edition of The @financialtimes.com. Sample clue: Page One in today's fresh hellscape (8). Solve the puzzle on the FT app or print the pdf here: www.ft.com/content/a694...

I set today’s cryptic crossword in the Independent. Sample clue: Flamboyant playwright - Coward? - lies around (5,5) Solve it here FOR FREE: puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/cryptic-crossword-independent

Thrilled to be back in the Indy Cryptic slot today. Sample clue: Over the top of muesli, mostly nuts (7) Give it a go at puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/crypti...

Is there anyone out there with access to the Oxford English Dictionary who’s happy for me to DM them a question?

I set today's Independent puzzle - but I won't make a song and dance about it. puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/crypti...

Another great bunch of crosswords to choose from on MyCrossword this week, delighted to have a chance to stream new cryptics by @pantherapuzzles.bsky.social and @liari.bsky.social! Join us at 12 GMT! #crypticSunday twitch.tv/crypticsunday

I’m currently in the waiting room of the radiography department of Queen Margaret University in Dunfermline. (My daughter’s injured her foot.) As always with the NHS I am moved by the care we’re receiving from wonderful people…

You should do today’s Times cryptic. And then you should do today’s Financial Times cryptic. Including: Giant bird with many wings taking flight (5) Solve it FOR FREE … - at ft.com/crosswordapp - printing it out at ft.com/crossword

An experiment … mycrossword.co.uk/mini/175

I set today's cryptic in the Indy. Including: Spinning throw breaks dish (4,3) Fighting has mainly imposed on US? (4,7) Provoke Gregorian at the outset with year missing from their calendar? (4) Solve for free here: puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/crypti...

New crosswords by Coot and Prak await us on today's #CrypticSunday stream, so we're likely to need some help! Join us at 12! twitch.tv/crypticsunday

ISSUE 2 PRE-SALES NOW OPEN! £5 plus postage Coming out in JANUARY 2026 unchcrosswords.com

Back in the Indy as Magus. I’m thrilled – others less so! puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/cryptic-crossword-independent Celebrity failing to finish Iron Man? (4) Past 007 George Lazenby finally splits (6) Spooner’s favourite source of protein is seeds (9)

If you enjoy listening to two tired middle-aged people struggling to solve crosswords while eating biscuits, please come along at 12 noon and help us with cryptics by Cheeseman and Baldur! #CrypticSunday twitch.tv/crypticsunday

The first Bluebird puzzle is in today’s copy of the i! I’m off to the newsagent…

The amounts Trump sues for are eerily reminiscent of Dr Evil.

I'm in the Independent again! (Bluejacket #5, 12199, Thu 13th Nov 25) 5a: Pawn captures are the safe play against white's openings (4-3) 6d: Linking sci-fi movie up with horror movie (9) puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/crypti...

Sega's hedgehog holds variable speed for many players (9) It's always a pleasure to be back in The Independent #cryptic #crossword. I hope it brightens your day! puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/crypti...

I set today’s cryptic crossword in the Independent, to celebrate a golden anniversary. The sins are all mine… Singer and model coming back with German opening track (5,5) Animals record released 50 years ago (6) puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/crypti...

We're spoilt for choice on MyCrossword this week! Have picked two cryptics to stream from setters we haven't attempted in a while: Fez (as Blancheflower) @cranberryfez.bsky.social and Longyfan @longyfan.bsky.social. Join us at 12 noon GMT! #CrypticSunday twitch.tv/crypticsunday

Sample clue from my cryptic crossword in today’s FT: Location of industrial strikes within Catalan village (5) You can solve this puzzle FOR FREE: - at ft.com/crosswordapp - by printing it out at ft.com/crossword

I set 2 crosswords today. The Indy: puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/crypti... Clues include: Everlasting Love - hit single over in America - Carl finally makes it(7) Flush loo - handle occasionally stays down (have wiped) (6) Make out with Diane regularly seeking penetration (7) No spoilers, ta! &…

It’s me in the Independent today. Sample clue: Cantankerous ill youngster straddles potty (5) You can solve this cryptic crossword FOR FREE at puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/cryptic-crossword-independent

I set today’s cryptic crossword in The Independent, free to solve online here: puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/crypti... Heading off, get syrup (3) 'Misty' not covered by chamber musician (7) Wild fellow managed revolutionary sex clubs (7)

ADAM AND EVE (Anagrammed Lines) Adam and Eve in God's garden: So ragged and damned naïve. Gave a song, minded an adder, and envisaged Armageddon. (Dogma and sin ravaged Eden and God — and gave Man desire.)

Streaming crosswords in a couple of hours, join us at 12 noon GMT to help solve new cryptics by Skirwingle @skirwingle.bsky.social and LeoNessie @joeleisen.bsky.social! #CrypticSunday twitch.tv/crypticsunday

I set the cryptic crossword in this weekend's edition of the @financialtimes.com. Sample clue: Buy croquetas freshly cooked when touring northern part of Spain (6,7)

I’m back in the Indy today! Featuring: 🔴 Red, gold and brown a bit too much (6) 🎖️ Call it a day having received medal and diamonds (2,2,3) 🎵 Show Me Love, Spinning Around and Come What May? (7) Play for free here: puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/crypti...

Back to my old tricks in the Indy puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/crypti... 🤖 Chatbot plugged by social media site exposed home truth (5) 🧲 Villages beginning to hoard lucky charms, but not horseshoe (7) 👨‍🌾 Half-cut gardener wearing his wife’s skirt (5) 🤢 Quite sour converts like Reform rosettes (9)

Hoping to solve cryptics by tpgrammar @tpgrammar.bsky.social and Chlorine @katstevens.bsky.social on today's #CrypticSunday stream, join us at 12 noon BST! twitch.tv/crypticsunday

I set today’s cryptic crossword in the FT. Sample clue: Virtuous man lifted toilet seat (5) You can solve this puzzle FOR FREE - at ft.com/crosswordapp - by printing it off at ft.com/crossword

Quote from Chambers: nut noun … 3. Often the hazelnut, sometimes the walnut What?! Beautifully put though, granted.

Too American to lead English orchestra (4) Dwelling as The Beatles were in Hamburg? (6) I set today's Independent #cryptic #crossword. I hope it brightens your day! puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/crypti...

Join us for crosswords on Twitch at 12 noon, everyone! Today we're having a go at MyCrossword cryptics by evilflea @evilflea.bsky.social and Dyno #CrypticSunday twitch.tv/crypticsunday

I set the cryptic crossword in the weekend edition of the @financialtimes.com. Sample clue: A quick one in S London 'otel? (5,8). Solve the puzzle of the FT app or print the pdf here: www.ft.com/content/a2c3...

I hope my faithful followers enjoy my latest cryptic, featuring: Star trio cast as double-crossers (8) Crossword setters you shouldn't have trapped in vice suffer (7) American in the way of DC hero unplugging Tesla (8) puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/crypti...

Today’s cryptic crossword in the Independent is awful, but hopefully you’ll like it. Sample clue: In high spirits, Gary Lineker finally comes out (3) Solve it FOR FREE at puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/cryptic-crossword-independent

Working at welcoming Germans in public relations exercise? (7) My puzzle today in The Independent, free at puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/crypti... #cryptic #crossword

Free to solve at puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/crypti..., sample from today's Nimrod @the-independent.com xword: Slimmed manner, not so round? (8) @derekharrison.bsky.social @timlihoreau.bsky.social @jon-summers.bsky.social @tilsit999.bsky.social @somsram.bsky.social @knutcrosswords.bsky.social

I set today’s cryptic crossword in the FT. Sample clue: Turn, turn … I’m turning left twice (8) You can solve it FOR FREE - at ft.com/crosswordapp - by printing it at ft.com/crossword

I'm back in the Indy today, with clues like: Mouthy art student is trying, to an extent (9) Solve for free here - I hope you enjoy it! puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/crypti...

Delighted to have compiled today's Indy puzzle. I hope you enjoy. puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/crypti...

I set the cryptic crossword in this weekend's @financialtimes.com. Sample clue: Organised bride's hen party, ending in perfect gift. Solve the puzzle on the FT app or print the pdf here: www.ft.com/content/3646...

It’s my puzzle in the Independent today. (Wot, no Phi? He’s back tomorrow). Clues include: Wet and cold, perhaps, one covers up at home (6) Strong birds? Turkeys and geese to name two (5) Security protecting Harris finally leaves (5) #cryptic #crossword puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/crypti...

Dictator's hurt nation's capital (4) Delay evident in reactions to new allegations (9) I set today's Independent #cryptic #crossword. I hope it brightens your day!

I'm back on my childish nonsense in today's Indy. Here's one of the more sensible clues: Take remedy to keep fit (7) puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/crypti...

Whatever happens, eviscerated Truss associated with a big lettuce (2,3,5) My puzzle today in The Independent, free at puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/crypti... #cryptic #crossword