Why not welcome Wednesday with a midweek Milo mini on @mycrossword.co.uk? mycrossword.co.uk/mini/186

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...

The results are in... 🥇 Aircon 🥈 Meles 🥉 Polymath

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...

Chris Lancaster, the Telegraph's puzzles editor, was diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease last year, and is fundraising for a wheelchair-accessible vehicle - please donate if you can: www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding...

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

Here it is, drum roll please 🥁 ... My very first full 15x15 grid! Thank you to the lovely people who tested it. ❤️

@amoebacrosswords.bsky.social Very pleased to make my debut in the Times Quick Cryptic today! Hope you enjoy it.

🏆 Clue contest No 36 🏆 Submit your best cryptic clue for CHIMNEY using the link below. www.mycrossword.co.uk/contests/36

Watch out Keir - I've made it to Number Ten! Hope you enjoy this - let me know... mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/2901

🚀 New Release 🚀 www.mycrossword.co.uk/blog/introdu...

After a long hiatus, I have posted something on MyCrossword. This was set in 2024 as part of the bonus puzzles for an American crossword tournament. mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/2898

Rannygazoo, let's have a tune! Specifically, one you could bookend thus: Colin? He runs a lab, right? (6) All the bad stuff you've been caught doing online! (6) When I count three, you can solve on MyCrossword, but be warned - afterwards, you may need a lie-down! mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/2895

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...

I hope you'll get a chance to try this puzzle. Expert (massively appreciated) feedback has been taken to heart. A few clues for now: Final day before corrupt sultan loses head (8) Nobility matters (5) Opens Unch, mostly snoozes (front cover notwithstanding) (6) Thank you @mycrossword.co.uk ☕

Morning all. A new puzzle for you to enjoy while I'm suffering in the pouring rain. Sample clue: Mad b- taking on Half Marathon today! (7) Thanks to @mycrossword.co.uk for the excellent site. mycrossword.co.uk/mini/173

It’s been a while, but my latest puzzle is now up, featuring: What could make big bin perfect? (4,2,3) Finance issue almost over for neighbours (5,4) Many thanks as always to @mycrossword.co.uk #cryptic #crossword www.mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/2880

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

This writer of crosswords has an appropriately wordy new Mini on @mycrossword.co.uk (3) This writer is a writer of certain poetic verses (6) This writer, Welsh, though familiar is one I've ultimately never even bothered with (6) www.mycrossword.co.uk/mini/171

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)

Thanks @tpgrammar.bsky.social! Inspired by your call for more 'cryptic fiction' (though maybe not a "real expert") I've had another go ... Once upon a time, near Lake Ontario, a funny thing occurred: initially ... (4,3) Read on at the fab @mycrossword.co.uk: www.mycrossword.co.uk/mini/169

I've put together this list of crossword abbreviations including explanations. I'd love to correct any errors/gaps (it'd be nice if the first explanation on the list wasn't "no idea"). 2- and 3-letter abbreviations coming at some point charliemethven.com/abbreviations

Umpire in the Independent today! Highly recommended! puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/crypti...

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...

I wrote a blog post for @mycrossword.co.uk about how setters can identify and calibrate how difficult (or otherwise) their own puzzles are: www.mycrossword.co.uk/blog/the-dif... If you’re a setter, an aspiring setter or just curious as to how these things work - give it 4 minutes of your time! 😊

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...

New Blancheflower. Possible earworm consequences. Good boots to wear in London Marathon (4) Farage regularly perceived to possess face of one? (4) Top Geordie comprehensive reportedly, pet (10) On groovy guy Raider's bumper @mycrossword.co.uk www.mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/2828

Warning: my latest shenanigans on @mycrossword.co.uk's super site might be best solved post-watershed, including: Blow family and gag at climax (9) Long-term partner who dives at balls (6) Resolving old break-up, leave banger on the side? (6-4) www.mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/2827

After a short break, here's my ninth #cryptic #crossword. Feedback welcome. mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/2825

My tin hat, I'm wearing... I've written about why claims of 'Yodaspeak' are often wide of the mark: www.mycrossword.co.uk/blog/misunde...

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

So excited to be making my debut as Glyph in @theguardian.com Genius slot today. Cheers to @alanconnor.bsky.social for the spot, and thank you so much to the great folks that tested this puzzle. Hope you enjoy solving it as much as I enjoyed writing it! www.theguardian.com/crosswords/2...

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...

🏆 Clue contest No 35 🏆 Submit your best cryptic clue for HIBERNATE using the link below. www.mycrossword.co.uk/contests/35

Now online, a new #cryptic #crossword by me, with clues like: - Against Italy, Spain won (4) - Exotic naked massage (5) - Crusty dish in my appliance (6) www.mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/2811 Big thanks as ever to @mycrossword.co.uk (who I met last weekend, a lovely chap ☺️)

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)

be nice please www.mycrossword.co.uk/mini/157

Belatedly plugging the collaborative #cryptic #crossword (30 clues by 30 setters) I pulled together for the York Sloggers & Betters weekender, available online here: www.mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/2788 Solve the puzzle! Guess the setters! 😆 (and big thanks to everyone who took part 🤩)

Rather chuffed to report that my friendly, feathered and equally foolish alter ego Loon makes his debut in The Times Quick Cryptic series today. #cryptic #crossword

You thought you could escape York through the #CrypticSunday Replacement Stream Service? Think again - come 12pm, I'll be tackling the Platypus @henriwords.com curated for the event! Plus: puzzles from @evilflea.bsky.social & @cranberryfez.bsky.social, then maybe a fourth? twitch.tv/pantherapuzzles

cryptic crosswords are so good for learning the fake names that the brits give their rivers. Exe and Ure are not rivers those are file extensions

A trip to the cinema with the new Fez, sample clues: Put last of shopping into blue plastic bag (5) Clothes, not Pete's but ... (4) Declared Bible was wrong (7) On Raider's blockbuster @mycrossword.co.uk www.mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/2783

Updating my LEGO White House

Andrew is a sort of non-prince now, a… well, I’m sure there’s some sort of portmanteau word that would describe him well.

🙏 Change upset Raider (6) Discovered Mini 142? (6,2,2,3) Adult cracks punchline during Jumping Jeff’s Roo-Cook (3-5,5) Celebrating a year with @mycrossword.co.uk 🙌

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...