John Henderson
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Crosswords. Quiz. Ale. Classical Music. Cricket. Cornwall & Yorkshire.
Could you design a 3D Crossword? Have a go ...
3dcalendarpuzzles.co.uk/2025-world-c...
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2025 World Championship & RPM Trophy Competitions - 3D Calendar Puzzles
How to enter the 3D Crosswords 2025 World Championship and RPM Trophy competitions.
https://3dcalendarpuzzles.co.uk/2025-world-championship-rpm-trophy-competitions/
2 days ago
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Puzzlers! Solve a present problem and do your bit for BBC Children in Need Day:
www.fifteensquared.net/2025/11/14/3...
#BBCChildrenInNeed
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@timlihoreau.bsky.social
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12 days ago
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Oh, no.
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
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Fawlty Towers actor Prunella Scales dies aged 93
Actor portrayed Sybil Fawlty and later charmed viewers with her canal boat journeys alongside husband Timothy West
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/oct/28/fawlty-towers-actor-prunella-scales-dies-at-the-age-of-93
21 days ago
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Remembering my great pal Wilky, who died OTD 2020.
22 days ago
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Nope.
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about 1 month ago
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York Sloggers & Betters: Maps, venues, timetables ...
www.jetdoc.co.uk/york-slogger...
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York Sloggers and Betters 2025 | jetdoc
https://www.jetdoc.co.uk/york-sloggers-and-betters-2024
about 1 month ago
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Aha. The realignment of the Mayer-Teuton-Crowther crossword trinity. Long sunny walk with dog done and the Gunners top of the League. Might have a beer.
about 1 month ago
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In
@theipaper.com
#Weekend
,
#Inquisitor
1928: Dyno-Rod by Triton; Solution 1926: Encyclopaedia by Kirsanov
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about 1 month ago
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Sample clue from today's Elgar
@telegraphnews.bsky.social
#Toughie
: Awards title for limo-hire business? (6)
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about 2 months ago
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Sloggers & Betters York - IMPORTANT UPDATE:
www.fifteensquared.net/2025/09/30/f...
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S&B York 2023 – Friday 24th & Saturday 25th October 2025 – IMPORTANT UPDATE – Fifteensquared
https://www.fifteensquared.net/2025/09/30/for-your-eyes-only/
about 2 months ago
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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)
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https://puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/cryptic-crossword-independentSample
about 2 months ago
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@theipaper.com
#Weekend
,
#Inquisitor
1927: Line Management by Phi; Solution 1925: Long Division by Check
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about 2 months ago
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Sample from today's
@theguardian.com
Enigmatist Prize Xword (no spoilers please): He makes a hole in one tree (4)
www.theguardian.com/crosswords/p...
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Prize crossword No 29,805
Prize crossword No 29,805
https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/prize/29805
about 2 months ago
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In
@theipaper.com
#Weekend
,
#Inquisitor
1926: Encyclopaedia by Kirsanov; Solution 1924: Sausage Competition by eXternal
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about 2 months ago
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Sample clue from today's Elgar
@telegraphnews.bsky.social
#Toughie
: He experimented with light Jiffy bag (5)
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about 2 months ago
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Foreign hmmm
add a skeleton here at some point
2 months ago
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In
@theipaper.com
#Weekend
,
#Inquisitor
1925: Long Division by Check; Solution 1923: Parallels by Apt
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@olyduff.bsky.social
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2 months ago
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Who's celebrating making 90 at the MCG today, teatime? (4,4)
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@classicfm.com
2 months ago
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@theipaper.com
#Weekend
,
#Inquisitor
1924: Sausage Competition II by eXternal; Solution 1922: Stage Presence by Arcadia
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2 months ago
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Sample clue from today's Elgar
@telegraphnews.bsky.social
#Toughie
: Musician burned in the nude? (5)
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2 months ago
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In
@theipaper.com
Weekend,
#Inquisitor
1923: Parallels by Apt; Solution 1921: Friends of Mine by Kruger
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3 months ago
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Assortment of crosswords lining chicken runs (4)
add a skeleton here at some point
3 months ago
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If the BH
@theguardian.com
Special is a tad daunting, why not relax with the online Prize?
www.theguardian.com/crosswords/p...
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3 months ago
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@theipaper.com
Weekend,
#Inquisitor
1922: Stage Presence by Arcadia; Solution 1920: Sunken Island by The Ace of Hearts
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3 months ago
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Sample clue from today's Elgar
@telegraphnews.bsky.social
#Toughie
: Salt barely covered herb (8)
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3 months ago
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Sample clue from today's Io
@financialtimes.com
#crossword
: Golf club with missing 6-9 inches (5); solve for free at:
www.ft.com/content/a17f...
.
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FT Crossword: Number 18,138
https://www.ft.com/content/a17fdab3-e825-4340-a4ae-4754fcf2e327
3 months ago
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@theipaper.com
Weekend,
#Inquisitor
1921: Friends of Mine by Kruger; Solution 1919: V&A? by Eclogue
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3 months ago
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@theipaper.com
Weekend,
#Inquisitor
1920: Sunken Island by The Ace of Hearts; Solution 1918: Taken for a Ride by Vismut
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3 months ago
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Dedicated to
@timlihoreau.bsky.social
, this sample clue from today's Elgar
@telegraphnews.bsky.social
#Toughie
: Go on eating a single sausage (9)
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3 months ago
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@theipaper.com
Weekend,
#Inquisitor
1919: V&A? by Eclogue; Solution 1917: By-blow by Ruli
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4 months ago
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@theipaper.com
Weekend,
#Inquisitor
1918: Taken for a Ride by Vismut; Solution 1916: Workout by Poat
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4 months ago
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Sample clue from today's Elgar
@telegraphnews.bsky.social
#Toughie
: Joe storms after Mike (2,7)
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4 months ago
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Won't get flayed alive this year. Even got "manacles" into a clue in today's
@financialtimes.com
crossword:
www.ft.com/content/5f5e...
;
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuKGVW83dW0
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Fawlty Towers: Basil 'forgets' his anniversary
YouTube video by Fawlty's Vault
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuKGVW83dW0
4 months ago
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Sample clue from today's Elgar
@telegraphnews.bsky.social
#Toughie
: Wise old man unveiling a supermarket? (6)
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4 months ago
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Sloggers & Betters York 2025:
www.fifteensquared.net/2025/07/07/s...
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S&B York 2025 – Friday 24th & Saturday 25th October 2025 – Fifteensquared
https://www.fifteensquared.net/2025/07/07/sb-york-2025-friday-24th-saturday-25th-october-2025/
4 months ago
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Find Duncan Shiell's blog for
#Inquisitor
1913, What Goes Around by Charybdis, at:
www.fifteensquared.net/2025/07/01/i...
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5 months ago
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@theipaper.com
Weekend,
#Inquisitor
1915: Circle Line/Central Line by Cranberry; Solution 1913: What Goes Around by Charybdis
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5 months ago
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ITMA.
www.thetimes.com/puzzles/mind...
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Could crosswords be an Olympic sport? British pastime goes global
The World Cryptic Crossword Championships organisers are on a mission to get the popular puzzle recognised on the world stage
https://www.thetimes.com/puzzles/mind-games/article/could-crosswords-be-an-olympic-sport-british-pastime-goes-global-v3xv5bpsx
5 months ago
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Sample clue from today's Elgar
@telegraphnews.bsky.social
#Toughie
: Sapphire about to leave India, possibly? (7)
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5 months ago
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Hope to see folk at this ...
5 months ago
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Sample clue from today's Enigmatist
@theguardian.com
: Boob initially pops out of bra when it splits sides (6):
www.theguardian.com/crosswords/c...
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5 months ago
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Find
@kenmac.bsky.social
's blog for
#Inquisitor
1911, Yobs by Chalicea, at:
www.fifteensquared.net/2025/06/17/i...
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Independent 12,059 by Atrica – Fifteensquared
https://www.fifteensquared.net/2025/06/03/i..
5 months ago
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In
@theipaper.com
Weekend,
#Inquisitor
1913: What Goes Around by Charybdis; and Solution 1911: Yobs by Chalicea
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5 months ago
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And jolly good luck to everyone.
add a skeleton here at some point
5 months ago
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Sample clue from today's
@financialtimes.com
Io: Chief island in group realised Gershwin's potential (7); free to solve at
www.ft.com/content/6719...
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FT Crossword: Number 18,084
https://www.ft.com/content/671983ce-3851-4132-a343-3cda8d4360e3
5 months ago
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@theipaper.com
Weekend,
#Inquisitor
1912: Absences by Skylark; and Solution 1910: Dead-letter Drop by Kruger
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5 months ago
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Sample clue from today's Elgar
@telegraphnews.bsky.social
#Toughie
: Time you enjoy approaching solicitor (5,3)
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5 months ago
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Find Bertandjoyce's blog for
#Inquisitor
1910, Dead-letter Drop by Kruger, at:
www.fifteensquared.net/2025/06/10/i...
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Independent 12,059 by Atrica – Fifteensquared
https://www.fifteensquared.net/2025/06/03/i..
5 months ago
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In this weekend's
@theipaper.com
,
#Inquisitor
1911: Yobs by Chalicea; and Solution 1909: Find the Title by Phi
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5 months ago
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