Folks often ask how to set a themed crossword, so here’s a simple guide:

I set today’s Inquisitor crossword which you’ll find in #iWeekend @theipaper.com

I set today’s Listener Crossword, which you’ll find in The Times 🙂

I make my debut in the Magpie magazine this month. Hope you enjoy it 🙂

The July Prize Puzzle from the Crossword Centre is Dame by Skylark. You can try it here. crosswordcentre.blogspot.com/2025/06/july...

The May Prize Puzzle from the Crossword Centre is Gig Economy by Wan. You can get it now. crosswordcentre.blogspot.com/2025/04/cros...

The April newsletter from the Crossword Centre, with the results of the Round Robin, is published today. crosswordcentre.blogspot.com/2025/04/cros...

I set today’s Listener Crossword, which you’ll find in The Times 🙂

The Christmas special on the Crossword Centre is Checkerboard Challenge by Arcadia. crosswordcentre.blogspot.com/2024/11/chri...

The December prize puzzle from the Crossword Centre is available now. Seasons Greetings XVI by Eclogue. crosswordcentre.blogspot.com/2024/11/dece...

Another puzzle for you to have a go at. Let me know how you get on. I’ll post the answer next week 🙂

Welcome to anyone who’s recently joined Bluesky. I post the occasional puzzle, but here’s a creative challenge: cautionary epitaphs. “Beneath this slab John Brown is stowed. He watched the ads And not the road” - Ogden Nash Your challenge is to compose a cautionary epitaph for the modern world 🙂

The Prize Puzzle on the Crossword Centre is Rising Costs by Hedge-sparrow crosswordcentre.blogspot.com/2024/10/nove...

Quick Puzzle 🙂 1. Go ahead 2. Live 3. Escaping justice 4. Moment 5. Outsized celestial carriage 6. Capital 7. Object pronouns 8. Black 9. Encephalopathy 10. ?

Quick brainteaser 🙂 A classic puzzle today. You have two fuses which each take exactly one minute to burn, but which don’t burn uniformly. How can you use them to measure a period of 45 seconds?

Quick brainteaser 🙂 GNAT is to TANG as CLERK is to ? The answer is a common word.

Still time to enter this prize puzzle. Send it in by Thursday. Free entry. I expect to see some of you Araucarians having a go, too! 🙂

I’ve set the January prize puzzle at the Crossword Centre. PDF link on this page. It’s free to enter, so give it a go! crosswordcentre.blogspot.com/2023/12/cros...

Probably the last of these for now. Four AI-generated film titles, each with one word slightly altered. The 4th isn’t mine, but it made me laugh (hint: one letter changed): #AIfilmquiz

Four more of these AI-generated film titles (each with one word slightly wrong): #AIfilmquiz

Here are four more AI-generated film titles (each with one word slightly wrong) for you to guess #AIfilmquiz

Let’s have some creative fun this Christmas. Using your favourite AI image generator, post a picture of a well-known film, but where one word is slightly wrong in the title. Here are some for you to have a go at… #AIfilmquiz

Wishing all of you in the crossword community a Merry Christmas!

Maths puzzle 🙂 While shopping for four groceries, a lady adds up the prices on a calculator, total £7.11, but when she gets to the till she realises she’d been multiplying instead of adding. Coincidentally, the checkout operator also charges her £7.11. What were the 4 prices? 👛

*Finally* got my hands on a copy. Solvers beware! 🙂

I set today’s Listener Crossword, which you’ll find in The Times. I hope you enjoy it, but please ask a grown-up to help you with the scissors 🙂 #crosswords #cryptic

For those into crosswords, UK cryptic sand themed puzzles in particular, please check out The Crossword Centre, managed by Derek Harrison. As well as the free monthly prize puzzles, Derek compiles a newsletter - see crosswordcentre.blogspot.com/2023/09/cros...

I recommend this free monthly prize puzzle from the Crossword Centre: crosswordcentre.blogspot.com/2023/08/cros... 🙂

I’m having trouble locating other puzzle constructors and fans on this platform. Most of the accounts I’ve seen that have “puzzle” or “crossword” in their name aren’t really that kind of site. I haven’t seen anything in feeds either. Maybe things will improve as others join 🙂

Today’s puzzle - which 5-word phrase is this? 🙂

Are there any fans of #quizzes #puzzles or (uk-style) #crosswords on this platform? 🙂

Today’s puzzle: You have a dictionary which lists all the numbers spelled out in English. So for example, 1740 is listed as “one thousand seven hundred forty”. Which is the first odd number listed in the dictionary?

I also write the occasional maths puzzle 🙂

This is what I call a deconstructed crossword. I’ve written around 10 of them so far. If you enjoy this kind of thing, let me know.

This is the first of a series. It’s called “Black Cat in the style of (Artist)”. Whoever is the first to post all 4 artists (in a single post) will be declared the winner 🙂

Hawk’s goat puzzle - please like/share if you solve it 🙂