Putting the words to lights – crossword clues explained in plain English
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The third chapter in Anax’s guide to the rules which crossword setters use – Double Meanings or Double Definitions – is now available.… Continue reading
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The second chapter in Anax’s guide to the rules which crossword setters use – Charades or Word Sums – is now available.… Continue reading
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My apologies for the short notice, but I only became aware of this myself at the weekend.
| What? | The 6th “Sloggers and Betters” gathering for crossword setters and blog contributors and readers will take place in London, following on from the annual lunch for Times setters. |
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Out of the blue an email with the title “Need to get out more” appeared in my mailbox yesterday. … Continue reading
If you missed Tilsit’s appearance on Newswatch (BBC News 24) last night and early this morning, it is now available on the BBC iPlayer (for a limited time, and probably only in the UK).
And what a mess he makes of it. Many thanks to Jen at the Crossword Centre for pointing it out and to Colin Blackburn for solving the “mystery”.
A week ago, Coronation Street started with Ken Barlow attempting to complete a crossword. It turned out to be Toughie 309 by MynoT (who put in an appearance at the White Horse last Saturday) and using freeze frame on the ITV player it was revealed that he was cheating by filling in random words!
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Welcome to the thirteenth in our series of weekly puzzles.
Radler reaches his fourth on this site – and don’t forget he has a further puzzles on Alberich (see the main Crosswords page for a link).
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Tilsit, Prolixic, Gnomethang and I will be among those present in the White Horse pub in Parson’s Green, London tomorrow, 8th May, from 11am till late. Drop in and have a drink with us if you are in town today.
Full details can be found here, just click on the picture:
Continue reading “Cruciverbalists’ Convention”
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On Bank Holiday Monday Roger “Rufus” Squires has his 1000th puzzle published in the Daily Telegraph. To mark the occasion there is an article about him on page 29 of today’s paper. If you can’t get the paper, you can read the article here, just click the picture of Roger:
Congratulations Rufus – and a thousand thank yous for mentioning Big Dave’s Crossword Blog in the article!
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Welcome to the eleventh in our series of weekly puzzles.
Anax makes his first appearance after his debut in the FT this week. Three down and two to go!
