Putting the words to lights – crossword clues explained in plain English
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I’m sure you would like to join me today in congratulating Anax on his debut, as Loroso, as a setter in the Financial Times. Only the Telegraph and the Guardian to go now to complete a full set!
FT puzzles are available, for a limited time, from their website.
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Kathryn Friedlander has sent the following message:
Thanks for all your help with the survey launch: it all went very smoothly. We’re very pleased indeed with the response: 420 completed returns to date (we were keeping our fingers crossed for 250…). Best of all is that 179 of these respondents said they would like to help us again in future, so we are hoping that we didn’t annoy too many people with the length of the survey (it *is* long)!
We’ll keep you in touch with the results of the survey as they unfold. Meanwhile, would it be possible to put a brief note out to your readers passing on our sincere thanks? (The survey is still open, too, for anyone who missed the boat over Easter.)
Very best wishes
Kathryn
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Welcome to the tenth in our series of weekly puzzles.
This is the third by Radler – this puzzle has down clues that are, in general, easier than the across clues, hence Mixed Abilities.
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A quick reminder that tonight the final of Only Connect is on BBC Four at 8.30. Our very own Shamus sets some of the questions on this show.
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Welcome to the eighth in our series of weekly puzzles.
Prolixic, or should that be Prolific, entertains us again. This one should be medium, say three stars. See if you agree.
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Kathryn Friedlander and Philip Fine, at the University of Buckingham, are launching an on-line survey to investigate the cognitive skills, motivation and development of expertise of those who tackle cryptic crosswords. They are looking for participants who tackle a ‘broadsheet’ cryptic crossword (such as the Daily Telegraph, Guardian or Independent crosswords) on a fairly regular basis, and who manage to complete it at least sometimes. Ideally, participants will have been solving cryptics for at least one year.
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Welcome to the seventh in our series of weekly puzzles. If you were wondering about the title, this is puzzle no. 007.
Anax is experimenting once more. This one should be medium difficult, say four stars. See if you agree.
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Welcome to the sixth in our series of weekly puzzles.
This is the second by Radler – another of our rising stars.
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Welcome to the fifth in our series of weekly puzzles.
This is the second by Prolixic – one of our rising stars.
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Welcome to the fourth in what has become an excellent series of weekly puzzles. Telegraph setters themselves have been known to dip in, perhaps to see how it really should be done!
This one dropped unexpectedly into my mailbox recently. Anax thought he would try his hand at writing an easier puzzle. Easier that what? You might well ask. Easier than his usual fare. Is it easy – that’s for you to judge.