Wed January 2, 2013 at 3:00 pm

2013 Crossword Centenary

Sat January 12, 2013 at 7:08 amWed January 2, 2013 at 3:00 pm by Admin

This year is the centenary of the crossword, the first one being published in the New York World on December 21st 1913. To mark this, John Halpern (aka Paul, Mudd, Dada, Punk) is … Read more >>

Financial Times 14,200 by Gozo

Wed January 2, 2013 at 9:33 pmWed January 2, 2013 at 2:58 pm by PeeDee

Apologies for the late post today. Any help with 20dn? Gozo crosswords are on a subject, I think of them as lessons in Crossword School. Today we are having games. I found this quick … Read more >>

Independent 8180 / Dac

Wed January 2, 2013 at 10:25 amWed January 2, 2013 at 7:30 am by duncanshiell

Dac continues in 2013, as he has done throughout 2012, with a well constructed challenge for the commuter on the Clapham omnibus. Dac doesn’t do themes or tricks or pangrams; … Read more >>

Inquisitor 1261: DIY Card by Rasputin

Wed January 2, 2013 at 2:00 am by duncanshiell

Rasputin is the pseudonym of a group of three crossword setters (Artix, Chalicea and Ilver). I only know that because Chalicea admitted to their composition by commenting on a previous Inquisitor crossword by … Read more >>

Guardian 25,834 – Philistine

Wed January 2, 2013 at 5:47 pmWed January 2, 2013 at 12:53 am by Andrew

This is Philistine’s eleventh Guardian puzzle, and the third one I’ve blogged – checking the history reminded me that the last one had a rather bizarre clue for TOUOUSE-LAUTREC. There’s nothing so quite … Read more >>