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Leedsclimber

My earliest memory of doing a crossword was sitting in a bench shelter on Hastings sea front with my dad. After that there was quite a gap until I started dabbling with the Sunday Times cryptic about 20 years ago. Back then my best time for completion could (only) be measured in days. Thankfully a bit better these days.

Independent No. 11,937 by Tyrus

Sat January 11, 2025 at 8:30 am by Leedsclimber

A grid from Tyrus to fire up a cold weekend.

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Independent No. 11,907 by Quince

Sat December 7, 2024 at 8:30 am by Leedsclimber

Hello everyone….a grid from Quince to solve today.

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Categories Independent 11 Comments

Independent cryptic No. 11,877 by Methuselah

Sat November 2, 2024 at 9:00 am by Leedsclimber

Good morning fellow solvers

A themed grid from Methuselah, with working out the theme arguably more fiendish than the crossword itself. Never have I been more grateful to be part of the Indy blogging team, who have the pleasure of receiving these a bit in advance of publication!

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Categories Independent 13 Comments

Guardian cryptic No. 29,522 by Yank

Thu October 24, 2024 at 12:13 pmThu October 24, 2024 at 9:09 am by Leedsclimber

Good morning Guardian solvers. I’m being allowed to come over from the Indy dark side on another guest spot, so I guess my last one wasn’t so heinous.

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Independent No. 11,847 by Rodriguez

Sat September 28, 2024 at 9:44 am by Leedsclimber

Good morning Indy solvers. A relatively pleasurable stroll today courtesy of Rodriguez.

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Independent No. 11,817 by Methuselah

Sat August 24, 2024 at 8:00 am by Leedsclimber

Guten morgen, meine freunde. Ich bin in Munchen am Urlaub*. Ok, enough showing off, I have a Methuselah grid to blog before going off in search of more cultural highlights, the best of … Read more >>

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Independent No.11,787 by Punk

Sat July 20, 2024 at 8:00 am by Leedsclimber

Today’s grid is supplied by Punk.

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Independent No: 11,757 by Tyrus

Sat June 15, 2024 at 4:01 pmSat June 15, 2024 at 8:33 am by Leedsclimber

Happy Saturday everyone!

A grid from Tyrus for our pleasure today.

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Independent No. 11,727 by Bluth

Mon May 13, 2024 at 6:00 pmSat May 11, 2024 at 8:30 am by Leedsclimber

Morning everyone, and happy Saturday

My third outing blogging a grid by Bluth, who is normally a setter I enjoy solving with their gentle style and clever clue constructions.

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Independent No. 11,697 by Bluebird

Sat April 6, 2024 at 8:53 amSat April 6, 2024 at 7:57 am by Leedsclimber

My first blog of a Bluebird grid today.

I found this enjoyable as it was straightforward, perhaps to the point of being “workaday” (in the nicest possible way).

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Independent No. 11,667 by Bluth

Sat March 2, 2024 at 9:15 amSat March 2, 2024 at 8:30 am by Leedsclimber

What an absolute treat we’ve all had from Bluth today. Normally I expect some cruciverbal flair from this setter but this was an absolute pleasure. The grid fell relatively easily, with so many … Read more >>

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Independent No. 11,637 by Knut

Sat January 27, 2024 at 8:00 am by Leedsclimber

Morning everyone A pleasant and straightforward offering from Knut today, with only a couple of visits to the online reference sources necessary to complete. Favourite was 17 across for the band reference, and I … Read more >>

Categories Independent 20 Comments

Guardian Prize crossword No. 29,261 by Maskarade – solution

Sat January 6, 2024 at 12:50 pmThu January 4, 2024 at 11:59 pm by Leedsclimber

“Time flies when you’re having fun”, or so I’m lead to believe. It’s been a whole year since my first outing as a 225 blogger. And what a year it’s been! Thank you … Read more >>

Categories Guardian 45 Comments

Guardian Prize crossword No. 29,261 by Maskerade – placeholder

Sun December 31, 2023 at 9:42 amSat December 30, 2023 at 9:30 am by Leedsclimber

This is a placeholder post for the bumper Xmas Prize cryptic crossword, published on Saturday 23rd December. The blog will be posted with solutions on Friday 5th January after entries close. Merry Xmas … Read more >>

Categories Guardian

Independent No. 11,607 by Tyrus

Sat December 23, 2023 at 9:00 am by Leedsclimber

“‘Twas the night before Xmas (almost: go with it), when all through the house

Not a creature was stirring…”

…except perhaps the moans of pain from Leedsclimber trying to solve this absolute beast of a crossword from Tyrus.

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