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By now, apart from a few outlying islands, the whole globe will have seen in the New Year (or, as in my case, will have been asleep when it arrived). It is therefore … Read more >>
There is going to be a get-together of crossword fans in London on 5/12/15. For details please see here.
There will be a meeting for crossword setters and solvers at The George, Borough High Street, Southwark, London, SE1 1NH, coinciding with the annual Times Crossword Championship. The meeting will begin at 11:00 … Read more >>
Edit: It would appear that from around 1715 things have returned to normal. However, if you are still experiencing problems please let me know in a comment below. There is a problem with … Read more >>
I received an email from our hosting company yesterday regarding the site’s move to a new server, quote: “We will be migrating your website(s) and email to our new, high performance hosting platform on … Read more >>
The Independent has changed its crossword (and other puzzles) format and location. The result is that Crossword Solver can no longer be used to download and print the puzzle. Another change is that … Read more >>
***** Update: The route and timings for the quiz pub crawl on Friday evening will be the same as last year, this time to incorporate sandwiches, chips ‘n’ stuff at the Maltings. Details can be found here. *****
The Guardian has just released a documentary recorded shortly before John Graham’s death in 2013. It can be found here. This page also has links to some other related articles which you may … Read more >>
A message from John Henderson …
The possibility of a S&B in York in October along the same lines as the 2014 event was mentioned by a number of people at the recent get-together in Cambridge. I’m more than happy to put this together if there is a consensus, and have checked that the same venue that we used last year is available again. To avoid event clashes, the date would have to be a week earlier than last year’s fixture, so before I go ahead, please could I have a show of hands for Saturday, October 24? Naturally, for those wishing to make a weekend of it, there would be a quizzical Ale Trail on the Friday night, and a “Recovery” session on the Sunday morning at the York Tap…
At the Cambridge S&B several crosswords were handed out, some of these especially written for the occasion.
I decided once more to blog these puzzles, in a neutral way (without giving a personal view) and based on the setters’ own explanations.
So, don’t be surprised to see some new names crawling around the familiar ones.
Any feedback will be very much appreciated.
There will be a get-together of sloggers and betters after the Times setters’ lunch on Tuesday 19th May, starting at 2pm. The venue is: The George Borough High Street Southwark SE1 1NH The … Read more >>
Edit: Thanks everyone for the feedback, most helpful. Please see comment #20 for my conclusions.
It was reported earlier in today’s Guardian post that the ‘Preview Comment’ button had stopped working.
Many thanks to all who made the first Cambridge S&B such a success.
And by ‘all’ we do not mean ourselves as the organisers but really everyone who was there on Saturday.
Because many comments containing multiple links are spam, WordPress, the software this site runs on, is set so that any comment with three or more links in it is placed in a moderation queue if … Read more >>
Less than four three two weeks to go!
So, time for a reminder that there will be a Sloggers & Betters event in Cambridge on Saturday 25 April.
The venue is The Castle Inn, 38 Castle Street, Cambridge CB3 0AJ
http://thecastleinncambridge.com/
The pub will open its doors at 11.30am and from twelve o’clock onwards the complete first floor (including roof terrace) will be ours, with space for around 60 people.