Solvers of The Observer’s Azed crossword, both regular and occasional, are invited to a special lunch to celebrate puzzle No. 2,750 at Wolfson College, Oxford on Saturday 3rd May, followed by afternoon tea at Azed’s Oxford home. For full details please email heald (dot) richard (at) gmail.com.
Announcements
RIP – Puck – funeral details
RIP – Puck – funeral details
Funeral is on Thursday 20th February at 12 noon in Scarborough. There will be a live webcast.
Protected: Quite Radical
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A date for your diary … ?
Tickets can be purchased at this link. Calling all Fifteensquared setters and solvers. Please come and join us on Friday, March 21 for an all-day conference about literature and word puzzles in the Auditorium at Magdalen College, Oxford. We … Read more >>
Only Connect New Year’s Eve crosswords
Anyone who watched the last Only Connect of 2024 may be wondering about the crossword which was displayed prominently in the foreground. Victoria referenced it during the show. Here are links to the … Read more >>
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, etc …
We reach the end of another year
Do You Hear What I Hear? Sleigh Bells Ring Are You Listening?
Listener blogs coming soon Beginning with the Listener puzzle from December 14th (no. 4846), Listener blogs will appear here three weeks after the publication date. Thus the blog (no. 4846) will be scheduled … Read more >>
The 3D Cryptics Calendar is now on sale
The 3D Cryptics Calendar is now on sale. It features new and inventive puzzles by (among others) Enigmatist, Paul, Shark and Vlad, supplying the witty and devious clues you would expect, alongside often … Read more >>
A little bit of decorum please
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Wednesday October 30th 2024 saw the publication of a Guardian Cryptic puzzle by the virtually unknown setter Ludwig.
It turns out that there was a previous Ludwig puzzle on Wednesday September 25th.
It further transpires that the answers to both puzzles are the same though the clues are, almost entirely, different.
It put me in mind of Inquisitor 1266 on Saturday February 2nd 2013 and Inquisitor 1267 on Saturday February 9th 2013.
Please can I take the opportunity to remind people that this is a friendly, well-mannered site where everyone should be expected to treat others with respect and is entitled to respect in return.
Advance warning – possible down time
Advance warning – possible down time
S&B York – Last Minute Details
A handy reminder of the weekend’s itinerary:
Financial Times 17,863 – error
The FT has published two different puzzles this morning. There is a Monk puzzle on the mobile app, but a Basilisk for the printed and online puzzles. Both are numbered 17,863. We have … Read more >>
S&B York 2024 – Friday 25th & Saturday 26th October 2024 – IMPORTANT UPDATE
S&B York 2024 – Friday 25th & Saturday 26th October 2024 – IMPORTANT UPDATE Hi again, everyone. Four weeks to go! We’re now at the stage where I need to liaise with the … Read more >>