Mick Hodgkin

“Select all squares containing J D Salinger books” - CAPTCHA in the Rye.

Just trying to hoodwink us as usual

Great cryptic definition.

I always feel sorry for the question writers when the axe falls halfway through your carefully constructed sequence

It's My Party and I'll sue if I want to...

Quick cryptic in The Times today is a debut by ‘Kybos’

Kybos is a Greek word for a six-sided 🎲 …

Testers are wonderful people who deserve so much ❤️

#cryptic #crossword #isitreal

Keir Starmer's approach to dealing with embattled colleagues is a three-stage process: back, crack and sack.

a man in a suit and tie is saying oh my god okay it 's happening . Alt: Michael Scott (US Office) saying oh my god okay it's happening .

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Roll up roll up - assure yourself a copy of Unch now!

Visit: unchcrosswords.com#shop

Ordered

Quite!

If AI Overview is so intelligent, how come it can't count to 7? Outsmarted by an abacus.

Thanks!

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Try the new online Ponder crossword from @thetimes.com . Free this week, it has an American-style grid with Brit-friendly vocab. Concise-ish but may contain wordplay. At thetimes.com/puzzles/crossword/times-ponder-no-2-let-039-s-trip-9cv7fb93m

You won't get nonsense like that in our new Times UK-friendly American-style crossword, the Ponder!

Quizle August 9
"Which fictional character was originally going to have the surname Puckle?"
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How many hints will you need? Ok, I could have got it in one because I edited the Q but that would be cheating.
Free to play, no sub needed.

Thanks Matt, I enjoy writing them!

I'll be on @bbcpm.bsky.social about 1720 talking the enduring appeal of cryptic crosswords

This is brilliant. And also feels like a nice tribute to Tom Lehrer, who used the same template for The Elements.

Sample clue from today's Times Quick Cryptic:
Very attractive, the Spanish goalie - he's bedded plenty (11)

Fabulous from Anax in today's ST...

Multitude possibly fed Hovis and tuna (4,8)

Absolutely everybody at Wimbledon was dressed like someone Hugh Grant accidentally insults in a Richard Curtis movie.

And as it appeared in the paper

Could crosswords be an Olympic sport? British pastime goes global The World Cryptic Crossword Championships organisers are on a mission to get the popular puzzle recognised on the world stage

Nice to meet you! Here's my piece (£) www.thetimes.com/article/c2f7...

Could crosswords be an Olympic sport? British pastime goes global The World Cryptic Crossword Championships organisers are on a mission to get the popular puzzle recognised on the world stage

Could cryptic solving become an Olympic sport? @mickhodgkin.bsky.social on today's World Cryptic Crossword Championship (and yes, women do also solve crosswords....) www.thetimes.com/puzzles/mind...

Could crosswords be an Olympic sport? British pastime goes global The World Cryptic Crossword Championships organisers are on a mission to get the popular puzzle recognised on the world stage

Crosswords as a spectator sport: my Times report on the first World Cryptic Crossword Championship (in the paper tomorrow) www.thetimes.com/article/c2f7...

Great clue in today’s Times…

Go out of one’s mind, according to faculty (14)

Using @google search has become a good test of one's bullshit detector. The top result from AI Overview is invariably utterly wrong

What a super clue in today's Times puzzle:

Spooner's take on his characteristic hobby (12)

Today's Quizle question in @thetimes.com is "Whose reported last words translate to "do not disturb my circles"? Do you need a hint? No sub needed. www.thetimes.com/puzzles/quiz...

Quizle June 16
"Who or what is Major General Sir Nils Olav III?"
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Far too easy today!