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The Guardian
You can find all of my Guardian puzzles to print for yourself or to enjoy online by following the link to my Profile page below.
For starters, here’s a selection of puzzles that went down particularly well with Guardian readers … ok, I’m quite fond of them myself, too.
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More history
1 Across magazine used to run a monthly clueing competition. Before I became a proper compiler, I used to enter and, from time to time, win. Here, for your entertainment, are just a few of my entries.
To enjoy the clues, you need to remember that Doc is editor Tom Johnson’s compiling pseudonym, and to know that the competition attracted new sponsorship from OUP, supplementing the long-standing support of Chambers.
Answers at the bottom of the page …
Maybe Chamber’s & Co rather upset? (9)
Old bull has bladder problem (10)
Maniac reveals male organ for Doc (3,6)
Puzzling statement is to be expected at start of article (our editor’s, reportedly) (7) |
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The nice thing about doing a crossword puzzle is, you know there is a solution. |
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Stephen Sondheim |
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Get in touch |
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Araucaria Araucana, the monkey puzzle, which inspired John Graham’s much-revered pseudonym |
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Here’s out how to subscribe to 1 Across magazine |
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Guardian profile, with links to all my Guardian puzzles |
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Solutions to 1 Across clueing competition entries
ORCHESTRA BALDERDASH ONE ACROSS PARADOX |
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Crossword sites
You may enjoy paying a visit to some of these crossword-related websites:
Crossword Centenary John Halpern presents his thoughts and introduces a year of celebration as the crossword nears its 100th birthday
Guardian Blog Alan Connor’s round-up and analysis of the best of the week’s cryptic crosswords in the Guardian and elsewhere
Fifteen Squared A band of dedicated solvers provide super-fast solutions for Guardian and other crosswords, featuring wise commentary and robust discussion
Crossword Unclued Intelligent discussion of clue types and conventions, including some more examples that you may recognise from my oeuvre
Best-for-Puzzles Who’s Who Well-researched compendium of, as it says, puzzling people
Big Dave Keeper of the unofficial Telegraph crossword blog, which may possibly be the world’s most popular crossword blogging site
Dave Tilley Provocative musings of blogger Tilsit
The Crossword Centre by Derek Harrison
EJ’s Crossword Showcase EJ is none other than Brummie and Cyclops. His website includes interesting examples of good and bad clueing, and links to more sites
David Astle The fearsomely fertile mind of DA
Paul Henderson who is Phi and many more
Google+ Sam Wilson’s Google+ group for news and discussion of matters cryptic |
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Kaz’s excellent Crossword-solving classes |
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Crossword Solving Tuition
I don’t teach how to solve crosswords, but I know a man who does … If you want to sharpen your skills, take a look at Kaz Pasiecznik’s excellent classes. |
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Cryptics by Boatman |
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Bonus downloads
Here are a few older puzzles from my 1 Across archive. You’ll notice how the themes differ from my work for the Guardian—I’ll be interested to hear what you think of them.
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