@amoebacrosswords.bsky.social
Crossword-botherer. Occasionally seen all over the place.
Pinned
You know when you've been Tangoed!
I'm very pleased to make my debut in the Times QC slot. I hope you'll find it approachable and fun: www.thetimes.com/puzzleclub/c...
I'm very pleased to make my debut in the Times QC slot. I hope you'll find it approachable and fun: www.thetimes.com/puzzleclub/c...
Excellent clue in today's Times:
Fly back from China in 747? (4)
Fly back from China in 747? (4)
November 28, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Excellent clue in today's Times:
Fly back from China in 747? (4)
Fly back from China in 747? (4)
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You should do today’s Times cryptic.
And then you should do today’s Financial Times cryptic. Including:
Giant bird with many wings taking flight (5)
Solve it FOR FREE …
- at ft.com/crosswordapp
- printing it out at ft.com/crossword
And then you should do today’s Financial Times cryptic. Including:
Giant bird with many wings taking flight (5)
Solve it FOR FREE …
- at ft.com/crosswordapp
- printing it out at ft.com/crossword
November 27, 2025 at 8:14 AM
You should do today’s Times cryptic.
And then you should do today’s Financial Times cryptic. Including:
Giant bird with many wings taking flight (5)
Solve it FOR FREE …
- at ft.com/crosswordapp
- printing it out at ft.com/crossword
And then you should do today’s Financial Times cryptic. Including:
Giant bird with many wings taking flight (5)
Solve it FOR FREE …
- at ft.com/crosswordapp
- printing it out at ft.com/crossword
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Very pleased indeed to have had the opportunity to compile today's Times Crossword.
www.thetimes.com/puzzles/cros...
www.thetimes.com/puzzles/cros...
Times Cryptic No 29398 | Puzzles | The Times & The Sunday Times
Times Cryptic No 29398
www.thetimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Very pleased indeed to have had the opportunity to compile today's Times Crossword.
www.thetimes.com/puzzles/cros...
www.thetimes.com/puzzles/cros...
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Issue 2 available for (pre)sale now: unchcrosswords.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Issue 2 available for (pre)sale now: unchcrosswords.com
Always worth watching again - Italian singer Adriano Celentano's song that sounds like it's in English, but is actually gibberish
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fU-w...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fU-w...
Adriano Celentano canta "Prisencolinensinainciusol" da "Formula due" del 1973
YouTube video by Rai
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November 24, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Always worth watching again - Italian singer Adriano Celentano's song that sounds like it's in English, but is actually gibberish
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fU-w...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fU-w...
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I set today's cryptic in the Indy. Including:
Spinning throw breaks dish (4,3)
Fighting has mainly imposed on US? (4,7)
Provoke Gregorian at the outset with year missing from their calendar? (4)
Solve for free here: puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/crypti...
Spinning throw breaks dish (4,3)
Fighting has mainly imposed on US? (4,7)
Provoke Gregorian at the outset with year missing from their calendar? (4)
Solve for free here: puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/crypti...
The Independent's Cryptic Crossword | Play Online for Free | Independent
Play The Independent's Cryptic Crossword instantly online. The Independent's Cryptic Crossword is a fun and engaging Online game from The Independent. Play it and other games from The Independent.
puzzles.independent.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 7:20 AM
I set today's cryptic in the Indy. Including:
Spinning throw breaks dish (4,3)
Fighting has mainly imposed on US? (4,7)
Provoke Gregorian at the outset with year missing from their calendar? (4)
Solve for free here: puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/crypti...
Spinning throw breaks dish (4,3)
Fighting has mainly imposed on US? (4,7)
Provoke Gregorian at the outset with year missing from their calendar? (4)
Solve for free here: puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/crypti...
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Honoured to be featured in @thetimes.com's regular Puzzles newsletter! Thanks @mickhodgkin.bsky.social 👍
Very nice write-up, @unchcrosswords.com!
With The Times and Sunday Times and our competitors each producing several crosswords a day, you might think there was enough grid-based wordplay to satisfy even the most hardened addicts. So who would launch a specialist crossword magazine into this crowded market — and a printed one at that?
link.thetimes.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Honoured to be featured in @thetimes.com's regular Puzzles newsletter! Thanks @mickhodgkin.bsky.social 👍
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New crosswords by Coot and Prak await us on today's #CrypticSunday stream, so we're likely to need some help! Join us at 12!
twitch.tv/crypticsunday
twitch.tv/crypticsunday
CrypticSunday - Twitch
Hello we are Matt and Rachel.We stream cryptic crosswords almost every Sunday at 12pm UK time.
twitch.tv
November 23, 2025 at 9:18 AM
New crosswords by Coot and Prak await us on today's #CrypticSunday stream, so we're likely to need some help! Join us at 12!
twitch.tv/crypticsunday
twitch.tv/crypticsunday
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unch unch unch unch unch unch
November 22, 2025 at 9:56 AM
unch unch unch unch unch unch
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Dice is back - hope you enjoy!
Common ‘addiction’ somewhat symbolic of feeble-mindedness (6)
King Edward’s one dropping packaging rubbish (6)
Make time for first sighting of shark, maybe capturing it (3,2)
#cryptic #crossword
www.theguardian.com/crosswords/q...
Common ‘addiction’ somewhat symbolic of feeble-mindedness (6)
King Edward’s one dropping packaging rubbish (6)
Make time for first sighting of shark, maybe capturing it (3,2)
#cryptic #crossword
www.theguardian.com/crosswords/q...
Quick cryptic crossword No 86
Quick cryptic crossword No 86
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Dice is back - hope you enjoy!
Common ‘addiction’ somewhat symbolic of feeble-mindedness (6)
King Edward’s one dropping packaging rubbish (6)
Make time for first sighting of shark, maybe capturing it (3,2)
#cryptic #crossword
www.theguardian.com/crosswords/q...
Common ‘addiction’ somewhat symbolic of feeble-mindedness (6)
King Edward’s one dropping packaging rubbish (6)
Make time for first sighting of shark, maybe capturing it (3,2)
#cryptic #crossword
www.theguardian.com/crosswords/q...
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Cryptic crossword No 29,858
Cryptic crossword No 29,858
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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Back in the Indy as Magus. I’m thrilled – others less so!
puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/cryptic-crossword-independent
Celebrity failing to finish Iron Man? (4)
Past 007 George Lazenby finally splits (6)
Spooner’s favourite source of protein is seeds (9)
puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/cryptic-crossword-independent
Celebrity failing to finish Iron Man? (4)
Past 007 George Lazenby finally splits (6)
Spooner’s favourite source of protein is seeds (9)
The Independent's Cryptic Crossword | Play Online for Free | Independent
Play The Independent's Cryptic Crossword instantly online. The Independent's Cryptic Crossword is a fun and engaging Online game from The Independent. Play it and other games from The Independent.
puzzles.independent.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Back in the Indy as Magus. I’m thrilled – others less so!
puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/cryptic-crossword-independent
Celebrity failing to finish Iron Man? (4)
Past 007 George Lazenby finally splits (6)
Spooner’s favourite source of protein is seeds (9)
puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/cryptic-crossword-independent
Celebrity failing to finish Iron Man? (4)
Past 007 George Lazenby finally splits (6)
Spooner’s favourite source of protein is seeds (9)
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From the first Methuselah puzzle:
🚨Police leader probing strange deaths (3,8)
🚨Beaming traitor keeps lead from DI Fleming? (7)
🚨Superintendent sets example, arresting sucker (6)
🚨Bent coppers i.e. people in deep may be shown up by this (9)
mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/487
🚨Police leader probing strange deaths (3,8)
🚨Beaming traitor keeps lead from DI Fleming? (7)
🚨Superintendent sets example, arresting sucker (6)
🚨Bent coppers i.e. people in deep may be shown up by this (9)
mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/487
November 18, 2025 at 8:49 PM
From the first Methuselah puzzle:
🚨Police leader probing strange deaths (3,8)
🚨Beaming traitor keeps lead from DI Fleming? (7)
🚨Superintendent sets example, arresting sucker (6)
🚨Bent coppers i.e. people in deep may be shown up by this (9)
mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/487
🚨Police leader probing strange deaths (3,8)
🚨Beaming traitor keeps lead from DI Fleming? (7)
🚨Superintendent sets example, arresting sucker (6)
🚨Bent coppers i.e. people in deep may be shown up by this (9)
mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/487
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Could you design a 3D Crossword? Have a go ... 3dcalendarpuzzles.co.uk/2025-world-c...
2025 World Championship & RPM Trophy Competitions - 3D Calendar Puzzles
How to enter the 3D Crosswords 2025 World Championship and RPM Trophy competitions.
3dcalendarpuzzles.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Could you design a 3D Crossword? Have a go ... 3dcalendarpuzzles.co.uk/2025-world-c...
Well this is a strange coincidence www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
You know when you've been Tangoed!
I'm very pleased to make my debut in the Times QC slot. I hope you'll find it approachable and fun: www.thetimes.com/puzzleclub/c...
I'm very pleased to make my debut in the Times QC slot. I hope you'll find it approachable and fun: www.thetimes.com/puzzleclub/c...
November 17, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Well this is a strange coincidence www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
You know when you've been Tangoed!
I'm very pleased to make my debut in the Times QC slot. I hope you'll find it approachable and fun: www.thetimes.com/puzzleclub/c...
I'm very pleased to make my debut in the Times QC slot. I hope you'll find it approachable and fun: www.thetimes.com/puzzleclub/c...
November 17, 2025 at 7:32 AM
You know when you've been Tangoed!
I'm very pleased to make my debut in the Times QC slot. I hope you'll find it approachable and fun: www.thetimes.com/puzzleclub/c...
I'm very pleased to make my debut in the Times QC slot. I hope you'll find it approachable and fun: www.thetimes.com/puzzleclub/c...
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Puzzlers! Solve a present problem and do your bit for BBC Children in Need Day: www.fifteensquared.net/2025/11/14/3... #BBCChildrenInNeed @rnib.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Puzzlers! Solve a present problem and do your bit for BBC Children in Need Day: www.fifteensquared.net/2025/11/14/3... #BBCChildrenInNeed @rnib.bsky.social
Clue of the week (at least) in today's Times:
Means to devalue company’s reason for producing fewer Teletubbies? (6,4)
Means to devalue company’s reason for producing fewer Teletubbies? (6,4)
November 13, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Clue of the week (at least) in today's Times:
Means to devalue company’s reason for producing fewer Teletubbies? (6,4)
Means to devalue company’s reason for producing fewer Teletubbies? (6,4)
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I wrote a blog post for @mycrossword.co.uk about how setters can identify and calibrate how difficult (or otherwise) their own puzzles are:
www.mycrossword.co.uk/blog/the-dif...
If you’re a setter, an aspiring setter or just curious as to how these things work - give it 4 minutes of your time! 😊
www.mycrossword.co.uk/blog/the-dif...
If you’re a setter, an aspiring setter or just curious as to how these things work - give it 4 minutes of your time! 😊
The Difficulty Dial · MyCrossword
As a cryptic crossword setter you don't always know exactly how difficult or otherwise your own puzzle is - they're all easy when you know the answers! And e...
www.mycrossword.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 5:11 PM
I wrote a blog post for @mycrossword.co.uk about how setters can identify and calibrate how difficult (or otherwise) their own puzzles are:
www.mycrossword.co.uk/blog/the-dif...
If you’re a setter, an aspiring setter or just curious as to how these things work - give it 4 minutes of your time! 😊
www.mycrossword.co.uk/blog/the-dif...
If you’re a setter, an aspiring setter or just curious as to how these things work - give it 4 minutes of your time! 😊
I'm back as Weatherman in the Toughie slot today, with clues like:
Perhaps skinny, exhausted animal's unable to kill you (3-5)
Solve in the paper, in the app, or here: www.telegraph.co.uk/puzzles/puzz...
Perhaps skinny, exhausted animal's unable to kill you (3-5)
Solve in the paper, in the app, or here: www.telegraph.co.uk/puzzles/puzz...
November 11, 2025 at 7:35 AM
I'm back as Weatherman in the Toughie slot today, with clues like:
Perhaps skinny, exhausted animal's unable to kill you (3-5)
Solve in the paper, in the app, or here: www.telegraph.co.uk/puzzles/puzz...
Perhaps skinny, exhausted animal's unable to kill you (3-5)
Solve in the paper, in the app, or here: www.telegraph.co.uk/puzzles/puzz...
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I set today’s cryptic crossword in the Independent, to celebrate a golden anniversary. The sins are all mine…
Singer and model coming back with German opening track (5,5)
Animals record released 50 years ago (6)
puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/crypti...
Singer and model coming back with German opening track (5,5)
Animals record released 50 years ago (6)
puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/crypti...
The Independent's Cryptic Crossword | Play Online for Free | Independent
Play The Independent's Cryptic Crossword instantly online. The Independent's Cryptic Crossword is a fun and engaging Online game from The Independent. Play it and other games from The Independent.
puzzles.independent.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 8:25 AM
I set today’s cryptic crossword in the Independent, to celebrate a golden anniversary. The sins are all mine…
Singer and model coming back with German opening track (5,5)
Animals record released 50 years ago (6)
puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/crypti...
Singer and model coming back with German opening track (5,5)
Animals record released 50 years ago (6)
puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/crypti...
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We're spoilt for choice on MyCrossword this week! Have picked two cryptics to stream from setters we haven't attempted in a while: Fez (as Blancheflower) @cranberryfez.bsky.social and Longyfan @longyfan.bsky.social. Join us at 12 noon GMT! #CrypticSunday
twitch.tv/crypticsunday
twitch.tv/crypticsunday
Twitch
Twitch is the world
twitch.tv
November 9, 2025 at 10:22 AM
We're spoilt for choice on MyCrossword this week! Have picked two cryptics to stream from setters we haven't attempted in a while: Fez (as Blancheflower) @cranberryfez.bsky.social and Longyfan @longyfan.bsky.social. Join us at 12 noon GMT! #CrypticSunday
twitch.tv/crypticsunday
twitch.tv/crypticsunday
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Sample clue from my cryptic crossword in today’s FT:
Location of industrial strikes within Catalan village (5)
You can solve this puzzle FOR FREE:
- at ft.com/crosswordapp
- by printing it out at ft.com/crossword
Location of industrial strikes within Catalan village (5)
You can solve this puzzle FOR FREE:
- at ft.com/crosswordapp
- by printing it out at ft.com/crossword
November 7, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Sample clue from my cryptic crossword in today’s FT:
Location of industrial strikes within Catalan village (5)
You can solve this puzzle FOR FREE:
- at ft.com/crosswordapp
- by printing it out at ft.com/crossword
Location of industrial strikes within Catalan village (5)
You can solve this puzzle FOR FREE:
- at ft.com/crosswordapp
- by printing it out at ft.com/crossword
The 2026 3D cryptic crossword calendar - which is less scary than it sounds - is now available to order!
There are 12 puzzles on unique grids, and every order supports Children In Need and RNIB.
Go to www.3dcalendarpuzzles.co.uk to order yours in time for Christmas 🎁
There are 12 puzzles on unique grids, and every order supports Children In Need and RNIB.
Go to www.3dcalendarpuzzles.co.uk to order yours in time for Christmas 🎁
Welcome To The World Of 3D Cryptic Crosswords - 3D Calendar Puzzles
A puzzle for every month, a clue for every day. For lovers of wordplay who like a challenge, the 3D Crossword Calendar takes cryptic crosswords to a whole new
www.3dcalendarpuzzles.co.uk
November 5, 2025 at 1:59 PM
The 2026 3D cryptic crossword calendar - which is less scary than it sounds - is now available to order!
There are 12 puzzles on unique grids, and every order supports Children In Need and RNIB.
Go to www.3dcalendarpuzzles.co.uk to order yours in time for Christmas 🎁
There are 12 puzzles on unique grids, and every order supports Children In Need and RNIB.
Go to www.3dcalendarpuzzles.co.uk to order yours in time for Christmas 🎁
My tin hat, I'm wearing...
I've written about why claims of 'Yodaspeak' are often wide of the mark: www.mycrossword.co.uk/blog/misunde...
I've written about why claims of 'Yodaspeak' are often wide of the mark: www.mycrossword.co.uk/blog/misunde...
Misunderstood, it is - why claims of ‘Yodaspeak’ are often wrong · MyCrossword
Cryptic grammar is one of the most difficult elements of crosswords to get your head around, both as a setter and as a solver. It’s simple enough in principl...
www.mycrossword.co.uk
November 4, 2025 at 3:03 PM
My tin hat, I'm wearing...
I've written about why claims of 'Yodaspeak' are often wide of the mark: www.mycrossword.co.uk/blog/misunde...
I've written about why claims of 'Yodaspeak' are often wide of the mark: www.mycrossword.co.uk/blog/misunde...