Derek Harrison
@derekharrison.bsky.social
Keen cyclist, lover of crosswords and manager of the Crossword Centre website
All the latest cruciverbal news in the January edition of the Crossword Centre newsletter.
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Crossword News January 2026
Crossword News January 2026 Happy New Year! In December the Prize Puzzle was Seasons Greetings XVII by Eclogue, a lovely puzzle based ...
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January 8, 2026 at 5:56 PM
All the latest cruciverbal news in the January edition of the Crossword Centre newsletter.
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The Crossword Centre will be publishing its 18th Round Robin puzzle in March. We now need 40 clue-writers to volunteer to participate. More info at the link.
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Crossword Centre-Round Robin XVIII
The grid for this year's Round Robin has been designed by Arcadia. There are 40 clues and I am asking for 40 volunteers each to write a normal cryptic
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January 4, 2026 at 6:43 PM
The Crossword Centre will be publishing its 18th Round Robin puzzle in March. We now need 40 clue-writers to volunteer to participate. More info at the link.
www.tapatalk.com/groups/cross...
www.tapatalk.com/groups/cross...
Start the New Year with the January Prize Puzzle from the Crossword Centre, Dressing Down by Hedge-sparrow.
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January 2026 Dressing Down by Hedge-sparrow
Dressing Down by Hedge-sparrow Perpetrator _____________________________ The puzzle re-enacts a story told in a comic song. Cells where cr...
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December 31, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Start the New Year with the January Prize Puzzle from the Crossword Centre, Dressing Down by Hedge-sparrow.
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My god we are so lucky to live in an age where kids, nevermind adults, have to be nowhere near a coal mine.
I'm heartbroken by this tale of a 7 year old who, in 1829, fell asleep keeping a trap door down in Ravensworth Colliery and was ran over by wagons. Never any justice.
I'm heartbroken by this tale of a 7 year old who, in 1829, fell asleep keeping a trap door down in Ravensworth Colliery and was ran over by wagons. Never any justice.
December 29, 2025 at 4:10 PM
My god we are so lucky to live in an age where kids, nevermind adults, have to be nowhere near a coal mine.
I'm heartbroken by this tale of a 7 year old who, in 1829, fell asleep keeping a trap door down in Ravensworth Colliery and was ran over by wagons. Never any justice.
I'm heartbroken by this tale of a 7 year old who, in 1829, fell asleep keeping a trap door down in Ravensworth Colliery and was ran over by wagons. Never any justice.
The December crossword from John Nolan.
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John Nolan: The Very Logical Prize Puzzle
Across 1, 4 dn. A crazy Dr. No reassembled teen’s china doll to sho...
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December 21, 2025 at 5:42 PM
The December crossword from John Nolan.
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Reposted by Derek Harrison
At this time of year, I like to quote Araucaria's amazing anagram...
"O hark the herald angels sing the boy's descent, which lifted up the world", which produces "WHILE SHEPHERDS WATCHED THEIR FLOCKS BY NIGHT/ALL SEATED IN THE GROUND"
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"O hark the herald angels sing the boy's descent, which lifted up the world", which produces "WHILE SHEPHERDS WATCHED THEIR FLOCKS BY NIGHT/ALL SEATED IN THE GROUND"
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Goodbye, Araucaria
Hugh Stephenson: For over 55 years John Graham's puzzles entertained (and educated and informed) generations of Guardian solvers
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December 10, 2025 at 6:18 PM
At this time of year, I like to quote Araucaria's amazing anagram...
"O hark the herald angels sing the boy's descent, which lifted up the world", which produces "WHILE SHEPHERDS WATCHED THEIR FLOCKS BY NIGHT/ALL SEATED IN THE GROUND"
www.theguardian.com/crosswords/c...
"O hark the herald angels sing the boy's descent, which lifted up the world", which produces "WHILE SHEPHERDS WATCHED THEIR FLOCKS BY NIGHT/ALL SEATED IN THE GROUND"
www.theguardian.com/crosswords/c...
All the crossword news in my December newsletter.
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Crossword News December 2025
Crossword News December 2025 The November Prize Puzzle was Nonsense by Craft. Extra letters in down clues spell NEDERLANDS NEDERLANDS, a...
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December 8, 2025 at 7:18 PM
All the crossword news in my December newsletter.
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The solution to the tricky November prize o=puzzle on the Crossword Centre, Nonsense by Craft.
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Solution to Nonsense by Craft
Nonsense by Craft - Solution Extra letters in down clues spell NEDERLANDS NEDERLANDS, a cryptic indication of Double Dutch. In nine clues,...
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December 8, 2025 at 6:23 PM
The solution to the tricky November prize o=puzzle on the Crossword Centre, Nonsense by Craft.
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Reposted by Derek Harrison
Chris Lancaster, the Telegraph's puzzles editor, was diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease last year, and is fundraising for a wheelchair-accessible vehicle - please donate if you can: www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding...
December 2, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Chris Lancaster, the Telegraph's puzzles editor, was diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease last year, and is fundraising for a wheelchair-accessible vehicle - please donate if you can: www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding...
Final call. Only 3 days left to enter your solution to Nonsense by Craft, the November Prize Puzzle on the Crossword Centre.
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November 2025 Nonsense by Craft
Nonsense by Craft For nine symmetrically-placed entries, definitions in clues lead to an answer which must be treated before entry. Wordplay...
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December 4, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Final call. Only 3 days left to enter your solution to Nonsense by Craft, the November Prize Puzzle on the Crossword Centre.
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The Azed slip with the results for the clues to METEORIST is now on the Crossword Centre.
www.crossword.org.uk/Azedslip.html
www.crossword.org.uk/Azedslip.html
The Azed Slip
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December 3, 2025 at 2:37 PM
The Azed slip with the results for the clues to METEORIST is now on the Crossword Centre.
www.crossword.org.uk/Azedslip.html
www.crossword.org.uk/Azedslip.html
Let’s help Chris
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December 2, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Let’s help Chris
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www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding...
The Crossword Centre's traditional Christmas treat, Seasons Greetings by Eclogue.
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December 2025 Seasons Greetings XVII by Eclogue
Seasons Greetings XVII by Eclogue The wordplay for every clue generates an extraneous letter. Those generated by down clues should be ente...
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November 30, 2025 at 1:49 PM
The Crossword Centre's traditional Christmas treat, Seasons Greetings by Eclogue.
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A neat thematic puzzle from the USA.
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johnnolantheverylogicalprizepuzzle.blogspot.com/2025/11/407-...
John Nolan: The Very Logical Prize Puzzle
TVLPP 407 Across 1. Townsman, contemptuously, in Scotland to run to earth and find semi-precious stone. (7) 5. Pale stone? It’s the...
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November 23, 2025 at 2:04 PM
A neat thematic puzzle from the USA.
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Reposted by Derek Harrison
More Unch to brighten up your January! Pre-order now! 🎉
November 22, 2025 at 9:13 AM
More Unch to brighten up your January! Pre-order now! 🎉
Reposted by Derek Harrison
New Listener video is out. One of the more impressive uses of grid symmetry out there!
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Listener 4892 "Tell Me What..." by Kea
YouTube video by Dmitriy Adamskiy
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November 21, 2025 at 3:57 PM
New Listener video is out. One of the more impressive uses of grid symmetry out there!
youtu.be/qijbeetn0bc?...
youtu.be/qijbeetn0bc?...
Reposted by Derek Harrison
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.
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November 16, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Could you design a 3D Crossword? Have a go ... 3dcalendarpuzzles.co.uk/2025-world-c...
The latest Azed Slip with the clues to DINGLE-DANGLE is now on the Crossword Centre.
www.crossword.org.uk/Azedslip.html
www.crossword.org.uk/Azedslip.html
The Azed Slip
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November 15, 2025 at 5:20 PM
The latest Azed Slip with the clues to DINGLE-DANGLE is now on the Crossword Centre.
www.crossword.org.uk/Azedslip.html
www.crossword.org.uk/Azedslip.html
Reposted by Derek Harrison
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
The latest newsletter from the Crossword Centre is hot off the press.
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Crossword News November 2025
Crossword News November 2025 The October Prize Puzzle was Like Two-Tone by Yimin. Corrected misprints spell STARRY NIGHT OVER THE RHONE ...
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November 9, 2025 at 3:51 PM
The latest newsletter from the Crossword Centre is hot off the press.
crosswordcentre.blogspot.com/2025/11/cros...
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The solution to Like Two-Tone by Yimin. Surprisingly a number of solvers did not associate the title with ska.
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Solution to Like Two-Tone by Yimin
Solution to Like Two-Tone by Yimin Corrected misprints spell STARRY NIGHT OVER THE RHONE (by Van Gogh), a work which includes the Big Dipper...
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November 8, 2025 at 6:59 PM
The solution to Like Two-Tone by Yimin. Surprisingly a number of solvers did not associate the title with ska.
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A lovely Listener Crossword by Hawk and I was lucky to win another prize.
November 7, 2025 at 7:40 PM
A lovely Listener Crossword by Hawk and I was lucky to win another prize.
Reposted by Derek Harrison
New Listener video is out! Second puzzle of the year by Hawk (whose first one is still my favourite Listener of 2025).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=znPZ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=znPZ...
Listener Crossword 4890 "Naked Attraction" by Hawk
YouTube video by Dmitriy Adamskiy
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November 7, 2025 at 5:08 PM
New Listener video is out! Second puzzle of the year by Hawk (whose first one is still my favourite Listener of 2025).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=znPZ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=znPZ...
John Nolan: The Very Logical Prize Puzzle
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November 1, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Reposted by Derek Harrison
Maybe I should put it out here now that this is an account on cryptics.
I review The Listener puzzles every week:
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New episodes released when solutions are published: Friday, 4pm, three weeks after the publication of the puzzle.
I review The Listener puzzles every week:
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
New episodes released when solutions are published: Friday, 4pm, three weeks after the publication of the puzzle.
October 27, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Maybe I should put it out here now that this is an account on cryptics.
I review The Listener puzzles every week:
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
New episodes released when solutions are published: Friday, 4pm, three weeks after the publication of the puzzle.
I review The Listener puzzles every week:
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
New episodes released when solutions are published: Friday, 4pm, three weeks after the publication of the puzzle.