Mick Hodgkin
@mickhodgkin.bsky.social
Puzzles Editor, cryptic crossword setter, limerick writer, former TV news producer. Only Connect semi-finalist 2015-16.
As in Charles has got Andrew by the short and curlies?
November 1, 2025 at 1:27 PM
As in Charles has got Andrew by the short and curlies?
If AI Overview is so intelligent, how come it can't count to 7? Outsmarted by an abacus.
September 8, 2025 at 9:02 PM
If AI Overview is so intelligent, how come it can't count to 7? Outsmarted by an abacus.
And as it appeared in the paper
June 30, 2025 at 9:24 AM
And as it appeared in the paper
Is this the office of the future? A tenner a day to work in the pub.
April 12, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Is this the office of the future? A tenner a day to work in the pub.
I came across this in my files, from Leeds Postcards c. 1985 (credited to Andy P). Not sure who started filling it in.
April 8, 2025 at 2:38 PM
I came across this in my files, from Leeds Postcards c. 1985 (credited to Andy P). Not sure who started filling it in.
Great to see some younger solvers at the Times Crossword Championship - not least Chloe Hutton, a first-time competitor who came second to the record-breaking multichamp Mark Goodliffe. Bravo both!
October 22, 2024 at 8:54 AM
Great to see some younger solvers at the Times Crossword Championship - not least Chloe Hutton, a first-time competitor who came second to the record-breaking multichamp Mark Goodliffe. Bravo both!
