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"The clued-up crossword magazine"

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A man saying to another man “Bubs. I’ve only got two, maybe three Motown puns left in me. Four tops.”
December 10, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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New book just arrived at Unch Towers!

I've been looking forward to this one, @natanlast.bsky.social :)
a bookcase filled with with crossword-themed books. at the top of the pile is a copy of "across the universe - the past, present and future of the crossword puzzle" by Natan Last
December 4, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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This new crossword game is very addictive
an old board game called "Crack: the crossword game with the new dimension - colour"
November 28, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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"the devil draws in puzzles and anagrams" 👿
November 28, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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Issue 2 available for (pre)sale now: unchcrosswords.com
cover of Unch Issue 2 (jan 2026). text reads "Unch: the clued-up crossword magazine". the main image is an multicolour pattern with empty white squares with 3d-effect trails of blue, yellow and pink.
November 26, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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I met him once, very glad to have done so.
Four books of Araucaria crosswords
November 26, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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Same to you
November 15, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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Puzzle editing is all done for Issue 2. Thanks @archelina.bsky.social, @amoebacrosswords.bsky.social, @liari.bsky.social & @henriwords.com, & all the setters!

Now onto the design phase...

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November 5, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Coming soon
Issue 2 - UNCH (in the style of the Stranger Things logo)
November 2, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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Such a great book.
A book: Ximenes on the Art of the Crossword
October 31, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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According to this PhD thesis(?) it could well have been @thatmattkingfella.bsky.social on a 2001 comedy show on BBC Choice: etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/id/eprint/11...
Screenshot from a pdf document: Headline-punchline "I'll tell you who else I hate. People that can do those cryptic crosswords" (Matt King). Position taking "What? Omar- how d'you get Omar Sharif, from that? I don't understand" (Matt King).
October 29, 2025 at 8:28 AM
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the cover of the book "The Lovely Bones" by Alice Sebold
October 29, 2025 at 5:03 AM
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Cannot parse a solution in Issue 1 of Unch?

Visit solutions.unchcrosswords.com for full annotated solutions to all puzzles.
Gandalf from Lord of the Rings. Text is a link to solutions dot unch crosswords dot com, and there's also the unch logo
October 28, 2025 at 7:02 AM
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A fantastic weekend with friends old and new. Thanks all x
A copy of Unch on a pub table surrounded by glasses of beer and cola
October 26, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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🙏 Huge thanks to our setters for Unch Issue 1 🙏
@guineverecryptic.bsky.social
@amoebacrosswords.bsky.social
@archelina.bsky.social
@coot.bsky.social
@cranberryfez.bsky.social
@postmarkcryptic.bsky.social
@henriwords.com
@liari.bsky.social
@skirwingle.bsky.social
@sirdakka.bsky.social
Cover of UNCH magazine - the word Unch, with the subtitle "the clued up crossword magazine" Issue 1 October 2025. Cover image is an extreme close-up of an empty crossword grid
October 22, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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what is an unch?
October 20, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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👍
an open copy of Unch magazine, on a pub table with a pint of beer and some peanuts
October 17, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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More ordered and posted today!
a postbox with some envelopes (labelled unch) being posted into it.
October 16, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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He's a busy boy...
A ginger cat looking at the camera. It's sat on a table, on which are some copies of a magazine called UNCH
October 14, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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*deep breath*
October 14, 2025 at 6:42 AM
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Got my copy! 📚
A book, on a table. The book is called "All Squared, A Life in Crosswords" by Tom Johnson
October 7, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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Good to see Jade Thirlwall tackling a crossword (not sure which paper) in October's GQ
a woman lying in the middle of a big spiral of piping, doing a crossword
September 18, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Screenshot of the header image for a Spotify playlist called Unch Music (Issue 1)
September 18, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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Behind-the-scenes footage from this afternoon's #CrypticSunday stream
September 7, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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Have a good weekend, all x
Scene from a pub. A crossword and a pint of Guinness on a table.
August 29, 2025 at 4:57 PM