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I’ll be downloading and printing out the crosswords from The Times’ website – and making sure they’re ones I haven’t seen before. "On the other hand, you can sit staring at a word or words that you want to write a clue for and take 30 or 40 minutes, which includes 10 minutes of wandering around scratching your head, getting a cup of tea and suddenly something will happen. As more than one of you said in your comments, this instruction was a difficult one to fully comprehend. Incidentally, I digress, these rubrics are tricky things to write requiring as they do total accuracy and a pithy presentation.

People waiting we’re told for a signal is the crossword clue of the shortest answer."Our stated strategy is to be the essential subscription for curious people seeking to understand and engage with the world," Knight said.6d did throw up an opportunity to use a Dylan song with the longer word in but I am not heartless and will spare you.A number of people have been kind enough to say that they enjoyed doing the cryptic crosswords that I produce for The Village Magazine.The Christmas break allows British families time for play, which some may choose to spend around a board game; others turn to the fiesta of puzzles in their newspaper.

People waiting we’re told for a signal is the crossword clue of the shortest answer. "Sudoku does represent quite an expansion in puzzles and people do enjoy them but, as a colleague of mine once said, he never learnt anything by doing Sudoku but he always learns a lot every time he does a crossword." That's an incredible number of downs and acrosses, but, as Duggie admits, he has several computer programmes to help him design the crosswords. The study, one of the largest of its kind, used tests from the CogTrackTM and Protect online cognitive test systems to assess core aspects of brain function. They found that the more regularly participants engaged with word puzzles, the better they performed on tasks assessing attention, reasoning and memory. The app has special features including a two-player mode allowing readers
to play with friends, time their game, share their scores socially, and
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The 91-year-old said he was touched by the reaction to his crossword, which first appeared in the 1 Across puzzle magazine in December. Duggie knows that plenty of people now enjoy Sudoku but for him the crossword will always be king. "It's nice to get a local reference in. The very word Ulster being an anagram of result was quite good last year because we got results didn't we? A result of a kind - a good clue for Ulster."


He said there is no better way to forget a bad day than by sitting down to do a crossword. In The Daily Telegraph, the name Dada is inspired partly by the Dada art movement and partly by the fact that Halpern was trying to become a father when he started compiling puzzles for the paper. If you are done with the 11 January 2024 The Evening Standard's Cryptic Crossword Puzzle and are looking for older puzzles then we recommend you to visit the archive page. He does not intend on referring to his illness in future crosswords.


Other minority time courses include French and Spanish cinema, football coaching, science fiction, astronomy, car ownership or community action. Cruciverbalism is part of a programme of `minority-time' courses at the school. Halpern is also on something of a crusade to bring the puzzles to a new generation.


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‘I just guided her around a bit before that and made sure she didn’t spend too long on that side of the crossword. He reached out to his local Eastern Daily Press to craft coded clues all based on facts about Rachael and references to their relationship. If you don’t have a printer, we’re happy for you to simply write out the solution (as 1 down, 7 across, etc…) and send that instead.

Humza Yousaf has cooled on an offer from the Turkish president for a bilateral meeting after opposition from within the SNP.The Israeli prime minister used a TV news conference to accuse the US of trying to "coerce" Israel into moves that would "endanger" the country.Tensions between Israel and the US burst into the open yesterday when Binyamin Netanyahu angrily rejected American calls to...Edward had the ring ready for that moment, and the moment Rachel completed the crossword he officially popped the question.Duggie knows that plenty of people now enjoy Sudoku but for him the crossword will always be king.

While at the university, Kate and William spoke with students about mental health and wellbeing, with their visit taking place during Mental Health Awareness Week. She managed to complete the crossword (she’s had plenty of practice), figured out was happening, and was overjoyed. ‘It was quite hard initially as I was trying to think of really cool clues.


Then came a puzzle with the answer 'Neptune', which was what the Allies were calling the naval assault phase of D-Day. Indeed, so paranoid were Allied commanders about details leaking that a new level of classification, called 'BIGOT', was used. The Liverpool crossword event is being organised by enthusiasts Alan Maycock, of Toxteth, and Sue Taylor, of Sefton Park. It appeared in the New York World newspaper and embodied most of the features we recognise today. The outlet went on to ask its 38,000 followers if they thought the disturbing imagery was intentional or not. The paper did not immediately respond to a DailyMail.com request for comment Saturday evening when poised the same question.


Wordle is a simple puzzle game that gives players six attempts to guess a five-letter word which changes each day. Its intuitive gameplay, combined with a mechanism that let users share their performance on social media without spoiling the answer, helped Wordle to viral fame at the end of 2021. There were some easy clues in the NW corner to get me off to a confident start but I hit some problems along the way with several unknown words that had to be constructed from wordplay, and a couple of definitions I didn’t find exactly helpful. "Then it’s the interesting bit where you make up clues for each word – you have to be as original and witty as possible. Sometimes I can stay up half the night working on it – but it’s great fun and I still love it." Nicola Sturgeon deleted all her WhatsApp messages during the pandemic, the UK Covid inquiry has heard. The former first minister "retained no messages whatsoever", the hearing in Edinburgh was told.


A special centenary Merseyside cryptic crossword will be devised by top newspaper expert compiler John Halpern tonight at the Belvedere pub, off Falkner Street, Liverpool. Crossword fan Kate Middleton showed off her deduction skills yesterday when she helped a Scottish university student work out the answer to a clue about the Daily Mail. The Duchess of Cambridge was reportedly 'thrilled' to get the crossword answer right during a visit to Glasgow with Prince William, according to the Daily Mail. The answer is NERO; it’s hidden inside "insaNE ROman" (indicated by "some"), while the whole clue describes the solution.

"At the moment, we’re pretty focused on driving people to create New York Times accounts so that they can capture their stats and streaks," Knight said.The outbreak of conflict would mean wholescale change in the lives of private...Western countries must prepare themselves for all-out war with Russia and conscription in the next 20 years, a top...CROSSWORDS are one of the world's most popular word games and it all started a century ago thanks to the Liverpool journalist Arthur Wynne.In fact, sometimes it’s better not revealing your identity at all.

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When Rachael solved the final clue Edward whipped out a ring and proposed. Sociologist Edward sat down with teacher Rachael to complete their weekly puzzle together. The crossword was printed in the Eastern Daily Press on the couple’s seven-year anniversary. The first stage of Emma Raducanu’s comeback came to a dramatic end in the second round of the Australian Open.


It’s a local charity and one of the hospices which we raised money for in memory of our friend Charlie two years ago. A lot of the income for St Christopher’s Hospice comes from the local charity shops, and during this crisis they are crying out for assistance. And he does try his best to make sure and sneak a few Northern Ireland clues in. "Performance was consistently better in those who reported engaging in puzzles, and generally improved incrementally with the frequency of puzzle use.


Crossword compilers regularly send messages in their work – at the beginning of this year, Rev Graham, 92, used his own Guardian crossword to reveal he has cancer. In one of his own crosswords, Halpern wished his mother a happy 80th birthday. People who do daily crosswords or other puzzles have sharper brains in old age, a study suggests. Solving the undefined asterisked clues was helped enormously from being of an age that tuned into the Goons on the wireless (there’s a word now little used but back then pervasive) in my youth.


Her TV credits include Channel 4's The Big Fat Quiz of Everything and the Republic Of Telly, a show she co-hosted on Ireland’s RTE2. If your family is going to complete the grid, you'd hope to have one member who can pick out a piece of cricket terminology - "caught", say (C), or "not out" (NO) - and another with a grasp of the UK armed forces ("Jolly", slang for a Royal Marine may indicate RM. "Pub", for example, is often an indication that the word contains an "PH", as in public house - and the same goes for "local", "boozer", or any other word used in the UK to describe an ale-house.

It appeared in the New York World newspaper and embodied most of the features we recognise today.Those readers of U Magazine who keenly look forward to its crossword puzzle will be noticing, in the current issue, that the grid does not match the clues.Solving the undefined asterisked clues was helped enormously from being of an age that tuned into the Goons on the wireless (there’s a word now little used but back then pervasive) in my youth.These types of clues are the holy grail of the crossword enthusiast, requiring exceptional craftiness from the setter.So even if no-one manages to read that Dickens novel as planned over the break, they may still get the gist of it in crossword form.

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No broadcast date has yet been announced for the 17th series of Taskmaster, but the show typically launches in March and September. Pemberton  is best known for creating and starring in Inside No 9 with Reece Shearsmith, the pair having initially been part of The League Of Gentlemen with Mark Gatiss and writer Jeremy Dyson. The anthology series is set to come to an end after the forthcoming ninth season. Live he performs as the enthusiastic but irritating Mr. Swallow,   a character who has played the West End and also made several appearances on 8 Out Of 10 Cats Do Countdown. Irish comedian, known for her long-running Prosecco Express stand-up tour and for co-hosting the podcast My Therapist Ghosted Me with model Vogue Williams.


Here we have an anagram (from "confused") of "ad man" with the first letters of "goes left east" (indicated by "initially"), followed by another word for school, giving us one part of the University, MAGDALEN COLLEGE. And to ensure that members don’t miss the chance to take part, we’re presenting the correct grid here, with the clues – for you to print out, complete and send in. Willan narrated Channel 4’s The Circle and her acting credits include Still Open All Hours and BBC One prison drama Time, where she played Maeve in last year’s second series. The line-up has been announced for the 17th series of Taskmaster tonight, following the completion of the third Champion of Champions special. But if you haven't lived in the uk News (tkwebservice.com), that wordplay may prove a little challenging.



A newborn baby girl was found in a shopping bag by a dog walker in -1C temperatures, police said. The girl had been wrapped in a towel and was discovered in Newham, east London, at about 9pm on Thursday. The dog walker alerted emergency services and kept the baby warm until paramedics arrived.