crosswords

Here’s a clue: we should all be doing cryptic crosswords

13 March 2021 9:00 am

I was once asked by a previous editor of the Timeshow to increase sales of the paper. I was slightly…

More secrets and symbols

28 October 2017 9:00 am

Being reflexively snotty about Dan Brown’s writing is like slagging off Donald Trump’s spelling: it just entrenches everyone’s position. In…

Why do the British love cryptic crosswords?

16 November 2013 9:00 am

Everyone loves an anniversary and the crossword world — if there is such a thing — has been waiting a…