Delighted to appear as Major in the latest issue of Unch - get your copy today!

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A well-deserved debut with some cracking surfaces - would highly recommend

Congratulations 11a and 27a my top picks 🎊

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Very excited to be making my debut in the Indy today as Penelope 😊

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Unch Issue 3 cover. "unch" text at the top, with the subtitle "the clued up crossword magazine". The field is dark yellow and on it is a cartoon of a red hand pointing to the right and a big black arrow pointing down.

OK everyone - we have a cover sorted out and pre-sales are open!

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Please do repost and share where you can, I'm really keen to get these excellent puzzles in front of as many people as possible...

Featured crossword No 7 · MyCrossword Solve Featured crossword No 7 on MyCrossword. 15x15 grid with 33 clues by Coot. Published Mon 23 Mar 2026. Free to solve online.

I’m delighted to occupy the latest MyCrossword Featured slot. Sample clues:

Dressed and ready to go (2,4)

Labourer’s clothes surprisingly ungreased (9)

Many thanks to @mycrossword.co.uk as always, and to @cranberryfez.bsky.social for editing.

#cryptic #crossword

www.mycrossword.co.uk/featured/7

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I set today's cryptic in the Indy. Including:
Fine for driving Tory Howard when drunk (10)
Having plans for Nirvana, Kurt regularly moving over to front of instrument (7)
Wire securing pedal in furniture (6,5)
Solve for free here: puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/crypti...

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Amazing stuff!

Grid Designer · MyCrossword Create custom crossword grid layouts with full control over squares, symmetry and dimensions.

I've just released the new grid designer for the toolkit! It's a first version and a bit basic at the mo, but more features are on the way.

Check it out here:
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CrypticSunday - Twitch Hello we are Matt and Rachel.We stream cryptic crosswords almost every Sunday at 12pm UK time.

Where did that week go? Strangely but happily it's almost time for another #CrypticSunday crossword stream! Join us at 12 noon GMT to help solve cryptics by Pixlate and iguess @iguesscryptics.bsky.social
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Cryptic crossword No 3,191 · MyCrossword Solve Cryptic crossword No 3,191 on MyCrossword. 15x15 grid with 32 clues by Iguess. Published Sat 7 Mar 2026. Features annotated solutions. Free to solve online.

My latest puzzle now released on MyCrossword including:
One demonstrating ability with e.g. BA (4-5)
Site for number one particle physicists said to be elsewhere in the country? (7)
Weak month on trading floor (8)
Thanks to @mycrossword.co.uk as ever

www.mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/3191

Cryptic crossword No 29,938 Cryptic crossword No 29,938

Grateful to have set today’s Guardian.

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Awesome Liari congratulations!

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Back in the Independent today.

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Are you a Star Setter on MyCrossword? We need you.

Our featured crossword pipeline has run a bit dry, and we want to showcase more of the brilliant work our setters are producing.

Please submit your puzzles for consideration.

Just watched this one solved on @crackingthecryptic.bsky.social's Friday masterclass - 10a is a clue of the year contender!

I'm thinking of doing a #CrypticSunday spinoff video thing.

Are you (or someone you know) new to cryptics or have you been doing them for a little while but still not feeling like you're properly confident?

Fancy doing a joint solve with me on a Zoom call - pre-recorded not streamed?

Offenders like U/non-U are less satisfying to me where they lack contemporary grounding. I'm hardly a cricket fan, but I consider it a positive to retain abbrevs that are established peculiarities of the sport (LEG = ON side etc.) If setters start conjuring abbrevs from the Eton wall game however...

For sure a useful comparison with e.g sports & music in how historical quirks are retained/developed without detriment of the players.

Hear, hear! No issues with that use of 'British' within the framework of fair clue construction and understand the solver response accordingly, but thought it was a particularly interesting comparison for a novice

Echo general view of others here that radically doing away with building blocks of established references would be problematic. In very unsophisticated terms, I try to seek a balance: neologisms/modern references might be clued with conventional wordplay devices and vice versa.

@potatocubed.bsky.social not sure if Charlie has plugged already but would strongly recommend his guide to contextualise when you come across unfamiliar abbreviations - I use it likewise as a setter to justify my use/non-use of them charliemethven.com/abbreviations

(spoilers) Must be a certain absurdity to outsiders that including the most subscribed YouTuber (plainly defined) is apparently unreasonable, but use of 'British' in the wordplay is fair game: legitimately Chambers supported despite dubious origin per @charliemethven.bsky.social's helpful guide

Thanks for streaming my puzzle just catching up now :)

Second Bard's (@petermoorefuller.bsky.social) puzzle as a really fun one for anyone starting their copy of Issue 2 - kept me busy through time in A&E last week

Blog will be up later on fifteensquared.net. Special thanks to @mycrossword.co.uk for this brilliant new feature and all of the dedicated work put in to maintain MyCrossword. It has been a big part of a setting journey for myself, as I'm sure it has for many others also.

Featured crossword No 4 · MyCrossword Solve Featured crossword No 4 on MyCrossword. 15x15 grid with 30 clues by Iguess. Published Mon 9 Feb 2026. Free to solve online.

New featured puzzle up on MyCrossword - by the excellent @iguesscryptics.bsky.social!

www.mycrossword.co.uk/featured/4

Featured crossword No 4 · MyCrossword Solve Featured crossword No 4 on MyCrossword. 15x15 grid with 30 clues by Iguess. Published Mon 9 Feb 2026. Free to solve online.

Glad to have set MyCrossword’s Featured Crossword #4 with clues including:
Suspended when investigation's head probes (2,3)
Unattractive Conservative posing no threat (9)
Close item worn formally? Quite the opposite! (7)

Solve here: www.mycrossword.co.uk/featured/4

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