Unch Crossword Magazine Unch, the clued-up crossword magazine

And if you’re into – or curious to try – cryptic crosswords, grab your copy of issue one here: unchcrosswords.com

Front cover of Unch issue one, the title is set in a big curvy bold font in a teal/turquoise colour and beneath it there’s an extreme close-up photo of part of a crossword grid rotated through 45 degrees

Copies of the magazine showing part of the contents page and a spread with a puzzle

Inside spreads of the magazine showing a crossword and an article

So, here’s a nice thing I’ve just designed: Unch, a new independent magazine by and for cryptic crossword setters and solvers

Oh, the grand old duke of york
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Jane Goodall spent her life telling humans to honour animals The naturalist and activist died on October 1st, aged 91

Jane Goodall’s message was simple: each day you should do something to make the world better. We remember the naturalist and activist who changed humanity’s view of itself

Imagine that

In these challenging times someone might need one of them:
Childline: 0800 1111
Samaritans: 116 123
Domestic Violence Hotline: 0808 2000 247
Mind: 0300 123 3393
Age UK: 0800 169 6565
Alcoholics Anonymous : 0800 9177 650
Cruse Bereavement Care: 0808 808 1677
MH text support: 85258

Today my Wordle streak reached 1337 days!

Maybe today I get to join the #Wordle e-leet squad?

#Wordle1545 #1337

White House Evacuated After Trans Alarm Goes Off

#Wordle streak update - will be a while until they're consecutive again!

#Wordle1442

a sign with an M on it that is definitely Mario adjacent

an upside down m, also known as a "wario symbol"

I'm so used to bar bathrooms with cutesy signs that I had to stop here and ask myself if I was a Mario or a Wario

1,200 games of Wordle later!

1,200 games of #Wordle later...

Let's try and get to Sunday without any hiccups!

Wordle 1,406 3/6*

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I’m sorry but if your students use AI to write papers and you use AI to grade them zero school is happening. You are running together on a hamster wheel

A light blue diagram depicting the sea, with the water's surface at the top, and just below it is an outline of the Mary Rose, with the depth (12m, 40ft or 6.7 fathoms). There is a line showing the seabed, which takes a rapid dive into the vertical...

On the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, we thought we'd answer a question that's often asked,

"If they raised the Mary Rose, why not raise the Titanic?"

Allow our scaled diagram to explain...

I’ve always been perplexed by people who need to leave the planet in order to realise how precious and beautiful it is.

ICYMI...

I have tariffed
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island

and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods

forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold

Thank you Ally!

Thank you Sharon!

Thank you! At the moment I'm sticking with it (as it's served very well so far) but will look at potential new starting words that bring S and/or N into the mix.

Wordle 1,356 1/6*

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It finally happened after 1,150 games of #Wordle starting in January 2022 (using the same starting word from not long afterwards)!

A photo of the front cover of issue 1644 of Private Eye magazine with the caption "on shelves now." The headline reads "KING AGREES TO HOST TRUMP VISIT". The cover features a photograph of UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and King Charles III walking together. Speech bubbles add dialogue to the image: Starmer says, "Give him a welcome fit for a President," to which King Charles replies, "OK, I'll shout at him then boot him out."

King agrees to host Trump visit

The new Private Eye is out now

A somewhat belated very well done on becoming a #WaffleGrandMaster !! 🌠🎉🥂

Wordle streak reached 1111 today

Wordle 1,319 5/6*

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Double bogey! ⛳️

Streak: 1111 🔥 Binary Solo!

Man, don't fall asleep at a crew party

Former vaccines tsar describes ‘open warfare’ within UK government during Covid pandemic Dame Kate Bingham, who led the vaccine taskforce in 2020, said the clinically vulnerable were deprioritised and goals were not followed

"There was “open warfare” between UK government departments during the pandemic, the former vaccines tsar has said, adding the failure to prioritise the needs of clinically vulnerable, immunocompromised individuals was ethically and morally wrong"

I think we all knew this.

New sunlight beats old sunlight!
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

Wordle 1,291 3/6*

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Par 3!

#HappyNewYear2025 to all my fellow Wordlers!

After 1,050 games of Wordle, my 3s have finally caught my 4s!

Wordle 1,256 3/6*
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A Birdie in the Blue Sky! 🐦

Scores are now tied - my birdie 3s have finally caught my par 4s after 1,050 games of #Wordle!

Still waiting for a hole-in-1 though!

#Puzzles