Hawk Crossword
@hawkcrossword.bsky.social
Composer of original puzzles. I’m probably best known for themed crosswords.
I set today’s Listener Crossword, which you’ll find in The Times 🙂
October 18, 2025 at 7:38 AM
I set today’s Listener Crossword, which you’ll find in The Times 🙂
I make my debut in the Magpie magazine this month. Hope you enjoy it 🙂
June 30, 2025 at 9:19 PM
I make my debut in the Magpie magazine this month. Hope you enjoy it 🙂
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The July Prize Puzzle from the Crossword Centre is Dame by Skylark. You can try it here.
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July 2025 Prize Puzzle - Dame by Skylark
Dame by Skylark An extra letter in each clue should be removed before solving, which in the order given, spells out instructions for solver...
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June 30, 2025 at 5:56 AM
The July Prize Puzzle from the Crossword Centre is Dame by Skylark. You can try it here.
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The May Prize Puzzle from the Crossword Centre is Gig Economy by Wan. You can get it now.
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Crossword Centre Prize Puzzle May 2025
Gig Economy by Wan 36 clues include an extra letter in the wordplay part of the clue which much be removed to enable solving. The extra let...
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April 30, 2025 at 5:28 AM
The May Prize Puzzle from the Crossword Centre is Gig Economy by Wan. You can get it now.
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The April newsletter from the Crossword Centre, with the results of the Round Robin, is published today.
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Crossword News April 2025
Crossword News April 2025 The March Prize Puzzle was RR XVII = Round Up. Extra letters produced by wordplay in the clues give SEARCH WIT...
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April 17, 2025 at 9:21 AM
The April newsletter from the Crossword Centre, with the results of the Round Robin, is published today.
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I set today’s Listener Crossword, which you’ll find in The Times 🙂
March 8, 2025 at 8:15 AM
I set today’s Listener Crossword, which you’ll find in The Times 🙂
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The Christmas special on the Crossword Centre is Checkerboard Challenge by Arcadia.
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Christmas Checkerboard Challenge by Arcadia December 2024
Christmas Checkerboard Challenge The full puzzle with five grids is in this PDF document. Checkerboard Challenge by Arcadia You only have t...
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November 28, 2024 at 7:23 AM
The Christmas special on the Crossword Centre is Checkerboard Challenge by Arcadia.
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The December prize puzzle from the Crossword Centre is available now. Seasons Greetings XVI by Eclogue.
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December 2024 Prize Puzzle Seasons Greetings XVI by Eclogue
Seasons Greetings XVI by Eclogue PDF copy Radial entries run from the centre to the perimeter, or vice versa, eighteen of each. Each clue c...
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November 28, 2024 at 7:11 AM
The December prize puzzle from the Crossword Centre is available now. Seasons Greetings XVI by Eclogue.
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Another puzzle for you to have a go at. Let me know how you get on. I’ll post the answer next week 🙂
November 17, 2024 at 4:20 PM
Another puzzle for you to have a go at. Let me know how you get on. I’ll post the answer next week 🙂
Welcome to anyone who’s recently joined Bluesky. I post the occasional puzzle, but here’s a creative challenge: cautionary epitaphs.
“Beneath this slab
John Brown is stowed.
He watched the ads
And not the road”
- Ogden Nash
Your challenge is to compose a cautionary epitaph for the modern world 🙂
“Beneath this slab
John Brown is stowed.
He watched the ads
And not the road”
- Ogden Nash
Your challenge is to compose a cautionary epitaph for the modern world 🙂
November 8, 2024 at 8:04 PM
Welcome to anyone who’s recently joined Bluesky. I post the occasional puzzle, but here’s a creative challenge: cautionary epitaphs.
“Beneath this slab
John Brown is stowed.
He watched the ads
And not the road”
- Ogden Nash
Your challenge is to compose a cautionary epitaph for the modern world 🙂
“Beneath this slab
John Brown is stowed.
He watched the ads
And not the road”
- Ogden Nash
Your challenge is to compose a cautionary epitaph for the modern world 🙂
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The Prize Puzzle on the Crossword Centre is Rising Costs by Hedge-sparrow
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November 2024 Prize Puzzle
Rising Costs II by Hedge-sparrow PDF copy Thirteen cells represent thematic locations. Twelve clues include an extra word (in one case, tw...
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October 30, 2024 at 10:01 AM
The Prize Puzzle on the Crossword Centre is Rising Costs by Hedge-sparrow
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Quick Puzzle 🙂
1. Go ahead
2. Live
3. Escaping justice
4. Moment
5. Outsized celestial carriage
6. Capital
7. Object pronouns
8. Black
9. Encephalopathy
10. ?
1. Go ahead
2. Live
3. Escaping justice
4. Moment
5. Outsized celestial carriage
6. Capital
7. Object pronouns
8. Black
9. Encephalopathy
10. ?
July 9, 2024 at 4:25 PM
Quick Puzzle 🙂
1. Go ahead
2. Live
3. Escaping justice
4. Moment
5. Outsized celestial carriage
6. Capital
7. Object pronouns
8. Black
9. Encephalopathy
10. ?
1. Go ahead
2. Live
3. Escaping justice
4. Moment
5. Outsized celestial carriage
6. Capital
7. Object pronouns
8. Black
9. Encephalopathy
10. ?
Quick brainteaser 🙂
A classic puzzle today. You have two fuses which each take exactly one minute to burn, but which don’t burn uniformly. How can you use them to measure a period of 45 seconds?
A classic puzzle today. You have two fuses which each take exactly one minute to burn, but which don’t burn uniformly. How can you use them to measure a period of 45 seconds?
April 23, 2024 at 9:26 AM
Quick brainteaser 🙂
A classic puzzle today. You have two fuses which each take exactly one minute to burn, but which don’t burn uniformly. How can you use them to measure a period of 45 seconds?
A classic puzzle today. You have two fuses which each take exactly one minute to burn, but which don’t burn uniformly. How can you use them to measure a period of 45 seconds?
Quick brainteaser 🙂
GNAT is to TANG as CLERK is to ?
The answer is a common word.
GNAT is to TANG as CLERK is to ?
The answer is a common word.
April 15, 2024 at 1:28 PM
Quick brainteaser 🙂
GNAT is to TANG as CLERK is to ?
The answer is a common word.
GNAT is to TANG as CLERK is to ?
The answer is a common word.
Still time to enter this prize puzzle. Send it in by Thursday. Free entry. I expect to see some of you Araucarians having a go, too! 🙂
I’ve set the January prize puzzle at the Crossword Centre. PDF link on this page. It’s free to enter, so give it a go! crosswordcentre.blogspot.com/2023/12/cros...
February 5, 2024 at 4:24 PM
Still time to enter this prize puzzle. Send it in by Thursday. Free entry. I expect to see some of you Araucarians having a go, too! 🙂
I’ve set the January prize puzzle at the Crossword Centre. PDF link on this page. It’s free to enter, so give it a go! crosswordcentre.blogspot.com/2023/12/cros...
December 29, 2023 at 12:35 PM
I’ve set the January prize puzzle at the Crossword Centre. PDF link on this page. It’s free to enter, so give it a go! crosswordcentre.blogspot.com/2023/12/cros...
Probably the last of these for now. Four AI-generated film titles, each with one word slightly altered. The 4th isn’t mine, but it made me laugh (hint: one letter changed): #AIfilmquiz
December 28, 2023 at 5:29 PM
Probably the last of these for now. Four AI-generated film titles, each with one word slightly altered. The 4th isn’t mine, but it made me laugh (hint: one letter changed): #AIfilmquiz
Four more of these AI-generated film titles (each with one word slightly wrong): #AIfilmquiz
December 26, 2023 at 7:38 PM
Four more of these AI-generated film titles (each with one word slightly wrong): #AIfilmquiz
Here are four more AI-generated film titles (each with one word slightly wrong) for you to guess #AIfilmquiz
December 25, 2023 at 4:28 PM
Here are four more AI-generated film titles (each with one word slightly wrong) for you to guess #AIfilmquiz
Let’s have some creative fun this Christmas. Using your favourite AI image generator, post a picture of a well-known film, but where one word is slightly wrong in the title. Here are some for you to have a go at… #AIfilmquiz
December 24, 2023 at 9:55 PM
Let’s have some creative fun this Christmas. Using your favourite AI image generator, post a picture of a well-known film, but where one word is slightly wrong in the title. Here are some for you to have a go at… #AIfilmquiz
Wishing all of you in the crossword community a Merry Christmas!
December 24, 2023 at 6:22 PM
Wishing all of you in the crossword community a Merry Christmas!
Maths puzzle 🙂 While shopping for four groceries, a lady adds up the prices on a calculator, total £7.11, but when she gets to the till she realises she’d been multiplying instead of adding. Coincidentally, the checkout operator also charges her £7.11. What were the 4 prices? 👛
November 15, 2023 at 3:00 PM
Maths puzzle 🙂 While shopping for four groceries, a lady adds up the prices on a calculator, total £7.11, but when she gets to the till she realises she’d been multiplying instead of adding. Coincidentally, the checkout operator also charges her £7.11. What were the 4 prices? 👛
*Finally* got my hands on a copy. Solvers beware! 🙂
September 26, 2023 at 3:55 PM
*Finally* got my hands on a copy. Solvers beware! 🙂
I set today’s Listener Crossword, which you’ll find in The Times. I hope you enjoy it, but please ask a grown-up to help you with the scissors 🙂 #crosswords #cryptic
September 23, 2023 at 6:27 AM
I set today’s Listener Crossword, which you’ll find in The Times. I hope you enjoy it, but please ask a grown-up to help you with the scissors 🙂 #crosswords #cryptic
For those into crosswords, UK cryptic sand themed puzzles in particular, please check out The Crossword Centre, managed by Derek Harrison. As well as the free monthly prize puzzles, Derek compiles a newsletter - see crosswordcentre.blogspot.com/2023/09/cros...
Crossword News September 2023
Crossword News September 2023 The August Prize Puzzle was Right is Wrong by Flowerman. Extra words had pairs of consecutive letters, some...
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September 19, 2023 at 11:52 AM
For those into crosswords, UK cryptic sand themed puzzles in particular, please check out The Crossword Centre, managed by Derek Harrison. As well as the free monthly prize puzzles, Derek compiles a newsletter - see crosswordcentre.blogspot.com/2023/09/cros...