Derek Harrison
@derekharrison.bsky.social
Keen cyclist, lover of crosswords and manager of the Crossword Centre website
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Could you design a 3D Crossword? Have a go ... 3dcalendarpuzzles.co.uk/2025-world-c...
2025 World Championship & RPM Trophy Competitions - 3D Calendar Puzzles
How to enter the 3D Crosswords 2025 World Championship and RPM Trophy competitions.
3dcalendarpuzzles.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Could you design a 3D Crossword? Have a go ... 3dcalendarpuzzles.co.uk/2025-world-c...
The latest Azed Slip with the clues to DINGLE-DANGLE is now on the Crossword Centre.
www.crossword.org.uk/Azedslip.html
www.crossword.org.uk/Azedslip.html
The Azed Slip
www.crossword.org.uk
November 15, 2025 at 5:20 PM
The latest Azed Slip with the clues to DINGLE-DANGLE is now on the Crossword Centre.
www.crossword.org.uk/Azedslip.html
www.crossword.org.uk/Azedslip.html
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Puzzlers! Solve a present problem and do your bit for BBC Children in Need Day: www.fifteensquared.net/2025/11/14/3... #BBCChildrenInNeed @rnib.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Puzzlers! Solve a present problem and do your bit for BBC Children in Need Day: www.fifteensquared.net/2025/11/14/3... #BBCChildrenInNeed @rnib.bsky.social
The latest newsletter from the Crossword Centre is hot off the press.
crosswordcentre.blogspot.com/2025/11/cros...
crosswordcentre.blogspot.com/2025/11/cros...
Crossword News November 2025
Crossword News November 2025 The October Prize Puzzle was Like Two-Tone by Yimin. Corrected misprints spell STARRY NIGHT OVER THE RHONE ...
crosswordcentre.blogspot.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:51 PM
The latest newsletter from the Crossword Centre is hot off the press.
crosswordcentre.blogspot.com/2025/11/cros...
crosswordcentre.blogspot.com/2025/11/cros...
The solution to Like Two-Tone by Yimin. Surprisingly a number of solvers did not associate the title with ska.
crosswordcentre.blogspot.com/2025/11/solu...
crosswordcentre.blogspot.com/2025/11/solu...
Solution to Like Two-Tone by Yimin
Solution to Like Two-Tone by Yimin Corrected misprints spell STARRY NIGHT OVER THE RHONE (by Van Gogh), a work which includes the Big Dipper...
crosswordcentre.blogspot.com
November 8, 2025 at 6:59 PM
The solution to Like Two-Tone by Yimin. Surprisingly a number of solvers did not associate the title with ska.
crosswordcentre.blogspot.com/2025/11/solu...
crosswordcentre.blogspot.com/2025/11/solu...
A lovely Listener Crossword by Hawk and I was lucky to win another prize.
November 7, 2025 at 7:40 PM
A lovely Listener Crossword by Hawk and I was lucky to win another prize.
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New Listener video is out! Second puzzle of the year by Hawk (whose first one is still my favourite Listener of 2025).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=znPZ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=znPZ...
Listener Crossword 4890 "Naked Attraction" by Hawk
YouTube video by Dmitriy Adamskiy
www.youtube.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:08 PM
New Listener video is out! Second puzzle of the year by Hawk (whose first one is still my favourite Listener of 2025).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=znPZ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=znPZ...
John Nolan: The Very Logical Prize Puzzle
johnnolantheverylogicalprizepuzzle.blogspot.com
November 1, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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Maybe I should put it out here now that this is an account on cryptics.
I review The Listener puzzles every week:
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
New episodes released when solutions are published: Friday, 4pm, three weeks after the publication of the puzzle.
I review The Listener puzzles every week:
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
New episodes released when solutions are published: Friday, 4pm, three weeks after the publication of the puzzle.
October 27, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Maybe I should put it out here now that this is an account on cryptics.
I review The Listener puzzles every week:
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
New episodes released when solutions are published: Friday, 4pm, three weeks after the publication of the puzzle.
I review The Listener puzzles every week:
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
New episodes released when solutions are published: Friday, 4pm, three weeks after the publication of the puzzle.
The November challenge from the Crossword Centre is Nonsense by Craft.
crosswordcentre.blogspot.com/2025/10/nove...
crosswordcentre.blogspot.com/2025/10/nove...
November 2025 Nonsense by Craft
Nonsense by Craft For nine symmetrically-placed entries, definitions in clues lead to an answer which must be treated before entry. Wordplay...
crosswordcentre.blogspot.com
October 31, 2025 at 7:09 AM
The November challenge from the Crossword Centre is Nonsense by Craft.
crosswordcentre.blogspot.com/2025/10/nove...
crosswordcentre.blogspot.com/2025/10/nove...
My suspicions are confirmed. Private Eye just makes up the names of the crossword prize winners.
October 30, 2025 at 12:37 PM
My suspicions are confirmed. Private Eye just makes up the names of the crossword prize winners.
My first edition of Unch
October 18, 2025 at 9:34 PM
My first edition of Unch
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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 🙂
So Mark Goodliffe has won the 2025 Times Crossword Championship. That’s his 13th win. Phew!
October 11, 2025 at 5:35 PM
So Mark Goodliffe has won the 2025 Times Crossword Championship. That’s his 13th win. Phew!
All the news from the Crossword Centre in my latest newsletter.
crosswordcentre.blogspot.com/2025/10/cros...
crosswordcentre.blogspot.com/2025/10/cros...
Crossword News October 2025
Crossword News October 2025 The September Prize Puzzle was Sucker? by Bufo. It was a puzzle with a cruel twist and many solvers were ind...
crosswordcentre.blogspot.com
October 9, 2025 at 3:01 PM
All the news from the Crossword Centre in my latest newsletter.
crosswordcentre.blogspot.com/2025/10/cros...
crosswordcentre.blogspot.com/2025/10/cros...
Solution to Sucker by Bufo, a puzzle that fooled a lot of solvers.
crosswordcentre.blogspot.com/2025/10/solu...
crosswordcentre.blogspot.com/2025/10/solu...
Solution to Sucker by Bufo
Sucker? by Bufo - Solution There are two possible answers to 16 across and 20 across. Choosing the more common of these answers (SONIA and ...
crosswordcentre.blogspot.com
October 8, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Solution to Sucker by Bufo, a puzzle that fooled a lot of solvers.
crosswordcentre.blogspot.com/2025/10/solu...
crosswordcentre.blogspot.com/2025/10/solu...
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In @theipaper.com #Weekend, #Inquisitor 1928: Dyno-Rod by Triton; Solution 1926: Encyclopaedia by Kirsanov @derekharrison.bsky.social @olyduff.bsky.social @alanconnor.bsky.social @mickhodgkin.bsky.social @somsram.bsky.social @jon-summers.bsky.social @tilsit999.bsky.social
October 4, 2025 at 3:21 AM
In @theipaper.com #Weekend, #Inquisitor 1928: Dyno-Rod by Triton; Solution 1926: Encyclopaedia by Kirsanov @derekharrison.bsky.social @olyduff.bsky.social @alanconnor.bsky.social @mickhodgkin.bsky.social @somsram.bsky.social @jon-summers.bsky.social @tilsit999.bsky.social
Only 5 days left to enter your solution to Sucker by Bufo.
crosswordcentre.blogspot.com/2025/08/sept...
crosswordcentre.blogspot.com/2025/08/sept...
September 2025 Sucker? by Bufo
Sucker? by Bufo The wordplay in each across clue leads to the answer with one letter omitted. When read in clue order these omitted letters...
crosswordcentre.blogspot.com
October 2, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Only 5 days left to enter your solution to Sucker by Bufo.
crosswordcentre.blogspot.com/2025/08/sept...
crosswordcentre.blogspot.com/2025/08/sept...
Another neat themed crossword from John Nolan. Great fun.
johnnolantheverylogicalprizepuzzle.blogspot.com/2025/09/acro...
johnnolantheverylogicalprizepuzzle.blogspot.com/2025/09/acro...
John Nolan: The Very Logical Prize Puzzle
TVLPP 405
johnnolantheverylogicalprizepuzzle.blogspot.com
October 2, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Another neat themed crossword from John Nolan. Great fun.
johnnolantheverylogicalprizepuzzle.blogspot.com/2025/09/acro...
johnnolantheverylogicalprizepuzzle.blogspot.com/2025/09/acro...
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Sloggers & Betters York - IMPORTANT UPDATE: www.fifteensquared.net/2025/09/30/f...
S&B York 2023 – Friday 24th & Saturday 25th October 2025 – IMPORTANT UPDATE – Fifteensquared
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October 1, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Sloggers & Betters York - IMPORTANT UPDATE: www.fifteensquared.net/2025/09/30/f...
The October Prize Puzzle from the Crossword Centre is Like Two-Tone by Yimin.
crosswordcentre.blogspot.com/2025/09/octo...
crosswordcentre.blogspot.com/2025/09/octo...
October 2025 Like Two-Tone by Yimin
Like Two-Tone by Yimin There are eight clashes in the grid, one being larger than the others. Each must be replaced by an appropriate symb...
crosswordcentre.blogspot.com
September 30, 2025 at 2:50 PM
The October Prize Puzzle from the Crossword Centre is Like Two-Tone by Yimin.
crosswordcentre.blogspot.com/2025/09/octo...
crosswordcentre.blogspot.com/2025/09/octo...
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Free to solve at puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/crypti..., sample from today's Nimrod @the-independent.com xword: Slimmed manner, not so round? (8) @derekharrison.bsky.social @timlihoreau.bsky.social @jon-summers.bsky.social @tilsit999.bsky.social @somsram.bsky.social @knutcrosswords.bsky.social
puzzles.independent.co.uk
September 28, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Free to solve at puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/crypti..., sample from today's Nimrod @the-independent.com xword: Slimmed manner, not so round? (8) @derekharrison.bsky.social @timlihoreau.bsky.social @jon-summers.bsky.social @tilsit999.bsky.social @somsram.bsky.social @knutcrosswords.bsky.social
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In @theipaper.com #Weekend, #Inquisitor 1927: Line Management by Phi; Solution 1925: Long Division by Check @derekharrison.bsky.social @olyduff.bsky.social @alanconnor.bsky.social @mickhodgkin.bsky.social @somsram.bsky.social @jon-summers.bsky.social @tilsit999.bsky.social
September 27, 2025 at 3:01 AM
In @theipaper.com #Weekend, #Inquisitor 1927: Line Management by Phi; Solution 1925: Long Division by Check @derekharrison.bsky.social @olyduff.bsky.social @alanconnor.bsky.social @mickhodgkin.bsky.social @somsram.bsky.social @jon-summers.bsky.social @tilsit999.bsky.social
September 21, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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Sample from today's @theguardian.com Enigmatist Prize Xword (no spoilers please): He makes a hole in one tree (4) www.theguardian.com/crosswords/p... @derekharrison.bsky.social @timlihoreau.bsky.social @jon-summers.bsky.social @tilsit999.bsky.social @somsram.bsky.social @knutcrosswords.bsky.social
Prize crossword No 29,805
Prize crossword No 29,805
www.theguardian.com
September 20, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Sample from today's @theguardian.com Enigmatist Prize Xword (no spoilers please): He makes a hole in one tree (4) www.theguardian.com/crosswords/p... @derekharrison.bsky.social @timlihoreau.bsky.social @jon-summers.bsky.social @tilsit999.bsky.social @somsram.bsky.social @knutcrosswords.bsky.social