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Michael Lloyd-Jones
I set crosswords for the Daily Telegraph and The Independent
I set crosswords for the Daily Telegraph and The Independent
Flotsam washed up on the beach at Newport, Pembrokeshire, on Sunday afternoon after a recent storm: goose barnacles attached to a very old bottle. An expensive delicacy in Spanish and Portuguese restaurants.
Our hound thinks I'm about to hoy it for her to fetch.
Our hound thinks I'm about to hoy it for her to fetch.
December 1, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Flotsam washed up on the beach at Newport, Pembrokeshire, on Sunday afternoon after a recent storm: goose barnacles attached to a very old bottle. An expensive delicacy in Spanish and Portuguese restaurants.
Our hound thinks I'm about to hoy it for her to fetch.
Our hound thinks I'm about to hoy it for her to fetch.
I set the prize Toughie crossword in today’s Sunday Telegraph
www.telegraph.co.uk/puzzles/
Medicine from jar next to blunt needle (5,5,5)
A dodgy tip with score at 16:9? (6,5)
Brilliant book on Dexter (6)
www.telegraph.co.uk/puzzles/
Medicine from jar next to blunt needle (5,5,5)
A dodgy tip with score at 16:9? (6,5)
Brilliant book on Dexter (6)
Telegraph Puzzles
Telegraph Puzzles - Play daily online games including crosswords, sudoku, kakuro, codewords, PlusWord and more
www.telegraph.co.uk
November 30, 2025 at 10:07 AM
I set the prize Toughie crossword in today’s Sunday Telegraph
www.telegraph.co.uk/puzzles/
Medicine from jar next to blunt needle (5,5,5)
A dodgy tip with score at 16:9? (6,5)
Brilliant book on Dexter (6)
www.telegraph.co.uk/puzzles/
Medicine from jar next to blunt needle (5,5,5)
A dodgy tip with score at 16:9? (6,5)
Brilliant book on Dexter (6)
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VOYNICH (Anagrammed Lines)
I encrypt much, to vanish
into such ivy parchment —
in the script many vouch
vaunts no mythic cipher:
The Voynich Manuscript.
I encrypt much, to vanish
into such ivy parchment —
in the script many vouch
vaunts no mythic cipher:
The Voynich Manuscript.
November 29, 2025 at 9:35 AM
VOYNICH (Anagrammed Lines)
I encrypt much, to vanish
into such ivy parchment —
in the script many vouch
vaunts no mythic cipher:
The Voynich Manuscript.
I encrypt much, to vanish
into such ivy parchment —
in the script many vouch
vaunts no mythic cipher:
The Voynich Manuscript.
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Unch Crossword Magazine
Unch, the clued-up crossword magazine
unchcrosswords.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Festive back garden view at dawn this morning in West Wales.
(Oak, hawthorn, laurel and buddleia all getting out of hand, shout out to the Green Man.)
(Oak, hawthorn, laurel and buddleia all getting out of hand, shout out to the Green Man.)
November 20, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Festive back garden view at dawn this morning in West Wales.
(Oak, hawthorn, laurel and buddleia all getting out of hand, shout out to the Green Man.)
(Oak, hawthorn, laurel and buddleia all getting out of hand, shout out to the Green Man.)
I set today's Daily Telegraph cryptic crossword
www.telegraph.co.uk/puzzles/
At last Cassandra Trotter is up (5)
This out of order, I can't shop? (9)
Echo accompanying Rotten and Vicious? Stop playing because of it (7)
www.telegraph.co.uk/puzzles/
At last Cassandra Trotter is up (5)
This out of order, I can't shop? (9)
Echo accompanying Rotten and Vicious? Stop playing because of it (7)
Telegraph Puzzles
Telegraph Puzzles - Play daily online games including crosswords, sudoku, kakuro, codewords, PlusWord and more
www.telegraph.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 5:22 PM
I set today's Daily Telegraph cryptic crossword
www.telegraph.co.uk/puzzles/
At last Cassandra Trotter is up (5)
This out of order, I can't shop? (9)
Echo accompanying Rotten and Vicious? Stop playing because of it (7)
www.telegraph.co.uk/puzzles/
At last Cassandra Trotter is up (5)
This out of order, I can't shop? (9)
Echo accompanying Rotten and Vicious? Stop playing because of it (7)
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Albion Basin, Utah, midnight - From Bill (ridingrobots.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/W2UKFi
November 19, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Albion Basin, Utah, midnight - From Bill (ridingrobots.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/W2UKFi
The Lexington Leader
Lexington Kentucky
Tuesday,November 18,1919
Lexington Kentucky
Tuesday,November 18,1919
November 18, 2025 at 12:25 PM
November 17, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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Wow, he looks just like him!
November 16, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Wow, he looks just like him!
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ATLANTIS WISHED (Anagram-Sonnet)
Within sad slate,
wind halts a site.
The island waits,
sans tidal white.
Awe hits its land—
At dawn, this isle
tilts wise a hand.
It stands awhile.
In wash, last tide,
the sand it wails.
Wan salt, it hides
its wit and shale.
Its death in laws,
it lies and thaws.
Within sad slate,
wind halts a site.
The island waits,
sans tidal white.
Awe hits its land—
At dawn, this isle
tilts wise a hand.
It stands awhile.
In wash, last tide,
the sand it wails.
Wan salt, it hides
its wit and shale.
Its death in laws,
it lies and thaws.
November 14, 2025 at 8:34 AM
ATLANTIS WISHED (Anagram-Sonnet)
Within sad slate,
wind halts a site.
The island waits,
sans tidal white.
Awe hits its land—
At dawn, this isle
tilts wise a hand.
It stands awhile.
In wash, last tide,
the sand it wails.
Wan salt, it hides
its wit and shale.
Its death in laws,
it lies and thaws.
Within sad slate,
wind halts a site.
The island waits,
sans tidal white.
Awe hits its land—
At dawn, this isle
tilts wise a hand.
It stands awhile.
In wash, last tide,
the sand it wails.
Wan salt, it hides
its wit and shale.
Its death in laws,
it lies and thaws.
Congratulations to Iceland on becoming a woman.
November 12, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Congratulations to Iceland on becoming a woman.
I set today’s Daily Telegraph Toughie crossword
www.telegraph.co.uk/puzzles/
Put off hack? (7)
Food prepared it’s wiser to keep hot? (5,4)
www.telegraph.co.uk/puzzles/
Put off hack? (7)
Food prepared it’s wiser to keep hot? (5,4)
Telegraph Puzzles
Telegraph Puzzles - Play daily online games including crosswords, sudoku, kakuro, codewords, PlusWord and more
www.telegraph.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 10:00 AM
I set today’s Daily Telegraph Toughie crossword
www.telegraph.co.uk/puzzles/
Put off hack? (7)
Food prepared it’s wiser to keep hot? (5,4)
www.telegraph.co.uk/puzzles/
Put off hack? (7)
Food prepared it’s wiser to keep hot? (5,4)
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I wrote a blog post for @mycrossword.co.uk about how setters can identify and calibrate how difficult (or otherwise) their own puzzles are:
www.mycrossword.co.uk/blog/the-dif...
If you’re a setter, an aspiring setter or just curious as to how these things work - give it 4 minutes of your time! 😊
www.mycrossword.co.uk/blog/the-dif...
If you’re a setter, an aspiring setter or just curious as to how these things work - give it 4 minutes of your time! 😊
The Difficulty Dial · MyCrossword
As a cryptic crossword setter you don't always know exactly how difficult or otherwise your own puzzle is - they're all easy when you know the answers! And e...
www.mycrossword.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 5:11 PM
I wrote a blog post for @mycrossword.co.uk about how setters can identify and calibrate how difficult (or otherwise) their own puzzles are:
www.mycrossword.co.uk/blog/the-dif...
If you’re a setter, an aspiring setter or just curious as to how these things work - give it 4 minutes of your time! 😊
www.mycrossword.co.uk/blog/the-dif...
If you’re a setter, an aspiring setter or just curious as to how these things work - give it 4 minutes of your time! 😊
Are you a massive fan of The Celebrity Traitors looking for your next fix of nail-biting tension and diabolical deception?
Well you won't find it in this video solve of one of my Daily Telegraph cryptic crosswords, so I probably shouldn't have mentioned it.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHkb...
Well you won't find it in this video solve of one of my Daily Telegraph cryptic crosswords, so I probably shouldn't have mentioned it.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHkb...
Learn how to solve the Telegraph Cryptic Crossword with simple explanations of every clue type
YouTube video by Solving The Telegraph Cryptic
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November 7, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Are you a massive fan of The Celebrity Traitors looking for your next fix of nail-biting tension and diabolical deception?
Well you won't find it in this video solve of one of my Daily Telegraph cryptic crosswords, so I probably shouldn't have mentioned it.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHkb...
Well you won't find it in this video solve of one of my Daily Telegraph cryptic crosswords, so I probably shouldn't have mentioned it.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHkb...
I set today’s cryptic crossword in the Daily Telegraph
www.telegraph.co.uk/puzzles/
Ready to take someone out? (5,5)
Distinctive feature, one on Mars possibly (5,4)
Busy flat beginning to trouble female university student (8)
www.telegraph.co.uk/puzzles/
Ready to take someone out? (5,5)
Distinctive feature, one on Mars possibly (5,4)
Busy flat beginning to trouble female university student (8)
Telegraph Puzzles
Telegraph Puzzles - Play daily online games including crosswords, sudoku, kakuro, codewords, PlusWord and more
www.telegraph.co.uk
November 5, 2025 at 6:14 PM
I set today’s cryptic crossword in the Daily Telegraph
www.telegraph.co.uk/puzzles/
Ready to take someone out? (5,5)
Distinctive feature, one on Mars possibly (5,4)
Busy flat beginning to trouble female university student (8)
www.telegraph.co.uk/puzzles/
Ready to take someone out? (5,5)
Distinctive feature, one on Mars possibly (5,4)
Busy flat beginning to trouble female university student (8)
I got there eventually, with one spectacular initial double fail for No.3! Good fun.
I used to run a pub quiz. Inspired by @uncleskinny.bsky.social I decided to give one of my favourite old picture rounds a wider audience. No instructions, it should be quite obvious what the question is 😆
1.
1.
November 5, 2025 at 12:57 AM
I got there eventually, with one spectacular initial double fail for No.3! Good fun.
Typhoon heading towards Vietnam where many have already died in the past week's floods? Let's go with this thumbnail!
November 4, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Typhoon heading towards Vietnam where many have already died in the past week's floods? Let's go with this thumbnail!
I set today’s cryptic crossword in The Independent, free to solve online here:
puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/crypti...
Heading off, get syrup (3)
'Misty' not covered by chamber musician (7)
Wild fellow managed revolutionary sex clubs (7)
puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/crypti...
Heading off, get syrup (3)
'Misty' not covered by chamber musician (7)
Wild fellow managed revolutionary sex clubs (7)
The Independent's Cryptic Crossword | Play Online for Free | Independent
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puzzles.independent.co.uk
November 3, 2025 at 12:12 PM
I set today’s cryptic crossword in The Independent, free to solve online here:
puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/crypti...
Heading off, get syrup (3)
'Misty' not covered by chamber musician (7)
Wild fellow managed revolutionary sex clubs (7)
puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/crypti...
Heading off, get syrup (3)
'Misty' not covered by chamber musician (7)
Wild fellow managed revolutionary sex clubs (7)
I set today’s prize Toughie in the Sunday Telegraph
www.telegraph.co.uk/puzzles/
Uncovered cryptic clue for sailor (5,5)
Number, short, sweet and old: 'It's Impossible' (2,3,2)
www.telegraph.co.uk/puzzles/
Uncovered cryptic clue for sailor (5,5)
Number, short, sweet and old: 'It's Impossible' (2,3,2)
Telegraph Puzzles
Telegraph Puzzles - Play daily online games including crosswords, sudoku, kakuro, codewords, PlusWord and more
www.telegraph.co.uk
November 2, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I set today’s prize Toughie in the Sunday Telegraph
www.telegraph.co.uk/puzzles/
Uncovered cryptic clue for sailor (5,5)
Number, short, sweet and old: 'It's Impossible' (2,3,2)
www.telegraph.co.uk/puzzles/
Uncovered cryptic clue for sailor (5,5)
Number, short, sweet and old: 'It's Impossible' (2,3,2)
"Ridin' along in my automobile / My baby beside me at the wheel"
It's Chuck's car, but is he driving, or is she?
Worth asking the person next to you on the bus, anyway.
It's Chuck's car, but is he driving, or is she?
Worth asking the person next to you on the bus, anyway.
November 1, 2025 at 7:46 PM
"Ridin' along in my automobile / My baby beside me at the wheel"
It's Chuck's car, but is he driving, or is she?
Worth asking the person next to you on the bus, anyway.
It's Chuck's car, but is he driving, or is she?
Worth asking the person next to you on the bus, anyway.
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LAMENT OF A CARVED WOODEN OWL (Palindrome)
Too honed, am I not?
I sleep, I do.
Owl as a basal wood.
I peel, sit on....
I made no hoot.
Too honed, am I not?
I sleep, I do.
Owl as a basal wood.
I peel, sit on....
I made no hoot.
October 29, 2025 at 7:12 AM
LAMENT OF A CARVED WOODEN OWL (Palindrome)
Too honed, am I not?
I sleep, I do.
Owl as a basal wood.
I peel, sit on....
I made no hoot.
Too honed, am I not?
I sleep, I do.
Owl as a basal wood.
I peel, sit on....
I made no hoot.