Sources of leisure I'll not keep secret... (5) LINKS
Solving crosswords
Fifteensquared
A blog run by crossword
solvers where all Guardian, Independent, Financial Times cryptics are explained and discussed.
i do the i
A blog covering the i's Inquisitor series (as well as the old Independent puzzles
that appear in that paper about five years after their original publication).
Big Dave's Crossword Blog
A solving blog mainly
covering Telegraph crosswords which also includes a Rookie Corner slot where many solvers
including myself have cut their teeth.
Guardian crossword
blog
A blog where Guardian crossword editor Alan Connor rounds up news from crosswordland,
interviews setters and runs a fortnightly cluing competition.
Setting crosswords
MyCrossword
A fantastic website for setting and solving
cryptic crosswords developed by Tom Blackwell who also sets for the Independent as Raider. It hosts a monthly
clue-writing competition.
Exet
Another site for crossword
construction developed by Viresh Ratnakar, which includes support for
constructing 3-D crossword grids.
Crosswords with a difference
1 Across Magazine
A monthly magazine founded by
the late great Araucaria. It publishes
a selection of creative puzzles by current setters as well as an archive Aracauria every month.
3D Calendar Puzzles
The team at 3D
Calendar Puzzles produce a yearly calendar of 12 three-dimensional crosswords in aid of RNIB and BBC Children
in Need. Great Christmas presents for the crossword solver in your life (especially if that's you - treat
yourself!).
Custom Cryptic
Crosswords
Personalised cryptic puzzles set by a bank of crossword setters including the
Guardian's Boatman and Soup.
Crosswords elsewhere on the web
Minute Cryptic
A site that gives you a single entry-level cryptic clue to solve every day, then links to a short YouTube video breaking it down. They're also on Instagram and TikTok.
Cracking the Cryptic
A popular
YouTube channel where Simon Anthony and Mark Goodliffe solve cryptic crosswords and other puzzles, including
one of my early Independent puzzles here.
Off-Grid Podcast
A podcast that's "not really
about crosswords", but uses them as an excuse to chat about interesting facts.
Twitch streamers including Cryptic Sunday, Liari77, MentalPlayground and Quizzy Dan regularly solve cryptic crosswords online with a little help from their viewers.