BOTTLER– a bottler is an excellent fellow, or suchlike, Down Under; and an important job in a brandy factory KITTEN - T(he)T(ig)E(rs), inside KIN (family). These "take certain letters but not necessarily alternately" clues seem to be on the increase.

Depending on the difficulty and the specific newspaper editor, you might find cryptic crossword clues with weird traits like these: Consider the all-important theme. Crossword writers frequently use themes or even tell stories with their clever puzzles. For instance, if the theme is ballet, an easy answer to “point of pain for dancers” might be “toe.” The New Yorker’s first-ever issue contains the observation that crossword-solvers have swarmed into the subway and L trains. CROSS-POLLINATE - CROSS (mongrel) + POLL (parrot) + IN (at home) + ATE (upset, as in "his failure ate away at his confidence" or similar) The fact that Richard Rogan is a true crossword puzzle aficionado is also evident from the fact that he runs theThe world’s largest published crossword, according to Guinness World Records, is published in Japan. It has 66,666 clues and measures 12 square miles. CodyCross: A fun app that’s not quite Scrabble or a crossword, CodyCross is an updated version of the classic word puzzle. See our special cheats for winning at CodyCross for help. I usually solve online, but this time I had to grab some paper to scribble out the long anagrams and try to decipher them. The Times group has a list of renowned puzzle setters but they follow the anonymity rule and maintain in high esteem, the complete list of all their setters. Map out your grid. If you’re using a simple or free crossword-maker, you can move on to creating your list of clues. If you want to create an in-depth, professional-looking crossword, you’ll want to map out your grid first before moving onto the next step. Professional grids are typically in symmetrical squares; The New York Times crosswords are typically 15 squares by 15 squares.

Merriam-Webster Dictionary Crossword: The dictionary has a ton of word games, and this is just one of them.

Deletions involve deleting one or two letters to get a different answer. For instance, “mend” minus a letter could be “end” or “men.” EPONYM - ME reversed around PONY (25 quid); the vacuum cleaner is named after Mr Hoover (not J Edgar) Hello again. This Jumbo I thought was rather more straightforward than average, with no unknowns and only one spelling issue (at 34dn). Certainly a great deal easier than the beast that was 1548, the last one I blogged. There seemed to be a lot of girls (Ena, Esther, Lucy, Susie) and quite a lot of extremely long single words clued with anagrams. What did you think? DUAL MONARCHY - (CLAMOUR HAYDN)*. The Austro-Hungarian Empire apparently was a dual monarchy, and Haydn of course was Austrian.. UNSTRAP—“Suntrap” with the S fallen to third place. …I didn’t know “suntrap,” though I’ve long been addicted to sunbathing. It’s for plants.

The Times crossword and The Sunday Times crossword both belong to the renowned Times group. The cryptic crossword is published daily from Monday to Saturday. These crossword puzzles can be played online through the Times Crossword Club. The Times Cryptic Crossword answers are published online on the very same day that the puzzle is released. The Times Cryptic Crossword Contest Cryptic crosswords are like normal crosswords, but the clues tend to involve wordplay and also have very convoluted, intentionally confusing hints. If you’re doing a cryptic crossword, know that the definition is typically hiding in plain sight, and don’t lose heart! AUTOPILOT - AU (gold) + TOPI (helmet) + LOT, a piece for auction. George as a name for an autopilot dates from the 1930s, origin unclear... crosswords, which are often particularly difficult due to their word puzzles. This type of crossword puzzles wasThe Cryptic crosswords are published from Monday to Saturday and on the last day that is Saturday, there is a prize crossword.

The Times crossword puzzles can be easily completed in the printed daily newspaper. Help with solving The Times Master “crosswordese.” Learn some of the most commonly used crossword answers. See if you can fit any of the “crosswordiest” words, or words not found in everyday speech but often used in crosswords, in your puzzle.The prolific Margaret Farrar is succeeded at The New York Times by Will Weng, who is later succeeded by Eugene T. Maleska. All the crossword puzzles are available online via a subscription service that gives multiple benefits to its users like access to prize crosswords and a very rich archive of all previously published crossword puzzles by the Times Group which includes The Times Crosswords and The Sunday Times Crosswords There are some clues with numbers on their side. In most cases there is one number indicating the number of letters in the secret word. If there are more than one numbers then it means that the hidden word is made of two or three words. As for example, Enjoying a winning streak (2,1,4) was the puzzle in today’s crossword and the answer to this was “on a roll”.