Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Today's Times Crossword is by Steve Bartlett, the former editor of the Enigmatic Variations puzzle in the Sunday Telegraph. As so often on Fridays, this is a fantastic puzzle which may have you dusting off the cobwebby corners of your dictionaries!
Do please remember to Subscribe if you enjoy these masterclasses and check out our new @MinuteCryptic in a Minute daily videos too! The puzzle is available to play on @TheTimes crossword club website (which is behind their paywall): thetimes.co.uk/puzzleclub/crosswordclub/puzzles/crossword/51386
*** NEW CONTENT ON PATREON ***
Simon's solve of GCHQ's Puzzle Of The Year is available now. And tomorrow, a new Listener crossword solve will be released too.
Mark's solve of The Times Club Monthly Special, which is brutal, has just appeared for this month! And a solve of Sabre's recent Listener, Two in One III, which has an astonishing conclusion. There's also Connections videos (from the New York Times too!) patreon.com/crackingthecryptic
▶SUDOKU WORMS NOW LIVE! ◀ You can try worms (strings of sudoku which feed each other) by Marty Sears or James Sinclair (or both – approx. $1 apiece) either on Steam at these addresses or on AppStore: AppStore apps.apple.com/us/app/cracking-the-cryptic/id1629992934 Steam store.steampowered.com/app/3794680/Cracking_the_Cryptic__The_Sudoku_Worm_of_Marty_Sears store.steampowered.com/app/3794690/Cracking_the_Cryptic__The_Sudoku_Worm_of_James_Sinclair *** ORDER OUR BOOK HERE *** kickstarter.com/projects/peterchayward/cracking-the-cryptics-greatest-hits-volume-2
▶ Contact Us ◀ Twitter: @Cracking The Cryptic email: crackingthecryptic@gmail.com
▶ABOUT US◀ Hi! We're Simon Anthony and Mark Goodliffe, two of the UK's most enthusiastic puzzle solvers. We have both represented the UK at the World Sudoku Championships and the World Puzzle Championships. We're also "cryptic crossword" aficionados. Mark is the 14-time winner of The Times crossword championship and twice Senior World Champion in Sudoku, and Simon is the former record holder for most consecutive correct solutions to The Listener crossword. We hope we can help your puzzle solving while also introducing you to some of the world's best puzzles. Thank you for watching! Simon and Mark #crossword #puzzle #cryptic
Today's Times Crossword is by Steve Bartlett, the former editor of the Enigmatic Variations puzzle in the Sunday Telegraph. As so often on Fridays, this is a fantastic puzzle which may have you dusting off the cobwebby corners of your dictionaries!
Do please remember to Subscribe if you enjoy these masterclasses and check out our new @MinuteCryptic in a Minute daily videos too! The puzzle is available to play on @TheTimes crossword club website (which is behind their paywall): thetimes.co.uk/puzzleclub/crosswordclub/puzzles/crossword/51386
*** NEW CONTENT ON PATREON ***
Simon's solve of GCHQ's Puzzle Of The Year is available now. And tomorrow, a new Listener crossword solve will be released too.
Mark's solve of The Times Club Monthly Special, which is brutal, has just appeared for this month! And a solve of Sabre's recent Listener, Two in One III, which has an astonishing conclusion. There's also Connections videos (from the New York Times too!) patreon.com/crackingthecryptic
▶SUDOKU WORMS NOW LIVE! ◀ You can try worms (strings of sudoku which feed each other) by Marty Sears or James Sinclair (or both – approx. $1 apiece) either on Steam at these addresses or on AppStore: AppStore apps.apple.com/us/app/cracking-the-cryptic/id1629992934 Steam store.steampowered.com/app/3794680/Cracking_the_Cryptic__The_Sudoku_Worm_of_Marty_Sears store.steampowered.com/app/3794690/Cracking_the_Cryptic__The_Sudoku_Worm_of_James_Sinclair *** ORDER OUR BOOK HERE *** kickstarter.com/projects/peterchayward/cracking-the-cryptics-greatest-hits-volume-2
▶ Contact Us ◀ Twitter: @Cracking The Cryptic email: crackingthecryptic@gmail.com
▶ABOUT US◀ Hi! We're Simon Anthony and Mark Goodliffe, two of the UK's most enthusiastic puzzle solvers. We have both represented the UK at the World Sudoku Championships and the World Puzzle Championships. We're also "cryptic crossword" aficionados. Mark is the 14-time winner of The Times crossword championship and twice Senior World Champion in Sudoku, and Simon is the former record holder for most consecutive correct solutions to The Listener crossword. We hope we can help your puzzle solving while also introducing you to some of the world's best puzzles. Thank you for watching! Simon and Mark #crossword #puzzle #cryptic
