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Crossword editor's update

April 2024

  • Empty road with tumbleweed

    Crossword column: an experiment reaches the end of the road

    The annotated solution bows out gracefully. Plus: Radio 4 delves into the history of the cryptic

July 2018

  • Old setters and new conventions

    Audreus, Araucaria and how much do cryptic crosswords change

December 2017

  • Torquemada strikes again

    An novel problem will shortly see the light of day again

November 2017

  • A memorial to Araucaria

    Plans for a church plaque in John Graham’s honour are in train

August 2017

  • Is 'A ragman (anag) (7)' fair as a Quick clue?

    Hugh Stephenson rises to the defence of anagrams in Quick puzzles

April 2017

  • On setters and setting

    Hugh Stephenson looks at a crowded market

March 2017

  • The long arm of coincidence ...

    Hugh Stephenson reports on the relationship between the Mayor of London, a Scottish PhD student and Picaroon

February 2017

  • Shoes and ships and sealing wax

    Hugh Stephenson reflects on the things one learns from crosswords

December 2016

  • 2016 in puzzles

    Hugh Stephenson looks back on 12 months that were too hard and too easy

November 2016

  • Puzzles for Christmas

    A bumper crop of puzzle publications is out there to help you into 2017

September 2016

  • Plus ça change ...

    Our cryptic crossword solvers seem deeply divided as to whether they have become too difficult or not. Hugh Stephenson looks at some of the evidence.

June 2016

  • Bottling out

    Aristotle’s courage has been called into question

May 2016

  • More pros than cons for the anagram

    Our straw email poll seems to show that solvers are happy with anagrams in the Quicks (in moderation, at least)

March 2016

  • Thumbs up or down?

    We tried out anagrams in the Quicks last month; not everyone was exactly happy

February 2016

  • Questions of style

    When is an actor an actress, asks Hugh Stephenson

January 2016

  • New Year notes on problems with printing out

    Ways to make the puzzles fit for purpose

December 2015

  • Roll out the old, roll in the new

    Hugh Stephenson gives an end-of-year report on the Guardian new crossword website

November 2015

  • Searching the past

    The new formats for the online crosswords are clearly causing some of you problems but access to the archive should not be one of them.

October 2015

  • crosswords

    Life after beta-testing

    Before the end of this month the Guardian crosswords will have moved into the multi-media world

September 2015

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    Beta-testing

    Hugh Stephenson explains why, though it's not broke, the crossword site is still being fixed.

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