TIMES 2 JUMBO XWORD BK 5 PB: 60 of the World’s Biggest Puzzles from the Times 2 (The Times Crosswords)

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The Times offers new crossword puzzles every day, both online and in print. Different types of puzzles also LA Times Crossword: Solution-finding is just as hard with this paper, originally founded in 1881. People frequently ask, “What are the answers to today’s LA Times crossword?” 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?

UNCHASTE - UNC(l)E replaces L='a bit' of Lunch, by HAS + T. I don't like the use of 'a bit' to mean 'the first letter'. I don't see where that comes from. Notes for newcomers: The Times offers prizes for Saturday Cryptic Crosswords. This blog is posted a week later, after the competition closes. So, please don’t comment here on the current Saturday Cryptic.EPONYM - ME reversed around PONY (25 quid); the vacuum cleaner is named after Mr Hoover (not J Edgar) If you really want to get fancy with your crosswords, you can also create a crossword puzzle with a program like Crossword Compiler for Windows or CrossFire by Beekeeper Labs. BLUE MOON - first published in 1934, this song is the unofficial anthem of Manchester City, whose hapless defending in what should have been the final minutes of their match against Madrid means that Liverpool may win the quadruple. For a lifelong Manchester United fan, I can't tell you how painful that prospect is.

This engaging and all inclusive crossword puzzle by Times group has gained a lot of popularity owing to its simplicity and interesting choice of words. These puzzles are very different than the usual cryptic puzzle where the clue is itself a puzzle and so is the solution. These are more definition based and the players are expected to choose the best possible word they can find and fit it into the given number of boxes. While there may be many possible words for one definition, only the one that will fit can be the winning answer. first published in British newspapers in the 1920s and therefore counts as an invention from Great Britain.Roger Squires of the UK is officially recognized by Guinness World Records for being the most prolific crossword compiler as he publishes his 66,666th crossword. Did you know that you can actually submit your crosswords to be published? If you’re feeling confident, you can submit your finished, formatted puzzle to places like The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, or Simon & Schuster.