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Unch Crosswords @unchcrosswords.com · 05/09/2026

There’s an ingredient I’ve not seen in the supermarket yet… (watch out @crypticmacaroni.bsky.social and @liari.bsky.social!)

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Unch Crosswords @unchcrosswords.com · 11/08/2026

Copies of Issue Four are on their way, or in some cases are there already! Thanks for your patience. As ever, if you’d like to post a photo of your Unch in an exotic location / with a cute pet / on your coffee table / wherever then we’ll get the webmaster chap (Henri) to add it to the website 👍

Cover of Unch Crossword Magazine, Issue Four

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Unch Crosswords @unchcrosswords.com · 13/06/2026

Homer perhaps with good information about Odysseus’s origin (6)

A copy of a The Times cryptic crossword book, on top of my backpack

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Unch Crosswords @unchcrosswords.com · 06/06/2026

I can see how it would be acceptable like the H&C you see on taps. H for hydrant you do see around the place...

a fire hydrant sign thing - a plaque with a big H on it and some numbers saying where a hydrant is nearby.

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Unch Crosswords @unchcrosswords.com · 13/04/2026

Found a new book of number puzzles

Cover of a book called "Anesthesia Crossword". On the cover, as well as the title there's a cartoon of a person brandishing a gas mask, and a picture of a half-filled crossword and a pencil.

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Unch Crosswords @unchcrosswords.com · 03/04/2026

“Stop the brain rot! 12 ways to stay sharp in a mind-frazzling world” www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Learn to do cryptic crosswords
"Don't be afraid that you find some things hard," says Ross. "Things that require considerable mental effort, such as cryptic crosswords, can reset the balance between effort and reward, and evidence shows that being stuck and working through it leads to feelings of mastery and success that last and increase over time. Putting moments of cognitive friction in your life rather than finding the information instantly is a good protection."
Good places to start are Minute Cryptic - it will take you through the fundamentals of crossword solving, with just a single clue (plus hints!) every day - and the Guardian's quick cryptic crossword page.

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Unch Crosswords @unchcrosswords.com · 28/03/2026

OK everyone - we have a cover sorted out and pre-sales are open! Roll up and buy one now at unchcrosswords.com Please do repost and share where you can, I'm really keen to get these excellent puzzles in front of as many people as possible...

Unch Issue 3 cover. "unch" text at the top, with the subtitle "the clued up crossword magazine". The field is dark yellow and on it is a cartoon of a red hand pointing to the right and a big black arrow pointing down.

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Unch Crosswords @unchcrosswords.com · 12/01/2026

The Ouse, Lewes. (a good crossword river!)

A river, banked by trees, on a misty day

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Unch Crosswords @unchcrosswords.com · 04/12/2025

New book just arrived at Unch Towers! I've been looking forward to this one, @natanlast.bsky.social :)

a bookcase filled with with crossword-themed books. at the top of the pile is a copy of "across the universe - the past, present and future of the crossword puzzle" by Natan Last

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Unch Crosswords @unchcrosswords.com · 28/11/2025

This new crossword game is very addictive

an old board game called "Crack: the crossword game with the new dimension - colour"

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Unch Crosswords @unchcrosswords.com · 28/11/2025

"the devil draws in puzzles and anagrams" 👿

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Unch Crosswords @unchcrosswords.com · 26/11/2025

Issue 2 available for (pre)sale now: unchcrosswords.com

cover of Unch Issue 2 (jan 2026). text reads "Unch: the clued-up crossword magazine". the main image is an multicolour pattern with empty white squares with 3d-effect trails of blue, yellow and pink.

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Unch Crosswords @unchcrosswords.com · 26/11/2025

I met him once, very glad to have done so.

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Unch Crosswords @unchcrosswords.com · 05/11/2025

Puzzle editing is all done for Issue 2. Thanks @archelina.bsky.social, @amoebacrosswords.bsky.social, @liari.bsky.social & @henriwords.com, & all the setters! Now onto the design phase... Sign up for the mailing list over at unchcrosswords.com so you'll be the first to know when we open pre-sales!

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Unch Crosswords @unchcrosswords.com · 29/10/2025

According to this PhD thesis(?) it could well have been @thatmattkingfella.bsky.social on a 2001 comedy show on BBC Choice: etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/id/eprint/11...