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4 responses to “How to do ‘The Times’ Crossword”

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   Clive Ffitch

   September 13, 2020

   I still grade myself as completely amateur at these, though I did get moderately good at the Guardian one some years back and got to know the compiler. I have books. I have trained. But to achieve more than five Times clues in one crossword now just leaves me ecstatic.

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      Rik

      September 13, 2020

      I’m afraid the article – published in 1981 – is completely fraudulent, I’ve never in my life completed the ‘Times’ crossword. It was commissioned because I’d had a couple of anagram/crossword solving dictionaries published.

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         Clive Ffitch

         September 15, 2020

         Ha ha! Completely fraudulent but professionally carried out! Did you miss your true calling? You could have bought an atlas and been an accomplished travel writer!!!

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   Rik

   September 15, 2020

   Hehe yes. Well I did become a stockbroker, so my ability to BS wasn’t completely wasted!

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