"You have to listen to the notes he's NOT playing."

A new grid made as a present for a friend, so it's a little bit particular. See how far you can get!

I've started a series explaining how this obsession of mine works. They're such fun but there's a barrier to taking them up if you don't...

Just a regular cryptic crossword, with maybe a few more double meanings than usual. Take a turn and be critical (4, 1, 3).

Fitting all the across clues in was quite a struggle, so I trust your delight and anguish in solving it will make it worth the while.

There is a Bakelite telephone in my living room. It sits unplugged on a shelf in the house I share with my wonderful, and above all...

Related TV mopers need reboot?! (8, 11)

This whole world reacting to climate change is no different to my belligerent, overweight, diabetic father’s to medical advice. Every...

A new crossword to make this more than just a fleeting obsession. Something of a theme to this but might not be immediately obvious.

A cryptic crossword that includes every different kind of cryptic clue, to teach people how to do them. Once you've made an attempt at...

I argue with an Englishman about whether hazelnut is a better flavour than chocolate, reaching no conclusion and achieving nothing.

Another classic dug up from 2016. Old Me still managing to surprise New me.

This one's alright I guess

The same theme as the previous but squeezed into a different grid. Which do you prefer? Have a go at each and see which looks better

A favourite theme with an updated grid, hopefully for the better! Maybe not! You tell me!

An old theme, but a brand new and improved grid. The old one was f**king terrible.

Another Boatman-style running theme from 2011, with references perhaps more relevant to the time.

Another themed grid from the archives, with a few clues updated and refined. A running theme in the style of The Guardian's Boatman...

Another fun one from the vault. Genuinely surprised that a younger me managed this, I must be getting dumber. Or just less confident.

Found all the old grids I made way back in 2011 when we briefly wrote them for the student paper. Varying levels of quality among them,...

This is for anybody who’s ever told me that I don’t have the sense to know when to hold my tongue. The following is the review I wanted...

Children being ordered to behave like adults by adults behaving like children.

I think one of my favourite things about ear training was learning to transcribe something from a very distant long term memory....