I chaired a communal cryptic crossword compiling club on twitch, and released the following puzzles as a result:
- April 2020, Crossword #1 by Sinclair, #1 solution
- June 2020, Crossword #2 by Sinclair, #2 solution
I wrote 40-50 puzzles, including a mini-puzzle hunt, for ‘The Alan Turing Codebreaker Puzzle Book’, available at The Works and on Amazon! You can buy it here:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Alan-Turing-Codebreaker-Puzzle-Book/dp/1788281918
My crossword setting pseudonym is Everest, which I chose because it represents a mighty challenge but is ultimately conquerable (and wearing an oxygen mask during the attempt also helps).
- August 2017, Crossword #7 by Everest , #7 solution
- October 2016, Crossword, #6 by Everest, #6 solution
- July 2016, Crossword, #5 by Everest , #5 solution
- May 2016, Crossword, #4 by Everest , #4 solution
- March 2016, Crossword, #3 by Everest , #3 solution
- April 2015, Peake’s Puzzle #2 (published around the Easter bank holiday), Peake’s Puzzle 2 , Solution at Peake’s Puzzle 2 Solution
- September 2014, Puzzled Pint puzzle. Theme: Let’s Talk About… , Let’s Talk About… SETS , Solution at Puzzled Pint
- April 2014, Puzzled Pint puzzle. Theme: Mixed Tape, Stuck In The Middle With You , Solution at Puzzled Pint
- March 2014, Puzzled Pint puzzle. Theme: Casinos, Roulette , Solution at Puzzled Pint
- March 2014, Puzzled Pint puzzle. Theme: Casinos, Connection , Solution at Puzzled Pint
- February 2014, Puzzled Pint puzzle. Theme: Spinal Tap, Neighbours , Solution at Puzzled Pint
- February 2014, Crossword, #2 by Everest , #2 solution
- January 2014, Puzzled Pint puzzle. Theme: Transportation, A Transatlantic Flight , Solution at Puzzled Pint
- January 2014, Crossword, #1 by Everest , #1 solution
- December 2013, Puzzled Pint puzzle. Theme: Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy, Not Entirely Alike , Solution at Puzzled Pint
Puzzled Pint
In the latter stages of 2013, I started organising Puzzled Pint in London, where people gather once a month in a pub in central London to solve custom written puzzles. It had been going for several years in the US, and Chris Milford-Dickson introduced me to the concept. I contacted the organisers to see if I could start it in the UK and Puzzled Pint London began. I have since moved away from London and have passed on the Puzzled Pint organising baton (and Covid has introduced its difficulties), but Puzzled Pint itself is still publishing monthly and goes from strength to strength.
