Description: Original cryptic crosswords by Algy
original (2631) crosswords (119) cryptic (21) algy (2)
In the early 1970s, when I was 18 or 19 years old, I was introduced to the delights of the cryptic crossword by a work colleague who showed me The Times crossword. I started buying The Guardian and we tackled both crosswords between us over lunch.
I continued solving on an irregular basis for many years, sticking mainly to The Guardian , but branching out to Mephisto in The Sunday Times from time to time. Eventually, in the early years of this century, I thought to myself “I could do one of those”. I tried, and found that I could. I published several puzzles in various specialist crossword magazines for a year or two and then stopped, for various reasons. I recently started again and decided to publish what I produce on this website, beginning with a
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