What Beautiful Clues! The Times Masterclass: 25 April 2025

** TODAY'S PUZZLE ** A festival of clue-writing today from James McGaughey! A really wonderful puzzle which everyone will be able to solve a clue or two from :) The puzzle is available to play on The Times crossword club website (which is behind their paywall): https://www.thetimes.co.uk/puzzleclub... If you enjoy these videos, PLEASE subscribe to the channel. It is free to do so and helps the dreaded YouTube algorithm understand that these puzzles deserve a wider audience. Here is a link to the puzzle Simon mentions in the introduction: https://crossword.info/BlueJay/CTC_co... ** NEW CONTENT ON PATREON ** Mark's attempt at the Final puzzle from this year's American Crossword Puzzle Tournament (ACPT) has been released today! Congratulations to Paolo Pasco on winning the competition!   / crackingthecryptic   ** ORDER OUR BOOK HERE ** https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/... ▶ Contact Us ◀ Twitter: @Cracking The Cryptic email: crackingthecryptic@gmail.com Our PO Box address: Simon Anthony & Mark Goodliffe Box 102 56 Gloucester Road London SW7 4UB #crossword #puzzle #cryptic