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15.05.2014: Evening Event, 6:30pm-9:00pm Buy tickets
how to: Master cryptic crosswords. Breaking the Code
with Mephisto (Tim Moorey)
Confidence, n: Doing the Telegraph crossword puzzle with a pen.
For enthusiasts at all levels who are still using pencils, this evening event will provide the clues you need to cracking cryptic crosswords. Tim Moorey will explain the Ximenes rules and take you through the basics, after which – with the help of a Hendricks Gin break – you will solve a problem of your own. In the words of Stephen Sondheim, ‘The nice thing about doing a crossword puzzle is you know there is a solution.’
A professional setter of puzzles for The Sunday Times, The Week, MoneyWeek, The Sunday Telegraph, and The Times, Tim Moorey is the author of How to Master The Times Crossword which (its title notwithstanding) sets out the rules and processes applying to nearly all today’s cryptic puzzles. A former college Senior Lecturer, Tim is an experienced adult tutor, running crossword courses and workshops for the past 15 years at Farncombe Estate, Marlborough College Summer School, the Barbican Centre, Womens Institute, Dillington House, Women’s Institute and University of the Third Age.
His new book, Cracking Cryptic Crosswords, published by Harper Collins, will be available for £8.00.
Mephisto (Tim Moorey)
Tim is a professional crossword setter of puzzles for a wide range of publications, including The Sunday Times, The Week, MoneyWeek, The Sunday Telegraph, The Times (Listener)
He is the author of How to Master The Times Crossword which (its title notwithstanding) sets out the rules and processes applying to nearly all today’s cryptic puzzles
Its successor, not related to the Times specifically,will be Cracking Cryptic Crosswords to be published by HarperCollins in April 2014.
He also provides commissioned crosswords for corporate organisations such as Nintendo and Volkswagen and for individuals celebrating aanniversaries and so on
He is a consultant for Chambers Dictionaries and is the Cluru (Agony Uncle) for the Crossword Club
A regular radio interviewee, he has appeared on Radio Oxford, Radio Wales, Radio 5 Live and Radio Two
As a cluewriter, he has been a successful competitor in the Observer’s monthly Azed competition for over 40 years
A former college Senior Lecturer, Tim is an experienced adult tutor, running crossword courses and workshops for the past 15 years at Farncombe Estate, Marlborough College Summer School, the Barbican Centre, Womens Institute, Dillington House, Women’s Institute and University of the Third Age
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