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John Ewbank is a scientific writer based near Manchester in the UK. He got into writing cryptic crosswords whilst studying at the University of Warwick, and now regularly sets cryptics for The Times of London. John began dabbling in American crosswords during one of the many UK lockdowns, though he needed plenty of guidance from Jeff Chen to get the hang of it!
5 daily crosswords
by John Ewbank
Mon 7/24/2023
F | I | G | | S | O | C | I | A | L | | | G | N | U |
O | N | O | | O | R | O | M | E | O | | D | O | E | S |
C | A | T | T | L | E | C | A | R | S | | I | O | W | A |
A | N | T | I | | L | O | L | | | L | A | D | S | |
L | E | A | P | | S | A | L | T | C | E | L | L | A | R |
| | | J | O | E | | I | O | U | S | | O | L | E |
U | N | D | A | Y | | S | N | O | B | | I | S | E | E |
S | C | A | R | L | E | T | | L | E | T | T | E | R | S |
E | A | R | S | | P | I | E | S | | H | A | R | T | E |
R | A | N | | P | I | L | L | | G | E | L | | | |
S | T | E | E | R | C | L | E | A | R | | I | C | O | N |
| I | D | L | E | | | C | S | I | | C | A | P | O |
S | T | E | M | | A | R | T | C | L | A | S | S | E | S |
A | L | S | O | | C | A | R | O | L | S | | A | R | E |
M | E | T | | | E | M | O | T | E | S | | S | A | D |
Fri 6/2/2023
P | L | O | D | S | | R | E | P | S | | | I | F | S |
T | I | M | E | T | R | A | V | E | L | | S | N | I | P |
S | P | A | C | E | O | P | E | R | A | | E | T | N | A |
D | O | N | K | E | Y | | R | I | M | | C | H | A | R |
| | | | P | A | N | E | L | | S | T | A | L | K |
A | C | H | I | L | L | E | S | | P | I | S | T | O | N |
G | U | I | D | E | | A | T | L | A | S | | C | F | O |
U | P | T | O | | A | T | B | A | Y | | D | A | F | T |
A | B | S | | B | L | O | A | T | | G | O | S | E | E |
F | E | I | S | T | Y | | S | T | A | R | T | E | R | S |
R | A | N | T | S | | D | E | E | R | E | | | | |
E | R | G | O | | S | A | C | | D | E | R | I | V | E |
S | E | L | L | | P | I | A | N | O | T | U | N | E | R |
C | R | E | E | | A | R | M | O | R | E | D | C | A | R |
A | S | S | | | N | Y | P | D | | D | E | A | L | S |
Sun 4/9/2023 If the Clue Fits ...
F | R | E | T | S | A | W | | | M | A | R | I | A | | A | R | D | E | N | T |
R | O | M | A | I | N | E | | S | E | C | O | N | D | | Q | U | A | S | A | R |
A | B | I | R | D | I | N | T | H | E | H | A | N | D | | U | N | L | I | K | E |
N | E | R | D | | | T | W | I | T | | D | E | L | T | A | | A | G | E | E |
| | | I | S | A | D | O | R | A | | G | R | E | A | T | M | I | N | D | S |
| P | E | S | T | L | E | | E | T | N | A | | | B | I | E | L | | | |
I | A | N | | A | L | A | S | | | O | M | E | N | | C | H | A | S | M | S |
S | P | E | A | K | O | F | T | H | E | D | E | V | I | L | | | M | E | A | L |
H | A | R | L | E | Y | | A | U | X | | | E | L | O | N | | A | C | N | E |
| | G | T | O | | S | I | R | I | U | S | | | F | A | B | | R | I | P |
I | F | Y | O | U | C | A | N | T | S | T | A | N | D | T | H | E | H | E | A | T |
P | E | C | | T | O | M | | | T | A | M | E | R | S | | L | O | T | | |
A | D | Z | E | | B | O | B | S | | | B | A | E | | C | L | O | M | P | S |
S | T | A | X | | | A | L | L | T | H | A | T | G | L | I | T | T | E | R | S |
S | O | R | T | E | D | | T | R | O | U | | | S | A | V | E | | N | O | N |
| | | E | L | I | A | | | B | R | I | M | | S | E | N | D | U | P | |
W | H | E | N | I | N | R | O | M | E | | W | Y | N | E | T | T | E | | | |
H | E | L | D | | E | T | H | O | S | | A | G | E | R | | | F | L | U | E |
E | N | L | I | S | T | | Y | O | U | K | N | O | W | T | H | E | R | E | S | T |
A | R | E | N | O | T | | E | R | R | A | N | D | | A | E | R | A | T | E | S |
T | I | N | G | L | E | | S | E | E | Y | A | | | G | R | E | G | O | R | Y |
John Ewbank is a British science writer from Macclesfield, near Manchester. He regularly composes cryptic crosswords for The Times of London, but lately has been trying American-style crosswords.
This is his third for us. The theme is examples of anapodoton (an-uh-POH-duh-tahn), a rhetorical device you probably use yourself but never knew there was a name for. Well, now you'll know.
Mon 3/21/2022
R | I | C | C | I | | R | I | D | E | | B | L | O | T |
A | M | O | U | R | | A | C | E | R | | A | I | D | E |
R | A | M | B | O | | T | E | A | G | A | R | D | E | N |
E | X | P | A | N | D | E | D | R | O | L | E | | | |
| | | | M | A | D | | | | E | S | P | N | |
P | I | C | K | I | N | G | N | I | T | S | | E | O | N |
I | M | E | A | N | | | E | T | S | | S | P | C | A |
K | H | L | O | E | K | A | R | D | A | S | H | I | A | N |
E | E | L | S | | P | H | D | | | P | E | T | R | A |
S | R | O | | C | H | I | S | E | L | E | D | A | B | S |
| E | S | T | O | | | | S | A | C | | | | |
| | | B | A | C | K | U | P | S | I | N | G | E | R |
I | N | B | O | X | Z | E | R | O | | A | O | R | T | A |
D | A | R | N | | A | M | I | S | | L | S | A | T | S |
O | B | O | E | | R | O | S | A | | K | E | Y | U | P |
Thu 12/30/2021
R | O | T | I | | G | R | A | D | E | A | | T | H | A |
A | H | A | B | | R | E | P | E | A | L | | H | A | D |
B | Y | T | E | | A | D | U | L | T | T | E | E | T | H |
B | E | A | T | S | M | E | | | | O | A | R | E | D |
I | A | M | | I | M | A | C | | O | S | C | A | R | |
T | H | I | R | T | Y | R | O | C | K | | H | V | A | C |
| | | Y | E | S | | E | O | S | | | E | D | U |
A | P | S | E | S | | X | X | X | | S | A | N | E | R |
S | E | T | | | W | I | I | | D | I | P | | | |
H | E | A | D | | K | I | S | S | E | S | B | U | T | T |
| P | Y | R | O | S | | T | I | C | S | | N | R | A |
O | H | W | O | W | | | | G | A | Y | I | C | O | N |
B | O | O | Z | E | H | O | U | N | D | | N | O | U | N |
I | L | K | | T | I | P | T | O | E | | N | O | P | E |
T | E | E | | O | T | T | E | R | S | | S | L | E | D |
2 Variety puzzles by John Ewbank
Sun 11/26/2023
A | P | P | L | A | U | S | E | | B | A | T | M | A | N |
N | | E | | M | | T | | | A | | H | | B | |
A | I | R | M | I | L | E | S | | S | P | E | C | S | |
R | | D | | G | | E | | | S | | H | | O | |
C | H | I | P | O | T | L | E | | O | T | O | O | L | E |
H | | E | | S | | D | | | O | | B | | V | |
I | A | M | B | | G | R | O | U | N | D | B | E | E | F |
S | | | A | | | U | | N | | | I | | | R |
T | A | I | L | O | R | M | A | D | E | | T | R | E | E |
| C | | D | | E | | | E | | N | | E | | E |
F | R | I | E | N | D | | A | R | K | A | N | S | A | S |
| O | | A | | H | | | W | | T | | P | | T |
| B | U | G | L | E | | R | E | F | I | N | E | R | Y |
| A | | L | | A | | | A | | O | | C | | L |
A | T | T | E | N | D | | B | R | U | N | E | T | T | E |
Sun 9/4/2022
| K | I | S | S | A | N | D | M | A | K | E | U | P | |
| A | | A | | M | | R | | M | | P | | I | |
S | T | E | M | | E | G | O | M | A | N | I | A | C | |
| E | | B | | R | | U | | S | | C | | | |
S | W | E | A | R | I | N | G | | S | H | E | R | P | A |
| I | | | | C | | H | | | | N | | O | |
A | N | T | I | M | A | T | T | E | R | | T | I | C | K |
| S | | N | | N | | | | E | | E | | K | |
G | L | A | D | | O | U | T | O | F | O | R | D | E | R |
| E | | U | | | | O | | U | | | | T | |
S | T | R | E | A | M | | P | A | S | T | R | A | M | I |
| | | T | | O | | S | | E | | E | | O | |
| A | N | I | M | A | T | I | O | N | | H | U | N | T |
| R | | M | | N | | D | | I | | A | | E | |
| C | H | E | S | A | P | E | A | K | E | B | A | Y | |