Daniel Peake

Assistant Puzzles Editor at a major UK broadsheet, Only Connect question writer / picture researcher / general nuisance in studio. I stream puzzles and puzzly games on Twitch at: twitch.tv/quizzydan

Daniel Peakedanielpeake
2025-01-23

@TheVoidTLMB Fun crossword - I particularly liked 10a, 24a and 2d. :)

Daniel Peakedanielpeake
2025-01-01
Daniel Peakedanielpeake
2025-01-01

@TheVoidTLMB Thanks very much!

Daniel Peakedanielpeake
2024-12-31

@TheVoidTLMB PDF versions can be found at danielpeake.com/blog1/my-puzzl

I'll publish the answers tomorrow.

Daniel Peakedanielpeake
2024-12-31

@sam_c hooray! 31d is my favourite clue, oh yes. Hope it was lots of fun!

Daniel Peakedanielpeake
2024-12-31

@jmb Nothing wrong with that at all! It improves the fun, actually solving things! Hope you did indeed have fun.

Daniel Peakedanielpeake
2024-12-29

@Alchemyst Happy to help. Hope there aren't too many of you trying to solve the clues - two's company, after all...

Daniel Peakedanielpeake
2024-12-29

@Alchemyst All hail the revolutionary duck! OYEZ is correct - something is reversed, and something replaces something.

Daniel Peakedanielpeake
2024-12-27

@jmb You can do it! 31d in particular is worth it.

Daniel Peakedanielpeake
2024-12-27

Day 27 - it's the last day! All clues are now published and the crossword can now be published in its regular form.

Thank you so much for playing this year, I hope you had as much fun as I did watching you solve it!
A PDF version of the puzzle can be found at puzzlevent.com

DAY BEFORE YESTERDAY'S CLUES:
• 18 Across: Request payment out loud (7)
• 30 Across: Listen up! Revolutionary duck ousts queen for years! (4)
• 4 Down: Hesitancy missing from French cut (8)
• 42 Across: Joe Bonamassa covers Sooty (4)
• 68 Across: Rink users mostly come back to film again on board ship (7) 
• 45 Across: Just ocean - luxury liners! (4)
• 70 Down: Dad can pop, not quite from the beginning (2,4)
• 62 Down: Somewhat learned, if you teach (5)
• 61 Down: Asian ruler composed blank haiku (6,4)
• 73 Across: Copy bird that's behind schedule (7)
• 57 Down: Close that luggage and be quiet! (3,2)The full crossword gridAll the clues - too many for alt text!
Daniel Peakedanielpeake
2024-12-26

Day 26:
Here's all the clue lengths for the bumper crop of clues - tomorrow you get told where they go in the grid. I'll publish the crossword in its traditional format tomorrow as well.

PDF versions of the grid and previous clues can be found at puzzlevent.com
No spoilers please!

DAY 26:
YESTERDAY'S CLUES:
• Request payment out loud (7)
• Listen up! Revolutionary duck ousts queen for years! (4)
• Hesitancy missing from French cut (8)
• Joe Bonamassa covers Sooty (4)
• Rink users mostly come back to film again on board ship (7)
• Just ocean - luxury liners! (4)
• Dad can pop, not quite from the beginning (2,4)
• Somewhat learned, if you teach (5)
• Asian ruler composed blank haiku (6,4)
• Copy bird that's behind schedule (7)
• Close that luggage and be quiet! (3,2)

DAY BEFORE YESTERDAY'S CLUES:
• 5 Down: Warmth of program on some carp strength (15)
• 55 Across: Trimmed bacon could be cannon fodder (4)
• 35 Across: Chaos of a leaderless protest in New York (7)
Daniel Peakedanielpeake
2024-12-25

Day 25:
Merry Christmas! Here are the remaining 11 clues to the giant cryptic crossword. Their lengths and locations will be revealed as normal over the coming two days.

PDF versions of the grid and previous clues can be found at puzzlevent.com
No spoilers please!

DAY 25:
TODAY'S CLUES:
• Request payment out loud
• Listen up! Revolutionary duck ousts queen for years!
• Hesitancy missing from French cut
• Joe Bonamassa covers Sooty
• Rink users mostly come back to film again on board ship
• Just ocean - luxury liners!
• Dad can pop, not quite from the beginning
• Somewhat learned, if you teach
• Asian ruler composed blank haiku 
• Copy bird that's behind schedule
• Close that luggage and be quiet!

YESTERDAY'S CLUES:
• Warmth of program on some carp strength (15)
• Trimmed bacon could be cannon fodder (4)
• Chaos of a leaderless protest in New York (7)

DAY BEFORE YESTERDAY'S CLUES:
• 38 Down: Drop prime bits of kebabs (3)
• 15 Across: Consort hoped Icelandic bridges might be good for the back, if slept on in Oklahoma? (10)
• 77 Across: Newsreader clipped storm in port (9)

MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Daniel Peakedanielpeake
2024-12-24

Day 24:
• Warmth of program on some carp strength
• Trimmed bacon could be cannon fodder
• Chaos of a leaderless protest in New York

Final 11 clues released tomorrow! Happy Christmas Eve!

PDF versions of the grid and previous clues can be found at puzzlevent.com
No spoilers please!

DAY 24:
TODAY'S CLUES:
• Warmth of program on some carp strength 
• Trimmed bacon could be cannon fodder
• Chaos of a leaderless protest in New York

YESTERDAY'S CLUES:
• Drop prime bits of kebabs (3)
• Consort hoped Icelandic bridges might be good for the back, if slept on in Oklahoma? (10)
• Newsreader clipped storm in port (9)

DAY BEFORE YESTERDAY'S CLUES:
• 29 Down: Fines replace head torture with: distant places of punishment (5,8) 
• 40 Down: Advanced sit-up is fable-ulous! (5)
• 39 Across: Sadly, tossed salad has no hint of dressing (4)
Daniel Peakedanielpeake
2024-12-24

@Vecna oh sweet mercy

Daniel Peakedanielpeake
2024-12-23

Day 23:
• Drop prime bits of kebabs
• Consort hoped Icelandic bridges might be good for the back, if slept on in Oklahoma?
• Newsreader clipped storm in port

PDF versions of the grid and previous clues can be found at puzzlevent.com
No spoilers please!

DAY 23:
TODAY'S CLUES:
• Drop prime bits of kebabs
• Consort hoped Icelandic bridges might be good for the back, if slept on in Oklahoma?
• Newsreader clipped storm in port

YESTERDAY'S CLUES:
• Fines replace head torture with: distant places of punishment (5,8) 
• Advanced sit-up is fable-ulous! (5)
• Sadly, tossed salad has no hint of dressing (4)

DAY BEFORE YESTERDAY'S CLUES:
• 11 Down: Active European takes drug to crack open bloody branch of mathematics (4,6)
• 39 Down: People who don't use technology in the morning, approximately (5)
• 14 Across: Listens out for recruits (7)
Daniel Peakedanielpeake
2024-12-22

Day 22:
• Fines replace head torture with: distant places of punishment
• Advanced sit-up is fable-ulous!
• Sadly, tossed salad has no hint of dressing

PDF versions of the grid and previous clues can be found at puzzlevent.com
No spoilers please!

DAY 22:
TODAY'S CLUES:
• Fines replace head torture with: distant places of punishment 
• Advanced sit-up is fable-ulous!
• Sadly, tossed salad has no hint of dressing

YESTERDAY'S CLUES:
• Active European takes drug to crack open bloody branch of mathematics (4,6) • People who don't use technology in the morning, approximately (5)
• Listens out for recruits (7)

DAY BEFORE YESTERDAY'S CLUES:
• 48 Across: An ox taken aback by monarch travelling by boat (8)
• 10 Down: Letter returns to you in Nice (4)
• 75 Across: Like a well-ironed shirt, back to the wall (4-7)
Daniel Peakedanielpeake
2024-12-21

Day 21:
• Active European takes drug to crack open bloody branch of mathematics
• People who don't use technology in the morning, approximately
• Listens out for recruits

PDF versions of the grid and previous clues can be found at puzzlevent.com
No spoilers please!

DAY 21:
TODAY'S CLUES:
• Active European takes drug to crack open bloody branch of mathematics
• People who don't use technology in the morning, approximately
• Listens out for recruits

YESTERDAY'S CLUES:
• An ox taken aback by monarch travelling by boat (8)
• Letter returns to you in Nice (4)
• Like a well-ironed shirt, back to the wall (4-7)

DAY BEFORE YESTERDAY'S CLUES:
• 23 Across: Complaint of boxer dog shouted alongside uncommon canine
returning to eat heart of hyena (11,3)
• 6 Down: Monastery managers' empty Airbnb is located above spam factories (6)
• 26 Across: Circular teeny part of tree? (7)
Daniel Peakedanielpeake
2024-12-20

Day 20:
• An ox taken aback by monarch travelling by boat
• Letter returns to you in Nice
• Like a well-ironed shirt, back to the wall

PDF versions of the grid and previous clues can be found at puzzlevent.com
No spoilers please!

Day 20:
TODAY'S CLUES:
• An ox taken aback by monarch travelling by boat
• Letter returns to you in Nice
• Like a well-ironed shirt, back to the wall

YESTERDAY'S CLUES:
• Complaint of boxer dog shouted alongside uncommon canine returning to eat
heart of hyena (11,3)
• Monastery managers' empty Airbnb is located above spam factories (6)
• Circular teeny part of tree? (7)

DAY BEFORE YESTERDAY'S CLUES:
• 60 Across: Employ Rob jumping out of tailored boiler suit (7)
• 47 Down: Join independent animal healer and supply cartilage (10,6)
• 44 Down: Thoroughly wash topped tree (3)
Daniel Peakedanielpeake
2024-12-19

Day 19:
• Complaint of boxer dog shouted alongside uncommon canine returning to eat
heart of hyena
• Monastery managers' empty Airbnb is located above spam factories
• Circular teeny part of tree?

PDF versions of the grid and previous clues can be found at puzzlevent.com
No spoilers please!

DAY 19:
TODAY'S CLUES:
• Complaint of boxer dog shouted alongside uncommon canine returning to eat
heart of hyena
• Monastery managers' empty Airbnb is located above spam factories
• Circular teeny part of tree?

YESTERDAY'S CLUES:
• Employ Rob jumping out of tailored boiler suit (7)
• Join independent animal healer and supply cartilage (10,6)
• Thoroughly wash topped tree (3)

DAY BEFORE YESTERDAY'S CLUES:
• 58 Down: It's unfair, like Rigel? (5,3,4)
• 53 Across: Car maker produced reaction once primary airbag is removed (7)
• 69 Down: Popular website about Democrats and computers (6)
Daniel Peakedanielpeake
2024-12-18

@sam_c Phew! I'm glad because it's a *bit* tortured but I think it works...

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