The first prize will be two nights, bed and breakfast with dinner on one evening for two people sharing in Glenlo Abbey, Co Galway. When we speak about Irish Times crosswords, the one name that comes into our mind is John Derek Crozier who was the compiler of these crosswords right from the time of its inception till his death in 2010. If you wish to enter the competition by completing the print version, you will need to post the completed puzzle.

Also, these puzzles are much more focused on precisely meaningful words, puns, and anagrams, and less of pop-culture/art/historical trivia words and phrases (such as in NYT), which can be difficult if you're a different generation from when the puzzle was created. Not only does the wordplay tell us which letters we will need for the solution, but it usually also guides us as to how to arrange these letters; ie which go first, whether they should appear backwards or jumbled up in the solution, and so on. I understand that when the competition closes on Monday, January 15 th, 2024, my personal information, which was gathered as part of the competition, will be deleted. updated crossword solutions, clues and answers of almost every popular crossword puzzle and word game out there. Finance is provided by PayPal Credit (a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH).All prizes will be subject to any additional terms and conditions of the supplier of the prize to the Promoter. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. Languages other than English, including Irish, feature heavily in the Crosaire, and always add an extra challenge for the solver. You could purchase access to our ePaper, a digital replica of the newspaper, as part of our Premium Digital subscription. Doctor had a nice big estate in Latin America” (8) is a recent Crosaire anagram clue, with the anagram indicator here being “Doctor” as a verb, meaning to change or amend something.

By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions. Appearing daily in the Irish Times for over forty years, the crossword has attracted a devoted following. The promotion is open to residents of Ireland aged 18 years or over except employees of the Promoter, their families, agents or anyone professionally connected with the promotion. Both parts of the clue corroborate each other, helping us to be doubly sure that we have accurately translated the clue.We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. The letters that the indicator “doctor” tells us to unscramble are “had a nice”, and the literal definition of the solution is “big estate in Latin America”. As with language learning, fluency takes practice, and mistakes are commonplace in the beginning and beyond. I now run a social media page where my mission is to democratise cryptic crosswords, one clue at a time, taking viewers through common codes and indicators while generally demystifying the enigmatic process of solving cryptic crosswords.