Total | Debut | Latest | Collabs |
8 | 12/30/2021 | 7/21/2024 | 1 |
Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Variety |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Circle | Scrab | Debut | Fresh |
1 | 1.59 | 33 | 35% |
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!
6 daily crosswords
by John Ewbank
Sun 7/21/2024 In My Defense ...
L | O | A | D | S | U | P | | I | T | I | S | N | T | | | G | A | B | O | N |
I | Z | Z | A | T | S | O | | D | A | N | U | B | E | | R | O | T | I | N | I |
N | O | T | R | U | E | S | C | O | T | S | M | A | N | | U | P | T | O | I | T |
K | N | E | E | | R | E | O | | | T | E | E | S | | B | R | U | N | O | |
S | E | C | | C | I | R | C | U | L | A | R | R | E | A | S | O | N | I | N | G |
| | | P | H | D | | O | N | O | | | S | U | M | O | | E | C | R | U |
S | P | R | E | E | | | | P | O | W | | | P | O | U | T | | M | I | I |
C | H | E | R | R | Y | P | I | C | K | I | N | G | | S | T | I | P | E | N | D |
R | O | A | M | | A | R | C | | | S | E | E | | | | T | I | N | G | E |
A | T | M | | S | H | I | E | D | | C | A | R | | S | I | T | E | | | |
P | O | S | T | H | O | C | E | R | G | O | P | R | O | P | T | E | R | H | O | C |
| | | R | O | O | K | | E | O | N | | Y | H | E | A | R | | E | K | E |
S | P | L | A | T | | | | G | A | S | | | M | A | L | | G | R | A | D |
T | O | E | P | A | D | S | | S | L | I | P | P | E | R | Y | S | L | O | P | E |
O | P | T | | T | U | T | S | | | N | A | E | | | | T | U | N | I | S |
M | U | S | H | | L | A | P | S | | | T | S | A | | M | A | G | | | |
A | P | P | E | A | L | T | O | A | U | T | H | O | R | I | T | Y | | E | T | S |
| B | A | L | S | A | | I | T | R | Y | | | A | N | D | | S | L | A | T |
M | O | R | D | O | R | | L | O | G | I | C | A | L | F | A | L | L | A | C | Y |
R | O | T | U | N | D | | E | R | E | N | O | W | | U | N | E | A | T | E | N |
S | K | Y | P | E | | | R | I | D | G | E | S | | N | A | I | V | E | T | E |
A delightful theme elevated by cleverly creative clues.
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 |
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 |
With this puzzle, Jeff Chen has at least eight crosswords for each day of the week.
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 | |