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http://www.primate.wisc.edu/people/hamel/cp.html Ray Hamel's indispensable link list
http://www.nytimes.com/crosswords Crosswords from the New York Times. You need to pay a subscription to access most of them but there is a weekly freebie from the archives.
http://www.crosswordpuzzlegames.com Thousands of US-style crosswords along with the opportunity to create your own. A word puzzle helper also available.
http://www.btinternet.com/~ed.xword/index.html Some excellent crosswords, many with themes, and some interesting crossword articles.
http://www.crosswordlinks.com Crossword Directory with categorized links to many crossword sites, books, updates, forums, news, playsites, leagues, tournaments and more.
http://www.chrisparadine.co.uk A collection of themed cryptic crosswords
http://www.UKPuzzle.com A collection of interactive puzzles by Anax, who appears on this site.
http://members.fortunecity.co.uk/mackem A growing collection of cryptic crosswords.
http://www.xwords.co.uk This site offers the opportunity to create your own puzzles online
http://poinscrosswords.com Crosswords by Poins, a contributor of two puzzles to to this site.
http://fifteensquared.net A daily blog giving a breakdown of Guardian and Independent puzzles. Very useful if you do these puzzles and get stuck!
http://bestforpuzzles.com  A site containing many cryptics and all sorts of other puzzles from Michael Curl, who sets for the Guardian as Orlando and the FT as Cincinnus, and also some crosswords by Araucaria..
www.piemag.com This is the Magpie magazine, which offers puzzles generally thought to be even tougher than the Listener.
http://www.ukpuzzle.com/phpBB3/index.php A cryptic clue writing hosted by Anax, one of this site's regular contributors.
http://www.qaos-crosswords.com A collection of cryptic puzzles, many of them thematic.
www.crypticcrosswordsolver.com An online tutorial which will be useful for those starting out with cryptic crosswords.
www.calendarpuzzles.co.uk 3-D puzzles offering the chance to enter a competition and also to make a charitable donation.
http://bigdave44.com Big Dave's crossword blog, which reviews the Telegraph puzzle daily and in addition has a collection of puzzles, some set by contibutors to this site.
www.crosswordunclued.com An excellent crossword-related blog which covers all aspects of crossword writing with many interesting articles.
http://hisashi.weebly.com Features puzzles from Hisashi, who has set here, and a useful analysis of each puzzle to help those new to cryptic crosswords.
http://crypticcrosswordplanet.wordpress.com This is a crossword blog from Paul, one of the Guardian's most popular setters.

http://argumentativeoldgit.wordpress.com/ Nothing to do with crosswords, but I am glad to make an exception from crossword-only links to recommend this superb blog dedicated to the arts (chiefly music and literature). The author provides a wide range of intelligent articles which are erudite without being pretentious and written with some charming self-deprecating humour. A welcome antidote to the relentless hype surrounding moronic celebrity pop culture!


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A timely reminder of what happens to those who spend too much time solving hard crosswords.