Timeshift · SEASON 8

How to Solve a Cryptic Crossword

Episode 5 · 2008-11-10

★ 7.0
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Season 8Episode 5★ 7.0/10
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Episode overview

Don Manley reveals the tricks that compilers use to bamboozle and entertain cryptic crossword solvers, while fans including Prunella Scales explain why they enjoy them.

60 minutes

Season 8 episodes

1. How to Be a Good President2008-09-14 2. Between the Lines - Railways in Fiction and Film2008-10-09 3. Last Days of Steam2008-10-16 4. How to Write a Mills and Boon2008-11-02 5. How to Solve a Cryptic Crossword2008-11-10 6. The Comic Songbook2008-12-22 7. Fashion versus the BBC2009-01-22 8. The North-South Divide2009-04-02