The Times Crossword Friday Masterclass: 17 May 2024

** TODAY'S PUZZLE ** In the 66th edition of our attempts to solve a Friday Times crossword, Simon tackles today's puzzle, which is a beast. It's rated by the Snitch as the hardest puzzle for a year!! The puzzle is available to play on The Times crossword club website (which is behind their paywall): https://www.thetimes.co.uk/puzzleclub... ** NEW CONTENT ON PATREON ** Joining us on Patreon costs as little as $2 a month and includes Mark's solve of The Times' Club Monthly special - a vicious cryptic!!   / crackingthecryptic   ** ORDER OUR BOOK HERE ** https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/... ▶ Contact Us ◀ Twitter: @Cracking The Cryptic email: [email protected] Our PO Box address: Simon Anthony & Mark Goodliffe Box 102 56 Gloucester Road London SW7 4UB (Please note to use our real names rather than 'Cracking The Cryptic'.) ▶ SUDOKU PAD - Our New App ◀ You can input classic sudoku puzzles nto our software and help support Sven, the programmer responsible for the wonderful user interface we all use to play these puzzles everyday. The app also comes with 12 handmade puzzles from us: iOS: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/svens-s... Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/17... Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/de... ALSO on Amazon: Search for “SudokuPad” ************************************************************** ▶ CTC FAN DISCORD SERVER◀   / discord   ▶ OUR BACK CATALOGUE – ALL CATEGORISED WITH LINKS!◀ https://tinyurl.com/CTCCatalogue ▶ NEW CRACKING THE CRYPTIC MERCHANDISE◀ https://teespring.com/en-GB/stores/cr... ▶SEND US PUZZLES TO SOLVE/CONTACT US◀ [email protected] ▶FOLLOW US◀ Twitter: #crypticcracking @crypticcracking Instagram (for how to solve daily clues from The Times): https://www.instagram.com/crackingthe...