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A copy of a The Times cryptic crossword book, on top of my backpack
a fire hydrant sign thing - a plaque with a big H on it and some numbers saying where a hydrant is nearby.
Cover of a book called "Anesthesia Crossword". On the cover, as well as the title there's a cartoon of a person brandishing a gas mask, and a picture of a half-filled crossword and a pencil.
Learn to do cryptic crosswords "Don't be afraid that you find some things hard," says Ross. "Things that require considerable mental effort, such as cryptic crosswords, can reset the balance between effort and reward, and evidence shows that being stuck and working through it leads to feelings of mastery and success that last and increase over time. Putting moments of cognitive friction in your life rather than finding the information instantly is a good protection." Good places to start are Minute Cryptic - it will take you through the fundamentals of crossword solving, with just a single clue (plus hints!) every day - and the Guardian's quick cryptic crossword page.
Peter mansion from the thick of it saying "I'm bored of this I'm going for a Twix"
Unch Issue 3 cover. "unch" text at the top, with the subtitle "the clued up crossword magazine". The field is dark yellow and on it is a cartoon of a red hand pointing to the right and a big black arrow pointing down.
pub interior, in the foreground is a table with a nearly-done pint and a crossword book
A river, banked by trees, on a misty day
animated UNCH CROSSWORDS text
A man saying to another man “Bubs. I’ve only got two, maybe three Motown puns left in me. Four tops.”
a bookcase filled with with crossword-themed books. at the top of the pile is a copy of "across the universe - the past, present and future of the crossword puzzle" by Natan Last
an old board game called "Crack: the crossword game with the new dimension - colour"
cover of Unch Issue 2 (jan 2026). text reads "Unch: the clued-up crossword magazine". the main image is an multicolour pattern with empty white squares with 3d-effect trails of blue, yellow and pink.
Four books of Araucaria crosswords
a small cup of coffee
four characters from The Bear nodding to each other meanfully in silence, for quite a long time.
Issue 2 - UNCH (in the style of the Stranger Things logo)
A book: Ximenes on the Art of the Crossword
Screenshot from a pdf document: Headline-punchline "I'll tell you who else I hate. People that can do those cryptic crosswords" (Matt King). Position taking "What? Omar- how d'you get Omar Sharif, from that? I don't understand" (Matt King).
the cover of the book "The Lovely Bones" by Alice Sebold
Gandalf from Lord of the Rings. Text is a link to solutions dot unch crosswords dot com, and there's also the unch logo
A copy of Unch on a pub table surrounded by glasses of beer and cola
Cover of UNCH magazine - the word Unch, with the subtitle "the clued up crossword magazine" Issue 1 October 2025. Cover image is an extreme close-up of an empty crossword grid
an open copy of Unch magazine, on a pub table with a pint of beer and some peanuts
a postbox with some envelopes (labelled unch) being posted into it.
A ginger cat looking at the camera. It's sat on a table, on which are some copies of a magazine called UNCH
stickers labelled "unch" coming out of a printer
A book, on a table. The book is called "All Squared, A Life in Crosswords" by Tom Johnson
a woman lying in the middle of a big spiral of piping, doing a crossword
Screenshot of the header image for a Spotify playlist called Unch Music (Issue 1)
Scene from a pub. A crossword and a pint of Guinness on a table.
A cup of coffee and a crossword