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AARDVARK

The pseudonym of Mike Warburton for crosswords in the Financial Times.

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ADAMANT

The pseudonym of Hazel Goldman for crosswords in the Financial Times.

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AEDITES

The pseudonym of the Peter Covey-Crump for crosswords in The Listener.

Index of Aedites crosswords in The Listener

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AELRED

Aelred is a former setter of crosswords in The Independent.

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AFRIT

The pseudonym of Alistair Ferguson Ritchie (1890-1954) for crosswords in The Sketch and The Listener.

Index of Afrit crosswords in The Listener

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Edmund AKENHEAD

Edmund Akenhead was crossword editor of The Times from 1965 to 1983. He also organised the first Times Crossword Championship in 1970.

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ALBERICH

The pseudonym of Neil Shepherd for crosswords in the Financial Times.

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ALBIPEDIUS

The pseudonym of the late Richard Whitelegg (1943-1995) for crosswords in The Listener and elsewhere.

Index of Albipedius crosswords in The Listener

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ALCHEMI

Alchemi is the pseudonym used by Michael Holmans for cryptic crosswords in The Independent. His debut puzzle appeared in November 2012.

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ALDHELM

Aldhelm is a setter of crosswords in the Financial Times.

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ANARCHE

Anarche is the pseudonym of Sarah Hayes for crosswords in The Independent.

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ANAX

The pseudonym of Dean Mayer for crosswords in The Independent.

He also sets crosswords in the Financial Times as Loroso and in The Times.

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Duggie ANDERSON

Duggie Anderson is a setter of cryptic crosswords for several national newspapers. He lives in Northern Ireland and worked in computing and publishing for 35 years.

Since 2005, he has set the Daily Mail crossword every Monday to Friday.

He also sets crosswords for The Guardian (as Crucible), for The Independent (as Radian), for the Financial Times (as Redshank), and for The Times.

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ANGLIO

Anglio is a crossword setter in The Independent whose debut puzzle appeared in January 2016.

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ANORAK

Anorak is the pseudonym of Tom Johnson) for crosswords in The New Statesman.

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ANTARES

The pseudonym formerly used Richard Browne when he set puzzles for the Financial Times.

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Simon ANTHONY

Simon Anthony is co-editor of The Magpie, for which he also sets crosswords, using the pseudonym Pieman.

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ANTICO

A pseudonym used by Colin Gumbrell for crosswords in The Oldie.

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ANTO

Anto is a setter of Quiptic crosswords on The Guardian website.

Anto crosswords in the Guardian archive

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APEX

The pseudonym of the late Eric Chalkley (1917-2006) for crosswords in The Listener and elsewhere.

Index of Apex crosswords in The Listener

Index of Apex crosswords in The Crossword Database

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AQUILA

The pseudonym of the late Bert Danher for crosswords in The Independent.

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ARACHNE

Arachne is the pseudonym of Sarah Hayes for crosswords in The Guardian, and in The Listener, the Enigmatic Variations and Inquisitor series.

Arachne crosswords in the Guardian archive

Index of Arachne crosswords in The Listener

Index of Arachne crosswords in The Crossword Database

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ARAGON

The pseudonym of Richard Rogan for crosswords in The Listener and elsewhere.

Index of Aragon crosswords in The Listener

Index of Aragon crosswords in The Crossword Database

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ARAUCARIA

The pseudonym of the late John Graham for crosswords in The Guardian and in 1 Across magazine.

Araucaria crosswords in the Guardian archive

Better known by his pseudonym Araucaria, John Graham set the Guardian cryptic crossword for 55 years. In December 2012, crossword number 25,842 appeared in the paper with a series of clues that once solved, revealed a personal message from Araucaria to his puzzle-solving followers.

A puzzle in itself, this short film unpicks crossword number 25,842 to journey into John’s world of clue-making: the memories that he draws upon, the themes that inspire him and the faceless solvers he imagines as he writes.

Shifting between imagination and reality, Dear Araucaria meets the man who has given his life to crosswords and is only now coming to understand the dramatic impact he has had on a community of solvers.

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ARCTURUS

The pseudonym of Ross Beresford for crosswords for The Listener and The Magpie.

Index of Arcturus crosswords in The Listener

Index of Arcturus crosswords in The Crossword Database

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ARMONIE

The pseudonym of John Dawson for crosswords in the Financial Times.

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ARTEXLEN

ARTEXLEN is the pseudonym of Steve Bartlett for cryptic crosswords in the Financial Times.

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Derek ARTHUR

The late Derek Arthur, a former Director of Mathematics Teaching at the University of Edinburgh, was a setter of crosswords for the Financial Times (as Viking). From 2005 until his death in October 2010 he was also a co-editor of The Listener crossword.

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ASCOT

The pseudonym of Allan Scott for crosswords in The Spectator and The Listener.

Index of Ascot crosswords in The Listener

Index of Ascot crosswords in The Crossword Database

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David ASTLE

David Astle, a Melbourne-based writer of non-fiction, fiction and plays, sets crosswords under the pseudonym DA in Australia's The Age and Sydney Morning Herald.

David Astle's website

Wikipedia article about David Astle

The DA Trippers - a blog for fans of David Astle's cryptic crosswords

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James ATKINS

James Atkins, a professional singer and singing instructor, was twice winner of the Times Crossword Championship - in 1971 and in 1976.

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AUCTOR

The pseudonym of Paul McKenna for crosswords in The Listener series, the Enigmatic Variations series in the Sunday Telegraph, etc.

Index of Auctor crosswords in The Listener

Index of Auctor crosswords in The Crossword Database

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AUDREUS

The pseudonym of Audrey Young for crosswords in The Guardian.

Audreus crosswords in the Guardian archive

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AUSTER

Pseudonym used by the late Shirley O'Brien for crosswords in The Guardian.

Auster crosswords in the Guardian archive

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AZED

The pseudonym of Jonathan Crowther for barred crosswords in The Observer.

Azed No. 1 appeared appeared in The Observer in March 1972 and the series is still going strong today. The 2,000th Azed crossword to be set by Jonathan Crowther was published on 26 September 2010.

Azed: a giant among crosswords, an article in The Observer, Sunday 26 September 2010.

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