The Listener Crossword

Welcome to the website for the Listener Crossword, the world’s oldest “thematic” crossword puzzle. The puzzle is published each Saturday in The Times (UK) newspaper. It is also available online by subscription to The Times website, along with all of The Times’ crosswords.

The links below are the most commonly used and provide access to all the site, including historical and reference information.

Prize information

Listener crossword winners may request one of the alternative prizes by contacting us either at prizes@listenercrossword.com or at the usual postal address for entries. A prize choice may be indicated on one’s entry submission, in case of a win. The options currently on offer are:

Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
The Chambers Dictionary
Chambers Crossword Dictionary
50 Speeches that Made the Modern World

Last updated 21 November 2024: The Chambers Crossword Dictionary is now available again.

Correction

For Listener crossword 4853, Twisted Sister by Ifor, the fifth clue should read:

Joint part shows this musical piece’s inversion

It was given correctly on The Times website but the version printed in the newspaper was wrong.