Roddy HJ

Result of grilling DPhil on poet? (5-6,5) ✅🥂

How you might get thing in a cryptic crossword? (7) Fed up with views shifting to the right on computer (5) …and more, in my cryptic for today’s @Independent (thanks, @eimi_indy!) puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/cryptic-…

One goes out? (9) Clean line in the sand (6) Sack John Torode to start with (4) Nothing to smile about - that's a bit below the belt (5) ...and more, in my cryptic for today's @Independent puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/cryptic-…

“My goal is not just to write a clever clue. I want you to laugh out loud when you realize you have been hoodwinked by the English language.” Puzzle tester (@roddyhj) interviews Richard E. Maltby Jr. about his fifty years writing cryptic crosswords. harpers.org/2026/01/genera…

@roddyhj interviews Richard E. Maltby Jr. about his fifty years writing cryptic crosswords for Harper's. harpers.org/2026/01/genera…

Local batting like English — endlessly hopeless (10) 🏏 Something to reflect on, like touring team (4) 🏏 …and other, non-#TheAshes clues in my cryptic for today’s @Independent puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/cryptic-…

nice review of Across the Universe in the @latimes! latimes.com/entertainment-… "Last’s range and intelligence help sell the importance of the crossword, then and now."

and pre-order Across the Universe to read more! penguinrandomhouse.com/books/723796/a…

“Beastly Clues: T. S. Eliot, Torquemada, and the Modernist Crossword” in which @roddyhj reveals the literary pleasures and imaginative creatures lurking in the lively grids of cryptic #crossword pioneer Torquemada: publicdomainreview.org/essay/beastly-…

Do I hang on lip reader? Hm, on head occasionally (7,3) Ron DeSantis about to axe new facility (10) Family at first has trouble evacuating kids (4) …and more, in my cryptic for today’s @independent puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/cryptic-…

You can listen to John Robins solve the clue from today’s @Independent on air for the BBC! Includes a good explainer for cryptics in general (28:06 onwards) open.spotify.com/episode/7MpHh8…

Thanks to Off Grid for featuring my July puzzle in their latest episode! 🎧 You can listen here: #more-2120" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">offgrid.tlmb.net/2025/09/28/cen…

My debut puzzle also reappears in today's @theipaper! Thanks to idothei.wordpress.com for the kind write-up ⬇️

Oti Mabuse dancing like a fox for 'Strictly' (12) 💃 Tim Key turned up in middle of cast leaks (6) 🍿 Puzzles force John Robins to lose heart (6) ✍️ ...and more, in my cryptic for today's @Independent puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/cryptic-…

🚨Thrilled to announce the publication of OF INFLUENCE🚨 ✍️ Edited by me, @jacobridley78 & @roddyhj 🔙 Reimagines Bloom's Anxiety of Influence 50 years on 👭Adam Phillips, @WNBurns, Victoria Baena, @GorjiMina, @haughton_shaw, Hannah Fagan, & @becimay bit.ly/4gPlZWw

The full line-up ⬇️ featuring Adam Phillips, @becimay, @GorjiMina, @haughton_shaw, Hannah Fagan, Victoria Baena, and @WNBurns x.com/LewisPRoberts/…

A year or so ago, a dentist told me that a tooth had troublingly fallen 'under the influence' of my lip. Today, 'Of Influence' — a special issue of Textual Practice edited by @LewisPRoberts, @jacobridley7, and me. tandfonline.com/toc/rtpr20/39/9

Great to see that our special issue of Textual Practice is now out with @WeAreTandF! 💪🏼 Papers from our conference on literary influence, in honour of Bloom's Anxiety thereof. Ft. Adam Phillips, @becimay, @GorjiMina, @haughton_shaw, @WNBurns, Victoria Baena, and Hannah Fagan 🥳

My essay on Inimitability, written for brilliant @LewisPRoberts, @jacobridley78 & @roddyhj has just been published over at Textual Practice ✨🥂 tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.10…

Republican in denial about country (7) Show note each time (4,5) One revolting bachelor breaks wind (5) ...and more, in my cryptic for today's @Independent puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/cryptic-…