Julian engages brain to win UK's toughest crossword puzzle - The Redditch Standard

Julian engages brain to win UK's toughest crossword puzzle

Redditch Editorial 29th Jul, 2021   0

WELL known Redditch resident Julian Prouse has triumphed in the toughest crossword in the land.

Julian, a keen volunteer with a host of local organisations, says he was astonished to find he’d won ‘The Listener’ crossword in The Times, widely regarded as the brainteaser to beat all others.

“Amazingly, when I look back I think I’ve been doing it since 1963,” said the Winyates Green resident.

“They only get about a hundred entrants a week from across the world, so I’m pretty chuffed.




“It keeps my brain going and thankfully after years of working in the computer industry I’ve got a fairly logical brain.”

And it’s not just the kudos he wins as there’s a choice of prizes to select.


“I’ll probably go for a nice encyclopedia like Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable,” said the 81-year-old.

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