Game show & puzzle expert, he/him. Assistant Puzzles Editor for major UK newspaper. Only Connect question writer / researcher, general Questions AP.
Joined June 2008
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18 May 2020
I should probably do a better pinned tweet.
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Daniel Peake π retweeted
31 Dec 2024
As I just said on TV, the tiny crossword visible in tonightβs opening shot was created by our brilliant team member Dan Peake and CAN BE PLAYED. To save you copying it off the television, here are photos of both the simple and cryptic versions. Happy New Year!
#OnlyConnect
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29 Dec 2023
Breaking my Twitter/X silence to say I'm a guest on this week's episode of Lateral with Tom Scott! It was great fun, I only embarrassed myself 10 or 20 times.
I live over on Mastodon now at mastodon.social/@danielpeake
Oh also I wrote the puzzles for a book!
waterstones.com/book/the-ordβ¦
29 Dec 2023
EPISODE 64: Black and white bowties. Featuring @danielpeake, @LizzySkrzypiec and Bill Sunderland (@EscThisPodcast). Listen to the full audio podcast via your usual provider or at lateralcast.com, where you can also contact the show.
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27 Mar 2023
A quick reminder - I'm not on twitter at the moment because of the who's running it.
You can find me on Mastodon at:
@danielpeake@mastodon.social
Also: I'm available and looking for my next quiz / puzzle / TV gig from July onwards, so PUT THAT IN YOUR DIARY.
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13 Feb 2023
I'm no longer comfortable using Twitter under its current direction. I'll be back if the ship rights its course, but for now I'll be posting at Mastodon here:
@danielpeake@mastodon.social
If you message me on here I'll still get the notification, but please bear this in mind.
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13 Feb 2023
Managed to get this flash just sound of London from the anticipated #asteroid over S UK / N France just now. Looks like lightning, but caused by an asteroid. Very cool.
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Daniel Peake π retweeted
9 Feb 2023
At 8pm UTC - I'll begin to solve two cryptic crosswords on Twitch. Here's hoping I also finish them.
Do join me later at twitch.tv/quizzydan
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Daniel Peake π retweeted
2 Feb 2023
While you are waiting for Puzzle Boat 9, Part 2, you can take advantage of a Valentine's Day sale. "Reverse" subscriptions (the last six issues you don't have) are half off as is a Fill in the Blanks subscription.
pandamagazine.com
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Daniel Peake π retweeted
8 Feb 2023
At 8pm, I'll be continuing to investigate anybody-but-Leonard-da-Vinci's-house in the game House of da Vinci III
Great game with lots of lovely tactile puzzles, but WE DON'T ACTUALLY SEE DA VINCI'S HOUSE. Maybe we will today? We'll soon see.
twitch.tv/quizzydan
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Daniel Peake π retweeted
7 Feb 2023
At 8pm - we'll be back on board Puzzle Boat 8 for lots of wordplay puzzles and *looks around furtively* we could be doing our FIRST META of the year!!
Also, find out why I have to spread pieces of paper all over my desk to solve a puzzle.
See you later!
twitch.tv/quizzydan
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Daniel Peake π retweeted
7 Feb 2023
Can't unsee that your icons look like a scary white-eyed monster about to eat a cabbage...
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Daniel Peake π retweeted
6 Feb 2023
This week - I'll be back on board Puzzle Boat 8, I'll be chasing Leonardo da Vinci and his puzzles through the medium of Renaissance Italy, and I'll be doing two more cryptic crosswords. You're spoiled rotten.
twitch.tv/quizzydan
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Daniel Peake π retweeted
5 Feb 2023
Doing a bit of prep work for this week's Puzzle Boat 8, and the phrase "HEINOUS PUZZLE!" has just popped up.
Oh joy.
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4 Feb 2023
For those of you wanting to substitute the Musk for the Tusk, over on Mastodon I'm @danielpeake@mastodon.social
Do gimme a follow so that we can build our timelines up.
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Daniel Peake π retweeted
2 Feb 2023
Now live! Join me as I officiate over a cryptic wedding...
2 Feb 2023
At 8pm UTC, I'll be solving another two cryptic crosswords. Join me for a variety cryptic by Roger Wolff, and then one from a recent Independent.
twitch.tv/quizzydan
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2 Feb 2023
ooooooooooh
Extremely pleasing
1 Feb 2023
Important note:
February has 28 days (7 x 4). Each day has 24 hours (8 x 3). Each hour has 60 minutes (6 x 5 x 2).
So February has 8! minutes. 8 x 7 x 6 x 5 x 4 x 3 x 2 x 1.
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Daniel Peake π retweeted
2 Feb 2023
At 8pm UTC, I'll be solving another two cryptic crosswords. Join me for a variety cryptic by Roger Wolff, and then one from a recent Independent.
twitch.tv/quizzydan
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2 Feb 2023
We Brits do passive aggression at the elite level
24 Nov 2022
Email translations:
βI was under the impressionβ
Translation: Iβm furious
βAs per my emailβ
Translation: Iβm furious
βWith respectβ
Translation: Iβm furious
βWhilst I appreciateβ
Translation: Iβm furious
βAs Iβm sure youβre awareβ
Translation: Iβm furious
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