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Crossword geek (Guardian crossword stats database), politics obsessive (but when the fun stops, stop), intolerant of intolerance. Appropriately butterfly mind - it flits about all over the place. The Archers is real life.

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But obviously the reason that this one is booked up until 2027 is because it's the Traitors castle so it's the only one that will do. (PS: It can only be free in 3 weeks because the overworked production team are going on strike.)

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Well, whoever goes will confirm they are a Faithful as they exit. Devastating to find out (if the Traitors murder the survivor) that they were wrong either way.

22.10.2025 21:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Whoever survives, the Traitors should murder the other one anyway just to fuck with the dwindling remaining Faithfuls. As in "HA HA - you were wrong either way!"

22.10.2025 21:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

OmigodiloveTheTraitors!

22.10.2025 20:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Pearls before swine, mate. At least you're getting doffed caps for the Armstrong clue!

17.10.2025 10:56 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is beautiful @zackpolanski.bsky.social

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Cryptic crossword No 29,828 Cryptic crossword No 29,828

9 dailies and a Genius this year from @enigmatistelgar.bsky.social, matching 2009. 1 more daily and he will have hit double figures for the first time since 1999; 2 more and it will be his largest tally since 1987.

Now then, can I actually solve the damn thing...
www.theguardian.com/crosswords/c...

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Was that your acting debut on Call Jonathan Pie, @mrjamesob.bsky.social? Sparkling! @jonathanpienews.bsky.social

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Nigel Farage is cosying up to the US anti-abortion group that challenged Roe v Wade. Women in Britain should know that | Zoe Williams ADF, a conservative Christian lobby group that counts among its allies JD Vance, has stated that its goal is to see abortion rights curtailed in Britain, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

www.theguardian.com/global/2025/...

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I see Andrea Jenkyns, whose Refuk party wants migrants to speak English, has cut spending on teaching English as a second language.

And as part of their relentless 'cost-cutting' wants to grab an extra Β£147k of public money for her own spending.

Refuk - saying one thing and doing the opposite.

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16.10.2025 09:27 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That is a simply outstanding name.

16.10.2025 09:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Proper appointment telly. So difficult to achieve, and equally difficult to define what will do the trick (eg Traitors: yes; Destination X: no)

16.10.2025 09:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm tempted to say that Miliband has dropped some shade on Reform there...

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'Farage could never be trusted to run Britain after getting Brexit so wrong' No Brexit champion, particularly Nigel Farage, is worthy of high office after proving so conclusively wrong on such a seismic issue, says Mirror Associate Editor Kevin Maguire

'Nigel Farage could never be trusted to run Britain after getting Brexit so wrong'

www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

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Stewart Lee: The thugs have taken my flag. So I’ve taken theirs What do you do with a lot of cheap banners hanging from motorway bridges once you’ve torn them down?

πŸ”— Read the full piece

www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...

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Very much so - bravo!

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Ah, #Traitors - good to have you back. Early prediction: Nick Mohammed is going to win.

08.10.2025 21:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Cat that Walked by Himself Listen to the tale Β  Β  Β  HEAR and attend and listen; for this befell and behappened and became and was, O my Best Beloved, when the Tame animals were wild. The Dog was wild, a…

Nah mate. Here's the truth of it: www.kiplingsociety.co.uk/tale/rk_catw...

06.10.2025 19:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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What do Putin, Farage and Badenoch all have in common?

They all want the U.K. to LEAVE the ECHR.
#ECHR
⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️

05.10.2025 21:08 β€” πŸ‘ 40    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Not in a million years.

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I agree, but I also remember the Sid 'n' Jolene shower scene...

02.10.2025 18:52 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The fag paper, an imperial measure, is approximately equal to 2.5 metric gnat's chuffs.

02.10.2025 18:39 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Can someone ask Farage or Zia Yusuf why, if they're so concerned about incitement to violence, they had Lucy Connolly as a guest star at their conference?

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That Farage reaction in full: "mY fEeLz aRe HuRt sO i DeMaNdZ aN eLeCtiOn" πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚

Who cares, you Putin-loving public-school grifting ponce? Just because the air is coming out of your tyres, doesn't mean you get to demand that the race start four years early. F-off back to Florida.

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That'll do #RedRoses, That'll do.

What a team, what a tournament. Hats off, Canada - magnificent too - but these women are just awesome.

27.09.2025 17:24 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yep, in spades! In the end the record sequence was extended to 19.

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I don’t get as much time as I’d like to set crosswords. However, occasionally, I get an idea that reminds me that I’m decent at it:

Alarming Epstein files involved arrangements of adults with children (6-6, 8)

I’ll have to use that.

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Cryptic crossword No 29,807 Cryptic crossword No 29,807

Today's Guardian crossword from Philistine has a bit of everything, and a message we can all get behind. It is also the 17,000th daily Guardian crossword published since pseudonyms were introduced in December 1970.
www.theguardian.com/crosswords/c...

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