Guinevere 🎲🎲

Graeme has nearly completed one of the fiendish crosswords in Boatman - The First 50. His colouring-in is most attractive! Reviewing Boatman - the first 50, Alan Connor (The Guardian's crossword editor and the brains behind many of BBC2’s quiz programs) says: "This is one to savour. Boatman's puzzles are witty and ingenious. It is an extraordinary pleasure to read how his unique mind works. The first 50 is a book I never knew I needed in my life. Gift it to yourself and to the word-lovers in yours".

Graeme is not sure which way to tackle the puzzles in Boatman - The Second 50. Upside-down is certainly an option! Boatman - the second 50 contains another 50 puzzles from The Guardian, with five bonus puzzles previously only available online and including puzzles, solutions and the ideas and stories behind them. Reviewing Boatman - the second 50, Gyles Brandreth says: "If you want a fiendish crossword, you want the best - which means you want Boatman, because he is the best" and Brian Bilston: "Cracking crosswords - each puzzle a delightful daily workout for the brain and a welcome tonic for the soul".

The lovely Graeme Garden is getting to grips with my books! Each volume has 50 fiendish crosswords from @theguardian.com and the stories behind them with lots of extras, including puzzles previously not seen in print. All booksellers, or signed copies from boatmancryptics.co.uk/crossword-bo...

A hugely deserved debut from a setter I rate very highly - congratulations PM!

#cryptic #crossword

Oh no! Keep an eye out for other dates? Definitely sounds like a great idea!

I've had a go at a puzzle for the American market in @avcx.bsky.social . avxwords.com. Thanks to @francisheaney.bsky.social for getting it in shape. I was advised against too much depressing reality, but was allowed one:

Perhaps Trump and Musk supporting introduction of fascism (5)

Highly recommended! I owe a lot to Boatman, this course and the connections it led to!

#cryptic #crossword

Just to be awkward… what if it was X rearranged/ordered etc *to* Y ? (I’m not suggesting this is ok, I genuinely don’t know! And like asking extra questions 🤭)

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You deserve it, you’ve worked hard! I’m so glad to see you getting these happy moments 🥰 they’re wonderful!

Same here!

That might be a bit of a record 🤭

Depends who you ask/what publication whether you’ll get away with a semicolon I think. I have had the odd one with a ? I think, but it must not interrupt the cryptic grammar/wordplay

Hooray! Was hopeful when I saw Coot posted yesterday 😃

1ACCWC 547 – BOUDICA – OPEN for CLUES This week’s contest is hosted by Ruskin who won  1ACCWC 546 – TIE THE KNOT, her 2nd win taking her to the 18th position in the hotly contested 2025 1ACCWC leader board For 1ACCWC 547, s…

Why not set a clue this week? And research a powerful woman while you're at it... www.1across.org/2025/11/23/1...

Ooh good choice!

@guineverecryptic.bsky.social Many thanks for the Quick Cryptic today.

Thought you pitched that at just the right level

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Thank you! 🥰

Thank you! 🥰

𝗜 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗿𝗲-𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗜𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗲 𝟮 𝗼𝗳 𝗨𝗻𝗰𝗵 𝘀𝗼 𝗺𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝘁 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗼 𝗯𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝘁𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝗕𝗹𝘂𝗲𝘀𝗸𝘆!

😂😂 glad you like it! It’s caused a couple of people with very sensitive temperaments on 225 a bit of an objection 🙄😂

Ooh exciting! Let me know how they get on!

Thank you! 🥰

Quick cryptic crossword No 86 Quick cryptic crossword No 86

Dice is back - hope you enjoy!

Common ‘addiction’ somewhat symbolic of feeble-mindedness (6)

King Edward’s one dropping packaging rubbish (6)

Make time for first sighting of shark, maybe capturing it (3,2)

#cryptic #crossword

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Thank you! 🥰

Cryptic crossword No 29,858 Cryptic crossword No 29,858

Just the sort of weather for Soup, don’t you think? 🤔

#cryptic #crossword

Twitch Twitch is the world

I'll be stream-solving cryptic crosswords tonight when the kids go down; looking to do a puzzle or two from Unch and some others by audience request from the massive backlog pile!

See you around 9:00-ish on twitch.tv/thatcrypticguy.

This was so much fun! And gentler than the average Fed! I love Fed puzzles as despite their difficulty sometimes, the surfaces are such great fun, loads of laughs! The best kind of puzzle imho - if you’re yet to experience this fun, here’s a great place to start!

#cryptic #crossword

Remembering Our Dead - Reports - TDoR 2025 1 Oct 2024 to 30 Sep 2025

Trans Day of Remembrance is today.

The link below gives details of just some of the #trans, #nonbinary and gender nonconforming people we have lost in the past year.

#SayTheirNames #TransLivesMatter #TDoR #TDoR2025

tdor.translivesmatter.info/reports/tdor...

A zygote is the result of a sperm joining an egg.

‘Zygote’ comes from the Greek word for ‘yoke.’

A ‘yoke’ is a wooden beam that JOINS two animals together.

The ‘yolk’ of an egg is from the Old English word for “yellow.”

‘Yoke’ and ‘yolk’ have no relation to each other.