David Astle (alias DA)

Because moist can fill either blank:

__________ cake
___________ wound

We learnt your ‘ick words’ last night:

phlegm
moist
mucus
secrete
sputum
orifice
pus/tule
discharge
Collingwood

Huge difference between "She's got Bette Davis eyes" and "She's got Bette Davis' eyes"

A beauty via DA @dontattempt.bsky.social today.

Minute Cryptic - 7 October, 2025

Tailor billed 500 less for offensive suit? (5)

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INFINITE PALINDROME

…cosmic,
I’m so cosmic,
I’m so cosmic,
I’m so cosmic,
I’m so cosmic,
I’m so cosmic,
I’m so cosmic,
I’m so c…

So does proofreading

I should be home at the end of summer so I'll give you a ring.

An illuminated room number sign: 4 0 4

We couldn’t find our hotel room.

Not so absurd. Rabbit and waffle are synonyms after all

But not Legos, drugs dealer, trades union or covers band. Got it

Stop hating yourself for everything. Be specific.

“Daylight SAVING…
Daylight SAVING…”

Ignore me. Just preparing for those beloved sticklers among radio listeners

“Reality continues to ruin my life.”
– Bill Watterson

I applaud @civixplorer for this delightful little bit of flag nonsense.

What idiot called them varicose veins instead of caterpillaries?

Manual labour falls into two categories:

- boring
- riveting

I'm running a Beatles pun contest, and I'm getting Paul McCartney to heyjudicate.

The infamous 1987 The Far Side comic strip featuring a reference to Jane Goodall

RIP Jane Goodall

For the record, my break is not well earned but I’m taking it anyway

You could fit my limited vocabulary into a really small thingy.

A dog running

The scientific term for dog zoomies is Frenetic Random Activity Periods.

Googling “what to expect at first rodeo”

In my bookshop days, the faves were Melways and the Kama Sutra. Both practical I guess

Futurise a film:

Robot-Proof Fence
To Siri With Love
The Deepfake
AI Tonya
Tinderella
Taxi Driverless
VR For Vendetta
Schindler’s Listicle
Men In Blockchain
Rosemary’s Designer Baby
Fried Green Frankentomatoes

The b in subtle is there as an example

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you’re never more than 10 feet away from someone texting “lol” with a completely expressionless face

“I’m trying to find a monastery where all the monks are over six foot five”
“That’s a tall order”

DAIRY SONGS

Only The Provolone
Churn, Churn, Churn
Streets of Philadelphia
Yoghurt A Friend In Me
Gouda Two Shoes
Feta Man
Moo River
Brieannon
Cheddar Be Home Soon
Udder The Milky Whey
You Can Ring My Babybel
Curd It On The Grapevine

😍