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Liari

@liari.bsky.social

Orthopaedic research engineer, mom, crossword setter for The Independent and The Browser, http://liaricryptics.blogspot.com, http://mycrossword.co.uk; as Potoroo w/ @mpcryptics

188 Followers  |  100 Following  |  147 Posts  |  Joined: 22.08.2023  |  2.2884

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Congratulations!

06.10.2025 07:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Cryptic crossword No 2,748 Β· MyCrossword Solve Cryptic crossword No 2,748 on MyCrossword. 15x15 grid with 32 clues by Umpire. Published Fri 3 Oct 2025. Features annotated solutions. Free to solve online.

Check out Umpire's new crossword on MyCrossword.

mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/2748

04.10.2025 00:20 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you to all of the setters for today's stream puzzles!

03.10.2025 16:17 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If you haven’t listened to this yet, you probably should πŸ‘

03.10.2025 12:10 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Stream starting in less than an hour. Going to tackle some puzzles on MyCrossword by @henriwords.com, Gennaro, @mycrossword.co.uk, @bendrobinson.bsky.social and dare I say, @tpgrammar.bsky.social.

twitch.tv/liari77

03.10.2025 12:26 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

Look forward to solving it on stream tomorrow.

02.10.2025 21:32 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah that's what I thought...

25.09.2025 18:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Could it be referencing the answers (lights) in 20 and 11?

25.09.2025 18:10 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

No errors today, but definitely a bit harder than average.

23.09.2025 16:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Look forward to it.

23.09.2025 11:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

YAY we did it πŸŽ‰ and if you think you might have been the person who placed the fateful order, IT WAS YOU! so thank you very much, we hope you enjoy the puzzles 😁

20.09.2025 09:40 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Unch Crossword Magazine Unch, the clued-up crossword magazine

Hey, if you haven’t yet pre-ordered your copy of issue 1 of Unch then you should do so NOW as you could be the lucky person who tips the orders over a Specific Round Number and a kind of Initial Sales Target and if you do that you get a Special Gift*

* our warm thoughts

unchcrosswords.com

19.09.2025 19:03 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

I don't think I have ever clued this one. It's going on my list of seed birds. Look how lovely he is!

19.09.2025 18:26 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Starting around 2pm (in about 30 min).
twitch.tv/liari77

19.09.2025 12:27 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Gosh! This feels like ages ago.

18.09.2025 22:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I know!

18.09.2025 14:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Nope! Still waiting on my date.

18.09.2025 14:20 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Stream will be tomorrow afternoon. It's looking like Friday may be the best day for streaming during this school year.
Get those recommendations in.

18.09.2025 12:53 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Sure!

18.09.2025 07:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Can do (if you need another)

17.09.2025 23:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I used to use this when I first started setting, but found there were so many "problems" with it, that I now use a list of ones I find acceptable.

16.09.2025 15:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Unch, a new cryptic crossword magazine Β· MyCrossword Although MyCrossword is designed for solving cryptic puzzles online, some solvers also like to occasionally do a crossword the good old-fashioned way, with p...

LπŸ‘€K!

www.mycrossword.co.uk/blog/unch-a-...

11.09.2025 18:32 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

I did it!

13.09.2025 23:26 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hope to get up to two before bedtime.

13.09.2025 16:16 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Hey, that's what I did too!

13.09.2025 16:15 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you to all the setters for the crosswords I streamed today.

12.09.2025 18:03 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

I'd think the postage would be much more for you. ;)

12.09.2025 17:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Live in about an hour (~14:30) with MyCrossword puzzles from @cranberryfez.bsky.social, @henriwords.com, @stejormur.bsky.social, @sirdakka.bsky.social and any others that come up or are recommended.

twitch.tv/liari77

12.09.2025 12:33 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Nice username. πŸ˜‚

11.09.2025 18:33 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Not feeling 100% right now. So, plan on either starting a few hours later than normal or tomorrow. But on the docket @cranberryfez.bsky.social, @henriwords.com, @stejormur.bsky.social and @tpgrammar.bsky.social (and any others that come up in the meantime)

twitch.tv/liari77

11.09.2025 12:38 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

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