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#ThreeGoodThings
1. Had a submission accepted
2. Read a book yesterday…
3. …and did v little else.

@liari.bsky.social (Stream suggestion): I think you’d enjoy solving today’s Indy.

A multiple-choice question asked the villagers their favourite moon of another planet. Many picked B), which was Titan, but Old MacDonald had a far more personal selection: E) (i.e., Io).

Slimming down the T20 Blast. #cricket https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/articles/cy7y5y2z46ro

I'll be interested to see what folks make of this month's #cryptic #crossword ... crossword.info/skirwingle/p...

@skirwingle.bsky.social Well, for starters, I think 1A should read See 30 (not 29)…

@liari.bsky.social 11 was 14. Other faves 5D 1A 27 1D. Cheers!

If you want an ebook of some public domain work, either:

1. Check standardebooks.org before Gutenberg. They clean up books from Gutenberg with sane typography and print design.

2. Consider buying a "Dover Thrift Editions" version of the ebook. Many fly-by-night ebook "publishers" are turning a […]

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I set today’s crossword in the Independent.

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Hope you enjoy!

@charliemethven.bsky.social Wait, now you’re trying to get us to accept “Tesco” as an anagram indicator? 😂

Upshot of a rose bush. Large pink rose in the foreground. others of various sizes recede from the lens.

The stench of some loser’s marijuana is strong in our garden at the mo. Ugh. Time to stick my nose in one of these. #Bloomscrolling

@crypticblah.bsky.social @charliemethven.bsky.social Yes, I have used such.

@charliemethven.bsky.social Ok, yes, re finishes there. Still don't love yr "begin", but finding it hard to justify why.🙂

who can resist a sunflower? even in inappropriate black and white..
#irphotograpy #photography #bloomscrolling (i guess. i'm new to the concept.) #blackandwhite #b+w

^ because of algorithms, thx. @susiemesure.bsky.social @lowdowncryptic.bsky.social @liari.bsky.social

#OffGridPod logo: Two cartoon heads engaged in conversation, with their brains on show. One head's lid is open, and icons representing chemistry, literature, music, film and biology are spilling out from it. Above the heads, a pen labelled "General Knowledge" is writing the phrase "Off-Grid", which is spilling out of the bounds of a crossword grid that pokes into the edge of the image.

Victorian-era illustration advertising Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup: A mother in bed with her two children, reading a newspaper advert for Soothing Syrup For Children Teething

**Tarry Hardware Opinion – Ep. 56**

In which we have a tarry hardware opinion, try to stop thinking about our problems, grab something to eat, and chuckle at wily writers.

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If the sound of all that doesn’t offend you, please click play: […] […]

[Original post on offgrid.tlmb.net]

@charliemethven.bsky.social “Begin” for initial. I wouldn’t like “one two and three finish” for EOE. “A B and C only begin” ok, I think.

@charliemethven.bsky.social Think I tried this once, & got knocked back - too Lib. I agree now & wd prefer just beginning or only begun.

“Waah, it might be difficult for us to work out how to pay all the people we’ve shafted, so we shouldn’t have to!” https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/08/ai-industry-horrified-to-face-largest-copyright-class-action-ever-certified/

#totp Well this episode won’t get any better.

Bihar is the crossword capital of India. An ex-IAS officer has Olympic ambitions The website crypticsingh.com has become a melting pot of crossword enthusiasts from across the world.

In-depth article about the cryptic crossword scene in India, focusing on the education system and extra-curricular competitions 🇮🇳

Vivek Singh, Indian Crossword League (IXL), World Cryptic Crossword Championship (WCCC), and more...

theprint.in/ground-repor...

9/9 on the #FridayQuiz. Table talk. https://quizquizquiz.com/friday/

A crowd of people watching multiple hot air balloons floating over the Clifton suspension bridge.

Big party at the Observatory. The first Thatchers balloon has a good lead, the pilot must have sprinted out of the briefing #bristol

A screenshot of a Mastodon post that has "-1" listed as the total number of boosts (or reposts). So it looks like the post has negative one boosts. It must be a bug.

If you see this number under a Mastodon post, it means you are legally obligated to repost it.

Sorry, I don't make the rules.

The correct way to address an envelope is "Hello, envelope".

@liari.bsky.social Nice!

The story so far:
In the beginning the Universe was created.
This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.

#HitchhikersGuide #DouglasAdams #quotes #quote #bot

An acrostic poem written in marker on a green dumpster. The "poem" consists of 7 words written on seperate lines. Each word has the same number of letters and are written in a way that allows the reader to find the same word written vertically or horizontally. So the first word is Bravado, but if you right the first row of letters from top to bottom, you'd also see "Bravado". The words are: Bravado, Renamed, Analogy, Valuers, Amoebas, Degrade, and Odyssey.

Two dumpsters on a city sidewalk with graffiti on them. One of them has 7 words written in pink/yellow marker. The words form a square and can be read horizontally or vertically.

I found another Magic Acrostic Square by Sapien. This is one of the more intricate ones I've seen so far. #SFGraffiti

YouTube video by Off-Grid Podcast Off-Grid podcast – episode 56 out-take

www.youtube.com/watch?v=itYE...
Guess which one of us brought up sportsball.

The Independent's Cryptic Crossword | Play Online for Free | Independent Play The Independent's Cryptic Crossword instantly online. The Independent's Cryptic Crossword is a fun and engaging Online game from The Independent. Play it and other games from The Independent.

Mystery wide brick? (8)

My puzzle today in The Independent, free at puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/crypti...