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πŸ“– Publishing Unch, a cryptic crossword magazine: unchcrosswords.com πŸ“Ί Streaming on Sundays: https://twitch.tv/CrypticSunday πŸͺ‘ Sitting on benches β˜•οΈ Drinking coffee

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New crossword puzzle now up on My Crossword (mycrossword.co.uk). I’m so grateful to @liari.bsky.social, @guineverecryptic.bsky.social, and others for thoughtful critiques and encouragement. Your support is helping me grow and sharpen my skills! So thanks a ton.

06.10.2025 17:30 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

A pleasure :)

06.10.2025 04:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Wow.

05.10.2025 19:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Snap πŸ˜†

05.10.2025 19:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Cryptic crossword No 2,752 Β· MyCrossword Solve Cryptic crossword No 2,752 on MyCrossword. 15x15 grid with 36 clues by Angel. Published Sun 5 Oct 2025. Features annotated solutions and special instructions. Free to solve online.

What, or who, am I celebrating with a new cryptic on MyCrossword today? Solve to find out! 🍎
www.mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/2752

05.10.2025 08:43 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 3
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Read outside your comfort zone If we’re to get back to books, then we’re going to have get used to being bewildered

Almost half of adults are not regularly reading by choice. @susiemesure.bsky.social reviews Ann Morgan’s new book β€˜Relearning to Read’.

03.10.2025 16:05 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Ah yes I agree it's not filthy :)

02.10.2025 19:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I honestly can't say. I quite like it but I'm not sure I'd recommend it, exactly. I think I need to watch all of it, to know how well it all works as a whole.

02.10.2025 14:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Burst a big blood vessel in my eye and it's all red and now I can't look at myself in the mirror as I get "Alien:Earth" flashbacks

02.10.2025 11:34 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Tinchy Stryder & The Chuckle Brothers | To Me, To You (Bruv) [Music Video]: SBTV
YouTube video by SBTV: Music Tinchy Stryder & The Chuckle Brothers | To Me, To You (Bruv) [Music Video]: SBTV

"That's real Britain"

// www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBtd...

01.10.2025 19:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh nice - enjoy!

01.10.2025 19:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I set the cryptic crossword in today's Toughie slot in The Daily Telegraph.
Sample clue: American in Paris maybe a West End smash (8)

01.10.2025 07:10 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I will indeed.

01.10.2025 08:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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(in Oxford)

30.09.2025 19:23 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

...though I'm more looking forward to that Polygon Window 3xLP I've got on order from @normanrecords.com

30.09.2025 19:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Turns out this is a much more intense and unsettling album than I'd thought on first Bandcamp listen.
Nice on vinyl & headphones but it not going to get played on Classic FM Calm anytime soon.
I like it πŸ‘ (not sure @archelina.bsky.social appreciates it though!)

30.09.2025 19:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Spectral Evolution
YouTube video by Rafael Toral - Topic Spectral Evolution

I've got this arriving on vinyl later today.
youtu.be/YeFG3pNHbTs

30.09.2025 11:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Milton Keynes duck

29.09.2025 19:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
An Easter egg abandoned on a dark road

An Easter egg abandoned on a dark road

He is risen

27.09.2025 12:20 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
Screenshot reads SIR: In response to your correspondent Mr K. Malone, may I say that not only am I unable to solve any clues in your cryptic crossword but, what is worse, I cannot understand the majority of them even after checking the subsequent solution when they appear.
William Bourne
Oakthorpe, Staffs.

Screenshot reads SIR: In response to your correspondent Mr K. Malone, may I say that not only am I unable to solve any clues in your cryptic crossword but, what is worse, I cannot understand the majority of them even after checking the subsequent solution when they appear. William Bourne Oakthorpe, Staffs.

27.09.2025 11:15 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm back in @thetimes.com today as Aenigmatifex.

I'll be delighted to have feedback, especially if you enjoy it!

27.09.2025 07:32 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Anadrome - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anadrome

25.09.2025 19:20 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Anadromes!

25.09.2025 18:30 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

This is obviously a duck

24.09.2025 20:50 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

CHAAVE?

24.09.2025 17:12 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hello to all my bi friends and loved ones ❀️
#BiVisibilityDay

23.09.2025 16:10 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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...

23.09.2025 08:33 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Cryptic crossword No 2,729 Β· MyCrossword Solve Cryptic crossword No 2,729 on MyCrossword. 15x15 grid with 34 clues by Methuselah. Published Mon 22 Sep 2025. Features annotated solutions and special instructions. Free to solve online.

If you enjoyed finding out BLL LSH can be written on a calculator as much as I did, you might enjoy this 2024 crossword of mine where she's clued as:

Pop star I libel annoyed about fake news? Just a bit (6,6) mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/2729

#OnlyConnect

22.09.2025 19:40 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2

Wonderful.

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Blondie - Rapture (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by BlondieVEVO Blondie - Rapture (Official Music Video)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHCd...

22.09.2025 18:49 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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