March’s Clootie #cryptic #crossword is connected to a sports event 🏉
🧩 Championship team Aniston’s excited about (3,7)
February’s Clootie #cryptic #crossword commemorates the 20th anniversary of a film 🚂
🧩 Film’s starting point changed (13)
My 20th Clootie #cryptic #crossword is about a 145-year-old festival 🔥🪓
🧩 Shetland spectacle enlivening Leah and Paul around end of January (2,5,2)
Solution #christmas #cryptic #crossword
On the 12th day of Xmas… 🎄🎁
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#cryptic #crossword
Fans of #InsideNo9 might enjoy this Stage/Fright-themed xword, especially if they’re going to the final Edinburgh shows today 🎭👻🩸
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October’s Clootie #cryptic #crossword is about Glasgow’s museums 🏛
Sample clues:
🧩 Married a Caledonian? Lucky thing! (6)
🧩 Animal nursed by NHS Lothian (5)
🧩 Winger receives Ferguson’s back pass – a mistake at Ibrox? (3,4)
🧩 Study by Swiss lab presents worry (7)
When a headline sounds too much like a #cryptic #crossword clue. I wonder if anyone can make it work? 🤔
September’s Clootie #cryptic #crossword is about a TV show 📺
Quiet quarry wanted for sitcom (5,4)
August’s Clootie #cryptic #crossword is about an event marking 75 years 🏰🎖🔫
“Cast trying to buy The Armadillo to air capital event” (5,9,8,6)
May’s Clootie #cryptic #crossword is all about the water of life 🥃
• Ron knew Elijah distilled whisky (7,6)
• Excited PGA team spots Royal Troon’s shortest hole (7,5)
• Bloomer made by Scottish inventor following body snatcher (8)
March’s Clootie #cryptic #crossword 🎤🎵
Subject: A free trip bagged by tuneful singer (5,6)
• Band fronted by [subject] ultimately saw film three times (3,3,3)
• Say, does Flower of Scotland start off rugby? (4)
• Potter is battling with Tom – one testing pupils! (11)
The 7 contestants in question are: Guru-Murthy, Coughlan, Winkleman, Dimoldenberg, Vorderman, Backshall, and Johnston
@alexhorne.bsky.social Hats off to whoever made the #TaskmasterLive word search 🦆✉️ enjoyed finding the extra nods but likely missed a few!
Despite the task saying all can be found, there are only 7 contestants missing!
@bookoftaskmaster.bsky.social #Taskmaster
January’s Clootie #cryptic #crossword 🎻
Subject: Annual trad festival into TLC with conscience flying (6,11)
• One might laugh, gutted Hogmanay and New Year essentially over! (5)
• Section of Macbeth I call ‘dealing with morals’ (7)
• Brothers usually rowing Roman ships on a regular basis (5)
Hid a festive message in today’s clues 🎄🎅
#cryptic #crossword #crosswordclue
Aviator skipped break – ah, I suspect a fear of Friday the 13th! (23) 🐈⬛🪜🦚🧂🪞☂️
#cryptic #crossword #crosswordclue #InsideNo9 @sjpemberton.bsky.social @reece-shearsmith.bsky.social @marksalisbury.bsky.social
This month’s Clootie 🧩
American fool gains support with political propaganda (8)
Start of round in Gleneagles intimidates nervous beginners (6)
The subject:
Singer on lane nine terribly cross (5,6)
Band’s performing the music without lines (10)
Midge Ure (Ultravox) 🎤
Robert Louis Stevenson 📖
My first published cryptics for The Herald’s Clootie (released on the first Monday of each month), each with a Scottish theme 🏴
These ones: Royal Highland Show, Belladrum, Gold medallists, Bloody Scotland 🐄🎤🥇🗡
… and here’s one where all of the clues nod to @sjpemberton.bsky.social’s many endeavours #InsideNo9 🐇
Hello Bluesky! Just migrated from the Twitterverse 👾
To prove I’m not a bot, here are some #InsideNo9 themed cryptics made when first starting out 🧩
(Fair warning of dodgy wordplay down to early setter syndrome)
