PostMarkCryptic.bsky.social

My suspicions were aroused during the solve @charliemethven.bsky.social ...

Very enjoyable and a bit of a step up from today's GIFT offerings.

Congratulations, Henri. Well deserved, mate.

Can't join you today I'm afraid. Have done the Umpire so far - very enjoyable - albeit with a few nho's for me. The Angel is fun too!

I think that was my Easter bunny puzzle ...

though it doesn't quite match the 'filthy' description!

Cootoretti?

Are others having yet more fifteensquared problems today? Just finished the Nimrod but getting the 'This connection is not private warning'

Very enjoyable and, together with Tramp, has made for a good morning solve.

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Delighted to have compiled today's Indy puzzle. I hope you enjoy.

puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/crypti...

A small contribution to this: I've just finished watching Simon Anthony solve last Friday's Times crossword. He paused to wax lyrical having just solved an &lit with 'criminal' as the anagrind. As a solver, he absolutely loved it.

Great fun, Dan. Nicely done.

Ha! That sounds very familiar. I have often been unable to parse some of your own clues.

a man in a suit and tie is saying oh my god okay it 's happening . Alt: Michael Scott (US Office) saying oh my god okay it's happening .

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Unfortunately there is still no 225 blog on this one, mate. I shall look forward to seeing it later in the day but will record my enjoyment of the puzzle here. Well done. You got me with the third of those you have chosen to highlight.

Good luck

I remember that one well

Also awake since four. In my case, a fox barking in nearby wood. Unfortunately out of slipper range.

Cryptic crossword No 2,675 · MyCrossword Solve Cryptic crossword No 2,675 on MyCrossword. 15x15 grid with 32 clues by PostMark. Published Fri 29 Aug 2025. Features annotated solutions. Free to solve online.

New PM puzzle on mycrossword.co.uk including:

Tinned potatoes one's bought from garage perhaps (6)

Every second letter replaced with an A (9)

Remains of French cheese in need of airing (6)

www.mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/2675

One of your more succinct clues?

I'd probably stick at two tbh. Times guidance is maximum of two, one of which should be reverse.

But if they are really good ...

Cryptic crossword No 2,638 · MyCrossword Solve Cryptic crossword No 2,638 on MyCrossword. 15x15 grid with 31 clues by PostMark. Published Fri 15 Aug 2025. Features annotated solutions. Free to solve online.

A - hopefully - fairly accessible PM just published on mycrossword.co.uk

Samples:

City hub, ringed with development (9)

Henri's water supplied by taps at his home? (7)

Female prop tackled by masculine types (6)

www.mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/2638

Sorry, Charlie. Simply doesn't work for me. There needs to be some kind of possessive link otherwise the instruction is, at best, telling me to put synonyms for those three words ahead of, presumably, something else. I don't see plurals or 'and' making your case I'm afraid.

Gosh. That is a pleasant surprise. Publishing on a Friday does not normally lead to a CS solve. I shall look forward to it.

Thanks for giving this a go, Liari. Sorry to have missed the live stream but enjoyed watching the video. And, yes, geezer is just a bloke where I come from ...

Cryptic crossword No 2,600 · MyCrossword Solve Cryptic crossword No 2,600 on MyCrossword. 15x15 grid with 32 clues by PostMark. Published Fri 1 Aug 2025. Features annotated solutions and special instructions. Free to solve online.

I've just published my second Bedrock Magazine cryptic on mycrossword.co.uk.

Sample clues:

Cave reached across rocks at first (6)

Girl falling back on penultimate piece of seaside rock (7)

Rock almost sure to tumble (10)

www.mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/2600

Two abbreviations'd do it: BS!

Very enjoyable, Dan, from start to finish. There's a theme ???

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I have the Indy slot today. Sample clues:

Line attached to electronic plug? (4)

Broadcast on genes, the historical building blocks? (10)

Bishop having sex when in his cups, stops (8)

puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/crypti...

And that's only his barred puzzles; he'll have just as many normal cryptics and then a bunch of minis!

Not the main point of your post but isn't it also delightful to see the kind of thing that passed for advertising hype back then: "Jules - the noted house for permanent waving" is hardly a screamer.