He also signed a resolution stating that pi = 4, a move critics say would have a powerful impact on the shape that a circle is, if making shit up had any effect on reality

Not once in the 80s, 90s or 00s do I recall a politician urging the public to embrace email, mobile phones, texting, two factor authentication, online banking, air fryers, or to replace all their cassette collection with a CD collection.

So forgive me if I smell a rat.

sometimes I look at dishonored screenshots and go fuuuuck it's so good. fuck. I'll never forgive the gamers for not buying billions of copies of all the dishonored games

In the cryptic grammar this sentence has two verbs?

Generative AI? The protagonist of Left Hand of Darkness?

I mean, they ARE correct letters?

The 28th Virginia battle flag is a Confederate battle flag that belonged to the 28th Virginia Infantry Regiment. Captured by the 1st Minnesota Infantry Regiment at the Battle of Gettysburg, the flag was brought to Minnesota and exhibited at the state's capitol for several years before passing into the permanent collection of the Minnesota Historical Society after 1896 where it has remained since.

Happy Confederate Surrender Day from Minnesota where we still have your goddamn flag and we’re not giving it up.

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Sorry, was really responding to the conversation following your comment.
For legit encouragement - the puzzles on MyCrossword are absolutely all over the place in quality and difficulty. I would never judge myself for needing a lot of reveals on one unless I was v comfortable with the setter.

If you want to say “endless to remove first letter” is too hard in this context I’ll happily listen.
But if your complaint is “They used a word in a way that made it sound like one thing but really it was another, trickier thing!” then I’ve got some bad news about cryptics for you.

Screenshot of Joker and Batman from the Adam West Batman series surfing. Joker says "Cowabunga, Bat-Drip! As surfers go, it looks like you're all wet! Ahahaha!", to which Batman replies "Shut the fuck up! Fuck you!"

"I just have one more question..." -- Columbo at a seder.

So pretty, and with so much extra space to doodle anagrams in the bottom right

amazing graphic design again

A diagramless cryptic crossword grid on the surface of a cube

(Coming next week in the April Gnomon)

Three empty crossword grids are shown: One an 11x13 barred grid, one a 15x15 block grid that also has some bars, and one grid on the surface of a 7x7x7 cube that's been unfolded

Coming next week - The Gnomon closes out its first year with our first three-big-puzzles issue. Contributions from Bob Weisz, Bob Stigger, JonMichael Rasmus, Sean Weitner, and Andy Yingst.

I do most of mine in Ingrid which is remarkably powerful

Shhhhhhhh .....

Apropos of nothing, Paolo Pasco is also a brilliant constructor of cryptic crosswords! And though cluing for cryptics is more *constrained* than cluing for American-style crosswords, the different challenges presented are not necessarily greater.

I still think this is a strong contender for the funniest video ever uploaded. Absolutely unbeatable comedic rhythm

A Jeopardy! lectern with "Jamie" written in small caps where the contestant's name is displayed.

FYI, I will be on Jeopardy! tomorrow.

Type Help by William Rous The Unsolvable Mystery

not included in the bundle are the free web game Type Help, and the demo for Titanium Court, which should also be sought out immediately:

william-rous.itch.io/type-help

store.steampowered.com/app/2364580/...

I do not get it and I decline to consider it further until I have solved all clues numbered three and four in this puzzle and may give further commentary at that point.

The only times I have ever seriously considered becoming a vegetarian were after having a good falafel wrap.

I just binged Vladimir. It's great--acidly funny, well-written, surprising, incredibly smart about desire and disappointment and selfishness and writing and middle age. Many critics seemed to have bones to pick with it. All respect (as T-Chalamet would say), ignore them. Rachel Weisz: never better.

Parseword - A tricky wordplay game Transform phrases through wordplay to solve cryptic crossword puzzles.

I've released a new word game called Parseword, that tries to make cryptic crosswords more accessible. You can play it here:

www.parseword.com

The numbers in the book were just ridiculous. If I recall, she had published a number of puzzles which would amount to five a week for thirty years, and there was a massive hedge maze that had a square footage less than twice the size of my living room.

Sometimes I retweet a set of images because it completely captures my soul at that moment. This is almost such a time.

a buff, naked Walt Disney, with a weird little Mickey on his shoulder

a screenprinted Ween poster someone made that shows someone looking up, in a graveyard, at a giant ghostly figure of a woman. it's printed in medium and dark blues on a lighter blue paper

an image that says "Wishing you a normal New Year," but the "o" in "normal" is replaced with a mouse

someone squirting a box of... milk tea? into their eye, excitedly. The lighting is really canonical 2000s bathroom mirror digital photo -style. This may be a person whose livejournal I used to follow?? damned if I can remember their name, was it like Elise or something?

I want to say that feels incredibly unlikely, but my inability to clarify the probability space I'm working in prevents me.

Among the 6 actors who played James Bond in the 25 Eon films, none played Bond the same number of times:
Connery, 6; Lazenby, 1; Moore, 7; Dalton, 2; Brosnan, 4; Craig, 5.