33 is a bewilderingly high number

This morning I’ve seen Olly Robbins’s appearance before the select committee described as ‘box office’, while a commentator flagged up another key political moment with the words ‘bring the popcorn’.

That’s one of our main problems right there.

clues from the cryptic crypt:
PM under pressure, recycling trite remarks, wasting time (4,7)

Richard Tice says he has a duty to his investors to pay the minimum tax. He's set up complex structures to this end.
Whether this aligns with the "little people" he purports to represent isn't clear, and they're unlikely to glean much from the tax exile-owned papers they read.

Bitter about Elon hearts Rupert much?

One of Freiburg's less built-up areas

Turnstone is back in the Quiptic in today’s Guardian. Please take a look - hope you enjoy it!

Unch Crossword Magazine Unch, the clued-up crossword magazine

#crypticcrossword #crossword

In other crossword news, my copy of issue3 of Unch Magazine arrived on Friday: unchcrosswords.com

It's a really neat little magazine with lots of fun crosswords. It only costs me ~£5 and well worth the money!

Oh, @unchcrosswords.com if I could get ep 1, let me know!

One of the oddest things about this Arsenal team is that they take more risks passing the ball under pressure in their own thirty yards than they do in the opposition's half.

with apologies to Paul Simon:
🎶There must be 50 ways to Leavitt your lover
Just go out on the lash, Kash
Don't give a damn, Pam
Have a sofa romance, Vance
Drink Stoli neat, Pete
just get yourself free

Unfortunately, "Dick's todger" as a Spoonerism of "Tax dodger" falls into "close but no cigar" territory (unless one was born in rural Otago)

My topical clue for this week's The Puzzle Edit email from @theobserveruk.bsky.social:
PM: "Great year for rebuilding!" (5,6)
Subscribe here:
newsroom.observer.co.uk/cr/AQjcjBUQ3...

very entertaining!

The Eye of The Neidle
The Taxman Always Rings Tice

"As she was led away she shouted at shoppers offering to do, piercings with her cutlass the price was a BUCCANEER! "

'ave that

Been out on the lash Kash?

The location of the Strait of Hormuz on google with the opening hours shown at Mon-Fri 9.30am - 4pm

Someone has actually done this on Google 😂😂👏

Who called it potato salad instead of Murphy slaw?

Thank you!

Thanks Dan, very kind of you

Haahaaaaa

Let he who is without Ozempic shed the first stone

thanks Tom

hahahahaha

If you step back, it is truly extraordinary that so many people went to such great lengths and broke so many conventions and risked their political careers and the only outcome of all these efforts and risks was appointing a washed-up old spinner to an ambassadorial post

"washed-up old spinner"....marvellous

thanks!

If Pam Bondi get a subpoena and ignores it but doesn't get any poena then it's not really a subpoena is it

indeed! Thanks Martin