Poor "Charlie".

Similar to the one in today's MC, perhaps?

I chewed on this particular Celery stick for quite a while before my brain penetrated its clever fog of misdirection, #WQuers 😃

My-Newt Crypticle 23 April 2026
"Initial word from monarchy: "Troubled after the disappearance of Charles II”?" (7)
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🏆 0 hints 3 u/par (7,080 solvers so far)

Superstition is baseless, of course, and usually only embraced by the poorly educated... But, yeah! 🤪😂

Shhhhh!! 🤣😂🤣

My-Newt Crypticle is getting political today, #WQuers 😆

22 April, 2026
"Dictator's hasty, ranting from time to time?" (6)
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🏆 0 hints – 1 under the community par (6,563 solvers so far).
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For those attending the White House Correspondents' Dinner this weekend, a small question:

When you're sitting there at your table, do you think it'll cross your mind that the guest of honor is actively covering up his role in a massive child sex trafficking operation?

Smiling, too 😃

No, thanks.

Can't see the point of waiting 30 years to buy extremely expensive electricity from fission, when we have a fusion reactor a safe 150 million km away which supplies, right now, all the energy we can possibly need, for free. Without a radioactive waste problem.

Forget it.

My-Newt Crypticle is solving the Iran war and fuel crisis ⛽️, #WQuers 😃

Happy Germanic-god-of-war Day 😉

21 April, 2026
"Party leader backtracked, opening parts of the Strait of Hormuz?" (4)
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🏆 0 hints – 1 under the community par (7,975 solvers so far).
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No "technically" about it.

Turn it around and hear how "between I and you" sounds.

*me*
😝

He is working for the *American people*

Of whom #tRump is merely one citizen

And he (tRump) doesn't even deserve to be called a citizen, given his kowtowing to that other war criminal, Putin.

It was tricky for... reasons 🤣

A My-Newt Crypticle clue for theological #WQuers today 😃

Happy New Week all 😝

20 April, 2026
"Heavy sculpture of Jesus, facing out across Brazilian city?" (7)
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🏆 0 hints – 3 under the community par (6,915 solvers so far).
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Great Birdling again! 😃

Today's My-Newt Crypticle clue might take a few guesses, #WQuers, but eventually you'll identify him 😃

19 April 2026
"Ordinary guy from Istanbul dared to assassinate inaugural emperor?" (8)
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🏆 0 hints – 2 under community par (13,525 solvers so far)
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VSW for the Birdle win! 😃

Surely not! How could innocent children be so evil? 🤣

This My-Newt Crypticle clue will not take you nine months to solve, #WQuers

Happy Weekend! 😃

18 April, 2026
"She’s pregnant with octuplets! Various heads to push" (5)
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🏆 0 hints – 1 under the community par (9,043 solvers so far).
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Indubitably!

You should try it yourself 😝

Hmm, W² 6s seem to be easier to get now than I remember them being 😁

Plus symmetry!

#SmugSixySymmetry

squareword.org 1537: 6 guesses

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🟨🟨🟨🟨🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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#squareword #squareword1537

All with five letters? 😉

Who TF caused the crisis with the Strait??

Some sort of "déjà vu"? 😆

But at least you have a new streak record? 😃

Ewww! Gross!! 😱 🤣

This My-Newt Crypticle clue took me twice as long to solve as it should have, #WQuers, but still not all that long

How will you go? 😃

17 April 2026
"Twice-cooked meat for partner" (8)
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🏆 0 hints – 1 under the community par (15,403 solvers so far)
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I failed to get symmetry, but at least I Neil-ed the sixy part 😁

squareword.org 1536: 6 guesses

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<6:🟩 <11:🟨 <16:🟧 16+:🟥
#squareword #squareword1536

I hope that doesn't result in an "I wish I hadn't mentioned that" tomorrow 😉🤣

#EverythingInAustraliaWillKillYou