Kybos appears in The Times Quick Cryptic today:
The cop’s leg fidgets — it could stop trousers falling off? (7,3)
Hope you enjoy!
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If anyone can spare a couple of quid, it would be greatly appreciated.
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I'm delighted to be making my debut in the Independent today as Nepeta. Sample clues:
Raunchy trio stripped naked (6)
Almost complete abstainer from pork eating English breakfast (6)
Side roads backed up after abattoir evacuated (7)
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Very excited to be making my debut in the Indy today as Penelope 😊
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enjoyable show
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they perhaps happened to mention, im a surprisingly American accent, that what you said you would do is a war crime, and one that you would actually go to jail for?
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I think that sentence structure only works if ABC is a verb, and fodder isn't a verb.
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What is the subject? If you are suggesting it is the solver, then it has to be an imperative, and I think it doesn't work.
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Regularly considered fit? Find out otherwise (2,3)
I set today's Independent #cryptic #crossword. I hope it brightens your day!
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Tuesday @ ~9:00 EST on twitch.tv/thatcrypticguy, I'll be solving cryptic crosswords from Crosshare's fundraiser (crosshare.org/articles/puz...) and from the These Puzzles Fund Abortion 6 charity (www.abortionpuzzles.com) from @tpfa.bsky.social.
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Graphic on a light purple background saying “TPFA6 is now available” with the These Puzzles Fund Abortion logo, and several images of crossword puzzle grids. At the bottom right it says “Link in bio”
IT’S HERE! 😮
We are happy to announce the release of our sixth crossword puzzle pack.
Folks who donated during the presale period will receive their puzzles today.
If you haven’t donated yet, head to fund.nnaf.org/tpfa6 !
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I set today's cryptic crossword in @the-independent.com.
It can be found here:
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Bard's turn in the Indy today.
📕 Catchphrase from heavy-going books, setter falls for solver in the second (2,2,2,3)
🌋 Briefly fume before violent rumble (3,7)
🪨 Loose rock formation in dangerous creek (5)
Play for free!
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March’s Clootie #cryptic #crossword is connected to a sports event 🏉
🧩 Championship team Aniston’s excited about (3,7)
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"oh, i thought you said just east of Torquay"
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Interested in setting cryptic crosswords, or improving ... or just finding out more? Part 4 of my blog looking at how & why cryptics work is now up at @mycrossword.co.uk:
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I really enjoyed today's Independent crossword set by Quince, particularly:
🎭 Quince's second part's in Hamlet – he’s playing patriarch (10)
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Puzzles like this don't come along every day!
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Beyond chuffed to be back in the Indy as Magus. My tin hat’s on – is yours?!
Warning: hipsters lifted by US federal agents … (6)
… one after another for speaking out can be put in prison (6)
Trump wants one head of BBC arrested by Christmas (5)
#cryptic #crossword
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Irish city’s workers take indirect route? (9)
Reasonable to run away (5)
This and more nonsense in my puzzle in the Independent today.
#cryptic #crossword
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Perhaps Trump, Epstein and Andrew repeatedly stripped to get massage (9)
In the Indy again, free at puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/crypti... #cryptic #crossword
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you did at least one of Frank Paul's quizzes during lockdown, didn't you - he must be on the same stuff, amazing quizzes every week.
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We fought the greatest war in history, one that left countless millions, killed, starved, abused and traumatised precisely because idiot leaders insisted that there would be great advantages in controlling the incredible natural resources of other countries.
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If you've packed the Christmas decorations away in the loft, done all the crosswords in the print media and you find yourself at a loose end, there *is* a Stamp in the Independent today.
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Very happy to be back in the Independent with a crossword today.
I wrote it in 2023, when the world champion at 24ac wasn’t so famous and the brothers in 21dn weren't talking!
Devious new clue following edit (9)
Harry owes cash for present (8)
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With regard to getting answers, new year, new you? (11)
Setter becoming single – time to lose weight? (4)
Bury playwright, Harold, without his head? (5)
Dice Quiptic today 🎲🥰 Keen for these to be accessible as a next step from the Quick Cryptic, so feedback very welcome!
#cryptic #crossword
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It’s a dark night when you look at the news and are forced to admit that you no longer believe in the power of the FIFA peace prize
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A bit of a melancholy song
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Delighted to be back as Bard in the @the-independent.com today.
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Big cheese beat restriction, having discovered tax not applicable (3,6)
Very impressive bit of extreme picknicking (4)
Here’s the family engaged in some extreme picknicking on Skye.
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