Thanks for this superb series, @cranberryfez.bsky.social! So many insightful details 💡
I'm pleased you mentioned #letterbank clues and I get your qualms but with more exposure (as in North American cryptics) they'd "grow" on you! 😉
Check out my #LowdownLetterBank posts and "expand" your horizons ↔️
Well done! Is that the first Letter Bank cryptic clue you've seen/solved? You can find many more of mine with the #LowdownLetterBank hashtag 😎
To celebrate the 5th anniversary of Lowdown Letter Banks today, let's rock out to my LLB scroll video! 😎🔠🤘
#LowdownLetterBank
645 clues from my old Twitter account – last year I closed it out with 5 final LLB clues, which I'll repost this week
#letterbank #crypticclue #wordplay #puzzles
#LLB132 Worries about "stress-free" decluttering? (5) #LowdownLetterBank #LLBTBT
#LLB057 "What's 1% and 2%?" cook thunders, while repeating ingredients (5,10) #LowdownLetterBank #LLBTBT
#LLB291 Spreading doctrines about how everyone and everything is related? (18) #LowdownLetterBank #LLBTBT
You can find a bunch of LLB clues (and my original LLB intro thread) reposted on Bluesky, just by tapping/searching the #LowdownLetterBank hashtag
(my LLB Twitter account @LowdownCryptic is still there, with all 650 LLB clues, but I don’t use Twitter at all anymore)
#LLB187 One with lots of vinyl cord let out more of it (6,9) #LowdownLetterBank #LLBTBT
#LLB046 Stream overflows sewers (12) #LowdownLetterBank #LLBTBT
#LLB064 More sophisticated, caffeine-free alternative made with unique ingredients (7) #LowdownLetterBank #LLBTBT
#LLB080 Detectives copied over tapings accidentally (7,13) #LowdownLetterBank #LLBTBT
#LLB016 Counter staff outgrowing antics? (13) #LowdownLetterBank #LLBTBT
#LLB122 Brad wins wrestling matches of some intelligence as well as strength (6,3,5) #LowdownLetterBank #LLBTBT
#LLB179 "That's one determined dude!" repeated Simona, exasperated (1,3,2,1,7) #LowdownLetterBank #LLBTBT
#LLB048 Win a new, one-of-a-kind version of Microsoft Office! (4,5) #LowdownLetterBank #LLBTBT
#LLB177 Famous Broadway/Hollywood actor crafted song about writing letters more often (4,2,5,3,6) #LowdownLetterBank #LLBTBT
#LLB058 In the typical manner, confused and growing hysterical (18) #LowdownLetterBank #LLBTBT
#LLB033 Aliens prepare sex trial with clones (17) #LowdownLetterBank #LLBTBT
#LLB002 Answer creatively, selectively doubling knowledge (9) #LowdownLetterBank #LLBTBT
#LLB650 Wild dash front and back for more of the same or similar things (3,2,2,3,2,5) 😎 #LowdownLetterBank
#LLB649 Disabling caption for your drawing? (14) #LowdownLetterBank
#LLB648 Places to land a unique sole proprietorship arrangement (9) #LowdownLetterBank
#LLB647 Relocating and growing into themselves, as true proprietors (13) #LowdownLetterBank
#LLB646 Making a futile attempt, wants grip changed if do-overs allowed (8,2,6) #LowdownLetterBank
#LLB001 Tricky puzzles confused increasingly tipsy crowd (7,10) #LowdownLetterBank
Have you solved my very first LLB clue, launched with the LLB intro tweet above on Jan 25, 2021? 😊
I've re-created the rest of the intro thread below, so read on for the explanation and solution... ⬇️
In widespread chaos, pray when you're wishing this for people (5,3,4) #LowdownLetterBank
#letterbank #crypticclue (LLB340 from Dec 2021)
Parchment is stretched around items for wrapping (9,8) #LowdownLetterBank
#letterbank #crypticclue (LLB333 from Dec 2021)
In recycled fashion, gold knitwear or wrinkled toga could make a jazzy holiday line (7,2,1,6,10) #LowdownLetterBank
#letterbank #crypticclue (based on LLB329 from Dec 2021)
Coming before "and a partridge in a pear tree", when arranged without all those repeated items! (9) #LowdownLetterBank
#letterbank #crypticclue (LLB330 from Dec 2021)
It's an ogre unexpectedly spreading holiday wishes! (6'1,9) #LowdownLetterBank
#letterbank #crypticclue (LLB327 from Dec 2021)
