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John La Rooy @johnlarooy.bsky.social · 5h

Minute Cryptic - 22 October, 2025
"Private investigator losing 50 from roulette spin" (9)
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🏁 Early solver! Just 200 people so far – I solved it with 0 hints.
www.minutecryptic.com?utm_source=s...

John La Rooy @johnlarooy.bsky.social · 7h

🦊#FoxiMax #1151 6/8
foximax.com

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John La Rooy @johnlarooy.bsky.social · 7h

#Polygonle 1178 3/6︎
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🔥 streak:5
www.polygonle.com

John La Rooy @johnlarooy.bsky.social · 7h

squareword.org 1359: 9 guesses

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#squareword #squareword1359

John La Rooy @johnlarooy.bsky.social · 7h

#thirdle #thirdle1294

🏆 3 / 6 🔥 streak 15 🕺

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Thirdle - Daily Word Game

Thirdle is a fun daily crossword game. Can you solve todays puzzle?

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John La Rooy @johnlarooy.bsky.social · 8h

#swapdle #swapdle139
Swapdle Daily 139

⭐ 5/5 Easy 🔥 Streak 15
⭐ 3/5 Medium 🔥 Streak 15
⭐ 2/5 Hard 🔥 Streak 13 🥵

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Swapdle - Daily Word Swap Puzzle Game

Play Swapdle's daily word puzzle game! Swap letters to solve the logic puzzle. New puzzle every day!

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John La Rooy @johnlarooy.bsky.social · 10h

Adducted?? 🦆+🦆=👻🎃

John La Rooy @johnlarooy.bsky.social · 10h

Worgle 1379 5/6

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John La Rooy @johnlarooy.bsky.social · 14h

xordle #1300 6/8
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xordle.org

John La Rooy @johnlarooy.bsky.social · 14h

Hardle 🟦🟪 #1352 4/8

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hardle.herokuapp.com

John La Rooy @johnlarooy.bsky.social · 20h

Connections
Puzzle #863
🟪🟪🟪🟪 By elimination
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John La Rooy @johnlarooy.bsky.social · 1d

Not even a microwave?

John La Rooy @johnlarooy.bsky.social · 1d

This is awesome. You can also use job numbers with kill, like "kill %1" which is handy if the process is ignoring ctrl-c but you can still suspend it with ctrl-z. People who are slow at typing like me will want to learn the whole ! syntax 😅

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John La Rooy @johnlarooy.bsky.social · 1d

xordle #1299 6/8
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John La Rooy @johnlarooy.bsky.social · 1d

#waffle1368 5/5

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🔥 streak: 2
wafflegame.net

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John La Rooy @johnlarooy.bsky.social · 1d

Worgle 1378 4/6

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John La Rooy @johnlarooy.bsky.social · 1d

squareword.org 1358: 9 guesses

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<6:🟩 <11:🟨 <16:🟧 16+:🟥
#squareword #squareword1358

John La Rooy @johnlarooy.bsky.social · 1d

Hardle 🟦🟪 #1351 5/8

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hardle.herokuapp.com

John La Rooy @johnlarooy.bsky.social · 1d

Hang Five 806
❤️❤️❤️❤️🖤 ✅
100%

John La Rooy @johnlarooy.bsky.social · 1d

Connections
Puzzle #862
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John La Rooy @johnlarooy.bsky.social · 1d

The Ocean's franchise is experimenting with YouTube shorts.

John La Rooy @johnlarooy.bsky.social · 1d

Minute Cryptic - 20 October, 2025
"Uproar from little brother texting you "LOL"" (8)
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🏆 0 hints – 3 under the community par (7,125 solvers so far).
www.minutecryptic.com?utm_source=s...

John La Rooy @johnlarooy.bsky.social · 2d

#thirdle #thirdle1292

🏆 3 / 6 🔥 streak 14

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thirdle.org

John La Rooy @johnlarooy.bsky.social · 2d

Hang Five 805
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100%

John La Rooy @johnlarooy.bsky.social · 2d

xordle #1298 6/8
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