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amoebacrosswords.bsky.social @amoebacrosswords.bsky.social · 2h

15A particularly good!

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amoebacrosswords.bsky.social @amoebacrosswords.bsky.social · 22h

Thank you! 😊

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Charlie Methven @charliemethven.bsky.social · 1d

I hope my faithful followers enjoy my latest cryptic, featuring:

Star trio cast as double-crossers (8)
Crossword setters you shouldn't have trapped in vice suffer (7)
American in the way of DC hero unplugging Tesla (8)
puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/crypti...

The Independent's Cryptic Crossword | Play Online for Free | Independent

Play The Independent's Cryptic Crossword instantly online. The Independent's Cryptic Crossword is a fun and engaging Online game from The Independent. Play it and other games from The Independent.

puzzles.independent.co.uk

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amoebacrosswords.bsky.social @amoebacrosswords.bsky.social · 1d

I don't think it's faulty as such, but it feels quite random/unsatisfying to be taking an unspecified-length string of letters from two different words.

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amoebacrosswords.bsky.social @amoebacrosswords.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you and well done!

amoebacrosswords.bsky.social @amoebacrosswords.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you! Yes, a little trickier than my Tuesdays sometimes are

amoebacrosswords.bsky.social @amoebacrosswords.bsky.social · 2d

My latest Toughie is out today, with clues like:

Discussed grandmaster's openings (8) ♟️

You can solve it in the newspaper or on the Telegraph puzzles app, or here: www.telegraph.co.uk/puzzles/puzz...

I hope you enjoy it!

Telegraph Puzzles

Telegraph Puzzles - Play daily online games including crosswords, sudoku, kakuro, codewords, PlusWord and more

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Henri (& Odo) @henriwords.com · 3d

🥁🥁🥁 I set the October puzzle in the Guardian’s Genius series under my new setting name ‘Odo’

Ever since I started crosswording it’s been my ambition to get into the Guardian, it’s always been ‘my paper’. Many thanks to @alanconnor.bsky.social for the opportunity

www.theguardian.com/crosswords/2...

Genius crossword No 268

Deadline for entries is 23:59 GMT on Saturday 1 November. You need to register once and then sign in to theguardian.com to enter our online competition for a £100 monthly prize

www.theguardian.com

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Twm @twm-barlwm.bsky.social · 4d

I set today’s prize Toughie in the Sunday Telegraph:
www.telegraph.co.uk/puzzles/

Single mum ran into bar upset with me (2,10,3)
Contemptible person taking in adult now and then, right? (8)

Telegraph Puzzles

Telegraph Puzzles - Play daily online games including crosswords, sudoku, kakuro, codewords, PlusWord and more

www.telegraph.co.uk

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amoebacrosswords.bsky.social @amoebacrosswords.bsky.social · 3d

Quite the twist in this piece 😲

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

An academic was aghast when her partner was accused of IRA activity. After his trial, he confessed

Mary Attenborough’s nightmare began when the police raided the flat she and Michael Gallagher shared, their memoir reveals, but their relationship prevailed

www.theguardian.com

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Dan Dickens @brockwellgrecian.bsky.social · 6d

I set today’s cryptic crossword in the Guardian. This theme is part of the solutions:

Anna Friel’s latest tip for cooking
fruit (8)

Pervert ultimately hid out around
spa (7)

Casualty scene not the first for
Brian Blessed (4)

www.theguardian.com/crosswords/c...

Cryptic crossword No 29,816

www.theguardian.com

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William Snow @willsnow8.bsky.social · 7d

Today’s cryptic crossword in the Independent is awful, but hopefully you’ll like it.

Sample clue:
In high spirits, Gary Lineker finally comes out (3)

Solve it FOR FREE at puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/cryptic-crossword-independent

The Independent's Cryptic Crossword | Play Online for Free | Independent

Play The Independent's Cryptic Crossword instantly online. The Independent's Cryptic Crossword is a fun and engaging Online game from The Independent. Play it and other games from The Independent.

puzzles.independent.co.uk

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amoebacrosswords.bsky.social @amoebacrosswords.bsky.social · 7d

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ecclescrosswords.bsky.social @ecclescrosswords.bsky.social · 7d

Working at welcoming Germans in public relations exercise? (7)

My puzzle today in The Independent, free at puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/crypti... #cryptic #crossword

The Independent's Cryptic Crossword | Play Online for Free | Independent

Play The Independent's Cryptic Crossword instantly online. The Independent's Cryptic Crossword is a fun and engaging Online game from The Independent. Play it and other games from The Independent.

puzzles.independent.co.uk

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amoebacrosswords.bsky.social @amoebacrosswords.bsky.social · 7d

Thanks for reposting, I enjoyed this!

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amoebacrosswords.bsky.social @amoebacrosswords.bsky.social · 9d

This is great - I especially enjoyed recognising Beria from The Death of Stalin... and the cabbie!

Twm @twm-barlwm.bsky.social · 11d

In case any cruciverbaliserators here haven't seen the 2008 BBC Timeshift documentary on cryptics, it's here on Vimeo:
vimeo.com/297517318

How To Solve A Cryptic Crossword

How To Solve A Cryptic Crossword (2008)

vimeo.com

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amoebacrosswords.bsky.social @amoebacrosswords.bsky.social · 10d

To take the original post seriously - abbreviations and short synonyms are frustrating at first. But they come with some time, and a good puzzle will allow a solver to construct an NHO with confidence (although it takes a confident solver to trust it!)

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amoebacrosswords.bsky.social @amoebacrosswords.bsky.social · 10d

I have something interesting planned for a future Toughie...

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amoebacrosswords.bsky.social @amoebacrosswords.bsky.social · 10d

Personal favourites in that regard have included Ed Sheeran, Blur, and Adele

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John Henderson @enigmatistelgar.bsky.social · 11d

Free to solve at puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/crypti..., sample from today's Nimrod @the-independent.com xword: Slimmed manner, not so round? (8) @derekharrison.bsky.social @timlihoreau.bsky.social @jon-summers.bsky.social @tilsit999.bsky.social @somsram.bsky.social @knutcrosswords.bsky.social

puzzles.independent.co.uk

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amoebacrosswords.bsky.social @amoebacrosswords.bsky.social · 12d

Ha, yes...

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amoebacrosswords.bsky.social @amoebacrosswords.bsky.social · 12d

Thank you (and excellent caveat 😁)

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amoebacrosswords.bsky.social @amoebacrosswords.bsky.social · 12d

Tehran rebuilt part of plant (6)

Institute for the Study of War @thestudyofwar.bsky.social · 14d

NEW: Iran has begun reconstructing several ballistic missile facilities as part of a broader effort to rebuild its degraded ballistic missile program after the Israel-Iran War.

Iran Update, September 24, 2025: isw.pub/IranUpdate09...

Additional Key Takeaways ⬇️ (1/3)

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amoebacrosswords.bsky.social @amoebacrosswords.bsky.social · 12d

No dictionary support & no common usage 👎

I imagine in the contexts claimed there - if correct - it only appears as part of a longer initialism, not in isolation.

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amoebacrosswords.bsky.social @amoebacrosswords.bsky.social · 14d

Thanks PM, Tramp's next on my list