CrypticBlah
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I should add the exception to that rule is the &lit where every word is doing double duty. The clue doesnt contain a definition per se, instead the whole clue is the definition.
November 27, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I should add the exception to that rule is the &lit where every word is doing double duty. The clue doesnt contain a definition per se, instead the whole clue is the definition.
Assortment is fine as the def but you already know what I think of it as a grind. Just add a grind after the fodder which suits assortment as an adjective and the clue would be fine. Double duty is frowned upon by Xims and Libs alike.
November 27, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Assortment is fine as the def but you already know what I think of it as a grind. Just add a grind after the fodder which suits assortment as an adjective and the clue would be fine. Double duty is frowned upon by Xims and Libs alike.
Assortment doing double duty there. If one accepts nounal grinds that is.
November 27, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Assortment doing double duty there. If one accepts nounal grinds that is.
Def for WP is just wrong. It absolutely ruins the clue for me. So bloody easy to fix too.
November 27, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Def for WP is just wrong. It absolutely ruins the clue for me. So bloody easy to fix too.
But no best and don't order a lager and black, that's a woke DEI drink.
November 26, 2025 at 5:16 PM
But no best and don't order a lager and black, that's a woke DEI drink.
Very much doubt she's a Friend of Dorothy though.
November 26, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Very much doubt she's a Friend of Dorothy though.
Tpublican is a Yorkshire landlord surely?
November 26, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Tpublican is a Yorkshire landlord surely?
Brainless too, must be why she never won our hearts and minds.
November 26, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Brainless too, must be why she never won our hearts and minds.
Fairly sure Truss is one of the undead anyway so we would have needed a silver rope to make sure
November 26, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Fairly sure Truss is one of the undead anyway so we would have needed a silver rope to make sure
To be fair we didn't lynch them either. I still regret that.
November 26, 2025 at 5:02 PM
To be fair we didn't lynch them either. I still regret that.
To be fair I only spotted it once I'd taken the obviously wrong step of just having ER as the result of the wordplay, as I said to myself ER? RE? I then saw it from the RE and all that was left had to be the def. I then had to work out what was going on after the fact.
November 26, 2025 at 3:37 PM
To be fair I only spotted it once I'd taken the obviously wrong step of just having ER as the result of the wordplay, as I said to myself ER? RE? I then saw it from the RE and all that was left had to be the def. I then had to work out what was going on after the fact.
Hopefully that saved your par score
November 26, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Hopefully that saved your par score
That was the new addition to the secret handshake. Now we have to change it again FFS.
November 26, 2025 at 3:13 PM
That was the new addition to the secret handshake. Now we have to change it again FFS.
I did think the def was nice but the WP was unfairly and erroneously indicated.
November 26, 2025 at 3:06 PM
I did think the def was nice but the WP was unfairly and erroneously indicated.
Thought it was dreadful!
November 26, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Thought it was dreadful!
Split two of the words and insert -ing or -wards in the first split and and 'of' in the second.
November 26, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Split two of the words and insert -ing or -wards in the first split and and 'of' in the second.
Nah yours is lovely mine's only funny in the context of yours.
November 22, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Nah yours is lovely mine's only funny in the context of yours.
Censorship atrocity? 🤔
November 22, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Censorship atrocity? 🤔
Or that second clue is sample... 🤔
November 22, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Or that second clue is sample... 🤔
Unfortunately I have to agree as although S for small should be jn Chambers it isn't (M medium and XL extra large are though so why not S and L?) and D is short for diamonds the suit not diamond singular. I didn't notice either of these defects while solving and found the structure delightful.
November 22, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Unfortunately I have to agree as although S for small should be jn Chambers it isn't (M medium and XL extra large are though so why not S and L?) and D is short for diamonds the suit not diamond singular. I didn't notice either of these defects while solving and found the structure delightful.
What the people paying their salaries say they shouldn't report?
November 21, 2025 at 5:11 PM
What the people paying their salaries say they shouldn't report?
Grapes are a waste of what should be wine!
November 21, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Grapes are a waste of what should be wine!
I actually rather like it.
November 21, 2025 at 4:28 PM
I actually rather like it.