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Chris Drew

@mesnilman.bsky.social

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Ex UK gov economist incl 2 years in Euro Parl econ & monetary cttee. Normandy. Level 1 umpire. Semi-veggie. EN & FR (DE after beer). Views personal etc. Glamorgan CCC fan.Welsh. And French Born at 325ppm

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Chris Drew @mesnilman.bsky.social · Oct 17

Public Service Announcement

I'm insta-blocking well above 50% of the people who start following me at the moment.

If you are a crypto-, a religious- or just a plain weirdo, you go straight into the blocked pile.

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Chris Drew @mesnilman.bsky.social · 5h

Minute Cryptic - 9 October, 2025
"Me? Doing bad, kind of blue" (6)
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Chris Drew @mesnilman.bsky.social · 1d

I'm pretty sure that photo was taken in Monmouth...

Yes, I am that sad...

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Chris Drew @mesnilman.bsky.social · 1d

Best wishes et bon courage !

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Chris Drew @mesnilman.bsky.social · 1d

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The Stranger - The Film Verdict

François Ozon gives much-loved Albert Camus novel 'L'Étranger' a chic retro-modernist polish in this sumptuously shot adaptation of a French literary classic.

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Chris Drew @mesnilman.bsky.social · 1d

Minute Cryptic - 8 October, 2025
"Spain's and France's and Italy's earliest hairy humanoid" (4)
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Chris Drew @mesnilman.bsky.social · 1d

@stutheeditor.bsky.social Just back from seeing this. I'm not an expert, but I thought it was bloody good! Just wish the seats at our avant première screening at the uni had been more comfortable... youtu.be/n06tkkuAUfc?...

L'ÉTRANGER Bande Annonce (2025) Benjamin Voisin, Pierre Lottin

YouTube video by Allociné | Bandes Annonces

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Chris Drew @mesnilman.bsky.social · 1d

I hadn't ! Thanks

Chris Drew @mesnilman.bsky.social · 1d

@adamchase.bsky.social @thewheatgerm.bsky.social

Cc @lowriwilliams.bsky.social

Adam, Ben

*This* is how you toss a coin!

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#JetLagTheGame

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead Probability Coin Toss

YouTube video by SamsusAlleria

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Reposted by Chris Drew

Dr Francis Young @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social · 1d

Ooh

Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 2d

'A nationwide survey commissioned by Henry VIII on the property and wealth of 16th century England and Wales is to be made publicly accessible for the first time.

The survey, known as the Valor Ecclesiasticus, set out to discover the financial state of the Church'.

National project launched to rediscover Henry VIII’s long-forgotten ‘Tudor Domesday Book’

A nationwide survey commissioned by Henry VIII on the property and wealth of 16th century England and Wales is to be made publicly accessible for the first time. The survey, known as the Valor Ecclesi...

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Chris Drew @mesnilman.bsky.social · 1d

Also provides à misdirection with 'suit'

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Chris Drew @mesnilman.bsky.social · 1d

To tailor. Loose (most anagram indicators are) but to stitch something together.

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Chris Drew @mesnilman.bsky.social · 1d

There is a word with 'D' in...

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Chris Drew @mesnilman.bsky.social · 1d

Start with the '500 less'

Chris Drew @mesnilman.bsky.social · 2d

@guineverecryptic.bsky.social Done! And parsing is definitely improving

Chris Drew @mesnilman.bsky.social · 2d

I liked this one today

Minute Cryptic - 7 October, 2025
"Tailor billed 500 less for offensive suit?" (5)
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