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Twm @twm-barlwm.bsky.social · 1d

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Twm @twm-barlwm.bsky.social · 1d

Arrant dingbattery, but Collins confirms www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/e...

PRIMER definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

6 meanings: 1. an introductory text, such as a school textbook 2. printing → See long primer, great primer 1. a person or thing.... Click for more definitions.

www.collinsdictionary.com

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Twm @twm-barlwm.bsky.social · 4d

I set today’s Telegraph cryptic:
www.telegraph.co.uk/puzzles/

Device that picks up plate after you’ve stepped on it? (5,6)
I can have Top Gear suspended (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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Twm @twm-barlwm.bsky.social · 4d

Etui, Brute? 😬

Twm @twm-barlwm.bsky.social · 4d

Did you miss the next round where Frank Muir said MOOP was someone from the North African civilization that conquered Spain in the 8th century?

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Twm @twm-barlwm.bsky.social · 5d

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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Twm @twm-barlwm.bsky.social · 9d

The reviews are in.
"An unfathomable offering today. I failed to solve a single clue."

a man in a suit and tie is sitting at a table adjusting his tie .

ALT: a man in a suit and tie is sitting at a table adjusting his tie .

media.tenor.com

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Twm @twm-barlwm.bsky.social · 9d

I set today's Telegraph cryptic
www.telegraph.co.uk/puzzles/

First tough problem, zero Fahrenheit inside immersion heater (7,2,4)
Gather leaves together with me (5,4)

Telegraph Puzzles

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

www.telegraph.co.uk

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Twm @twm-barlwm.bsky.social · 10d

Worst blues song ever.

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Twm @twm-barlwm.bsky.social · 11d

Time to revive my sitcom idea: "Singh Kaur Swim", about a married Sikh couple in charge of a stuffy yacht club.
He'd hate it.

Twm @twm-barlwm.bsky.social · 11d

Thanks for the Connie Francis earworm.

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Twm @twm-barlwm.bsky.social · 11d

I had a commenter on one of mine recently who'd never heard of driver as a kind of golf club, so all bets are off for me.

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Twm @twm-barlwm.bsky.social · 13d

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Twm @twm-barlwm.bsky.social · 13d

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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Twm @twm-barlwm.bsky.social · 13d

ACME Zingers

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Anthony Etherin @anthonyetherin.bsky.social · 23d

A RECIPE FOR EVIL (Palindrome)

Evil:

Oats.
Apple.
Kiwi.
Kelp.
Pasta.
Olive.

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Twm @twm-barlwm.bsky.social · 15d

Just out of interest, the clues for RENO and POOH are
"...or writing about town in Nevada where people are divided"
and
"Bear to ring back"
so both clued as reversals, obviously.

Hearty handclasps to you, Liari and Blah!

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Twm @twm-barlwm.bsky.social · 15d

AI reckons the solution is REINTERROGATING PARSNIPS if that helps.

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Twm @twm-barlwm.bsky.social · 15d

Inevitably ...

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Twm @twm-barlwm.bsky.social · 16d

New to my Etsy shop, baseball cap for crossword setters.
Ideal for Sloggers & Betters events, or if you just want to be left alone.

[Only 3000 in stock]

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Twm @twm-barlwm.bsky.social · 25d

Replacing 🎶 'Bongo, Rory, Twang and Boots' with
'Four musicians stuck in suits' seemed hilarious at the time.

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Twm @twm-barlwm.bsky.social · 26d

Bought the first version of 'I Trawl...'. Couldn't believe it didn't take off, but at least the re-release got the publicity it should have had the first time.
Interesting fact for those who don't know, Paddy suggested the titles for both of his friend Giles Smith's anthologies of sports writing.

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Twm @twm-barlwm.bsky.social · 26d

Written by Ray Dorset, lead singer of Mungo Jerry (he also wrote 'In the Summertime' for them among other hits).

Twm @twm-barlwm.bsky.social · 26d

"Eleven minutes late, defective cable and stitch at New Malden."

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Twm @twm-barlwm.bsky.social · 26d

And for those eliciting penny-drop moments, a DSOh!

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