🍺 William Ryan
@williamryanpubs.bsky.social
🍺 Sydney, Australia
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‘Crosswords in the Pub’, from three bells. After seeing today’s rubric, guessing it was going to be a DA special, better be on top of it, earlier. Sage self-advice. What a production - Looking forward to hearing how you managed to compile this iteration. @dontattempt.bsky.social
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December 12, 2025 at 12:15 AM
‘Crosswords in the Pub’, from three bells. After seeing today’s rubric, guessing it was going to be a DA special, better be on top of it, earlier. Sage self-advice. What a production - Looking forward to hearing how you managed to compile this iteration. @dontattempt.bsky.social
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Very vanilla party - No PERV, SPIV or DEVO… (PEDO was never welcome)
@lrlr.bsky.social @dontattempt.bsky.social
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December 6, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Very vanilla party - No PERV, SPIV or DEVO… (PEDO was never welcome)
@lrlr.bsky.social @dontattempt.bsky.social
@lrlr.bsky.social @dontattempt.bsky.social
‘Crosswords in the Pub’, 🏏 on the idiot box, bitterly cold 🍺 at the ready - life is good @ the Glengarry Castle. Couple of tricky ones, DA - I’ll have to visit Zinzan’s blog for parsing. @dontattempt.bsky.social
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December 5, 2025 at 4:54 AM
‘Crosswords in the Pub’, 🏏 on the idiot box, bitterly cold 🍺 at the ready - life is good @ the Glengarry Castle. Couple of tricky ones, DA - I’ll have to visit Zinzan’s blog for parsing. @dontattempt.bsky.social
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‘Crosswords in the Pub’ is very proud to announce our latest graduand. Sammy completed Tuesday’s LR, unassisted - any flack from the assembled that it took him four days was quickly suppressed.
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@lrlr.bsky.social @dontattempt.bsky.social
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November 28, 2025 at 11:18 PM
‘Crosswords in the Pub’ is very proud to announce our latest graduand. Sammy completed Tuesday’s LR, unassisted - any flack from the assembled that it took him four days was quickly suppressed.
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@lrlr.bsky.social @dontattempt.bsky.social
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@lrlr.bsky.social @dontattempt.bsky.social
Mixed bag, today @ ‘Crosswords in the Pub’: all bar six in, pretty promptly (1.5 schooners), balance taking another few 16-downs (2.5), so, under my new scoring regimen, a 🍺🍺🍺🍺 puzzle. Love your work, DA. @dontattempt.bsky.social
November 28, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Mixed bag, today @ ‘Crosswords in the Pub’: all bar six in, pretty promptly (1.5 schooners), balance taking another few 16-downs (2.5), so, under my new scoring regimen, a 🍺🍺🍺🍺 puzzle. Love your work, DA. @dontattempt.bsky.social
‘Crosswords in the Pub’ sees a big roll-up. 🏏 cricket now on. Hour, ten - four short. Four I cannot parse. Will revisit @ Lunch.
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November 21, 2025 at 2:49 AM
‘Crosswords in the Pub’ sees a big roll-up. 🏏 cricket now on. Hour, ten - four short. Four I cannot parse. Will revisit @ Lunch.
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@dontattempt.bsky.social I really wanted MUSICBOAT & BOATMUSIC to work…
November 18, 2025 at 9:31 PM
@dontattempt.bsky.social I really wanted MUSICBOAT & BOATMUSIC to work…
Celebrating International Callipygous Day with the definitive jentacular beverage. Weather is here; wish you were beautiful, @dontattempt.bsky.social
November 16, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Celebrating International Callipygous Day with the definitive jentacular beverage. Weather is here; wish you were beautiful, @dontattempt.bsky.social
Tranche MKII, another hour. Still three sort. Tough day at the office, mate…
November 14, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Tranche MKII, another hour. Still three sort. Tough day at the office, mate…
Friday’s ‘Crosswords in the Pub’ sees me flying solo. Posting this in two tranches: a bit tricky, today. A couple of big-letter solutions holding me up. Below, 1 hour in. To be continued… @dontattempt.bsky.social
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November 14, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Friday’s ‘Crosswords in the Pub’ sees me flying solo. Posting this in two tranches: a bit tricky, today. A couple of big-letter solutions holding me up. Below, 1 hour in. To be continued… @dontattempt.bsky.social
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‘Crosswords in the Pub’, a quorum of one in attendance, at the Glengarry Castle, post code 2008. Fifty-odd minutes, one (proper noun) short. Great fun, DA. @dontattempt.bsky.social
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November 7, 2025 at 2:29 AM
‘Crosswords in the Pub’, a quorum of one in attendance, at the Glengarry Castle, post code 2008. Fifty-odd minutes, one (proper noun) short. Great fun, DA. @dontattempt.bsky.social
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Dirty? Nay, filthy.
November 2, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Dirty? Nay, filthy.
‘World's best Negroni?’
‘Sì, assolutamente !¡’
‘Sì, assolutamente !¡’
November 1, 2025 at 9:23 AM
‘World's best Negroni?’
‘Sì, assolutamente !¡’
‘Sì, assolutamente !¡’
‘Crosswords in the Pub’ finds itself in Surry Hills, the old Cleveland Hotel. Solo solve, 1hr,10m, last half dozen in took almost half that. Thanks, David. Not. @dontattempt.bsky.social
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October 31, 2025 at 3:00 AM
‘Crosswords in the Pub’ finds itself in Surry Hills, the old Cleveland Hotel. Solo solve, 1hr,10m, last half dozen in took almost half that. Thanks, David. Not. @dontattempt.bsky.social
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‘Crosswords in the Pub’, comes to you, this Friday, from the Eveleigh Hotel, Fern Rouge (the Paris End of Redfern). Solo solve, about 45m, couple short. @dontattempt.bsky.social
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October 24, 2025 at 4:54 AM
‘Crosswords in the Pub’, comes to you, this Friday, from the Eveleigh Hotel, Fern Rouge (the Paris End of Redfern). Solo solve, about 45m, couple short. @dontattempt.bsky.social
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October 18, 2025 at 3:11 AM
October 17, 2025 at 10:50 PM
‘Crosswords in the Pub’ was just the two of us - duelling cryptics. We both finished in about an hour - each missing two or three - different ones! Strange like that. Outré amusant, @dontattempt.bsky.social
October 17, 2025 at 3:49 AM
‘Crosswords in the Pub’ was just the two of us - duelling cryptics. We both finished in about an hour - each missing two or three - different ones! Strange like that. Outré amusant, @dontattempt.bsky.social
‘Crosswords in the Pub’, delayed & diverted, due to [redacted, due to pending police action].
Attacked (pun, intended), this tricky little iteration, O sole mio. Two short, 63mins.
This missive comes to you from the Paris end of Fern Rouge, Eveleigh Hotel. @dontattempt.bsky.social
Attacked (pun, intended), this tricky little iteration, O sole mio. Two short, 63mins.
This missive comes to you from the Paris end of Fern Rouge, Eveleigh Hotel. @dontattempt.bsky.social
October 10, 2025 at 3:55 AM
‘Crosswords in the Pub’, delayed & diverted, due to [redacted, due to pending police action].
Attacked (pun, intended), this tricky little iteration, O sole mio. Two short, 63mins.
This missive comes to you from the Paris end of Fern Rouge, Eveleigh Hotel. @dontattempt.bsky.social
Attacked (pun, intended), this tricky little iteration, O sole mio. Two short, 63mins.
This missive comes to you from the Paris end of Fern Rouge, Eveleigh Hotel. @dontattempt.bsky.social
Four attendees @ ‘Crosswords in the Pub’ (Friday edition) @ 2 hours = Eight solving manhours - and still two (2) short.
Love your work (most of the time), @dontattempt.bsky.social
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Love your work (most of the time), @dontattempt.bsky.social
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October 3, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Four attendees @ ‘Crosswords in the Pub’ (Friday edition) @ 2 hours = Eight solving manhours - and still two (2) short.
Love your work (most of the time), @dontattempt.bsky.social
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Love your work (most of the time), @dontattempt.bsky.social
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