@ecclescrosswords.bsky.social
Crossword Compiler in Sneinton, Nottingham. Was an organic chemist. Maybe again some day. Still playing cricket and hockey.
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I really enjoyed today's Independent crossword set by Quince, particularly:
🎭 Quince's second part's in Hamlet – he’s playing patriarch (10)
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Puzzles like this don't come along every day!
🎭 Quince's second part's in Hamlet – he’s playing patriarch (10)
puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/crypti...
Puzzles like this don't come along every day!
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February 2, 2026 at 11:28 AM
I really enjoyed today's Independent crossword set by Quince, particularly:
🎭 Quince's second part's in Hamlet – he’s playing patriarch (10)
puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/crypti...
Puzzles like this don't come along every day!
🎭 Quince's second part's in Hamlet – he’s playing patriarch (10)
puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/crypti...
Puzzles like this don't come along every day!
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Beyond chuffed to be back in the Indy as Magus. My tin hat’s on – is yours?!
Warning: hipsters lifted by US federal agents … (6)
… one after another for speaking out can be put in prison (6)
Trump wants one head of BBC arrested by Christmas (5)
#cryptic #crossword
Warning: hipsters lifted by US federal agents … (6)
… one after another for speaking out can be put in prison (6)
Trump wants one head of BBC arrested by Christmas (5)
#cryptic #crossword
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January 26, 2026 at 8:30 AM
Beyond chuffed to be back in the Indy as Magus. My tin hat’s on – is yours?!
Warning: hipsters lifted by US federal agents … (6)
… one after another for speaking out can be put in prison (6)
Trump wants one head of BBC arrested by Christmas (5)
#cryptic #crossword
Warning: hipsters lifted by US federal agents … (6)
… one after another for speaking out can be put in prison (6)
Trump wants one head of BBC arrested by Christmas (5)
#cryptic #crossword
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Irish city’s workers take indirect route? (9)
Reasonable to run away (5)
This and more nonsense in my puzzle in the Independent today.
#cryptic #crossword
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Reasonable to run away (5)
This and more nonsense in my puzzle in the Independent today.
#cryptic #crossword
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January 25, 2026 at 7:56 AM
Irish city’s workers take indirect route? (9)
Reasonable to run away (5)
This and more nonsense in my puzzle in the Independent today.
#cryptic #crossword
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Reasonable to run away (5)
This and more nonsense in my puzzle in the Independent today.
#cryptic #crossword
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Perhaps Trump, Epstein and Andrew repeatedly stripped to get massage (9)
In the Indy again, free at puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/crypti... #cryptic #crossword
In the Indy again, free at puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/crypti... #cryptic #crossword
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January 14, 2026 at 8:53 AM
Perhaps Trump, Epstein and Andrew repeatedly stripped to get massage (9)
In the Indy again, free at puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/crypti... #cryptic #crossword
In the Indy again, free at puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/crypti... #cryptic #crossword
you did at least one of Frank Paul's quizzes during lockdown, didn't you - he must be on the same stuff, amazing quizzes every week.
January 9, 2026 at 7:26 PM
you did at least one of Frank Paul's quizzes during lockdown, didn't you - he must be on the same stuff, amazing quizzes every week.
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We fought the greatest war in history, one that left countless millions, killed, starved, abused and traumatised precisely because idiot leaders insisted that there would be great advantages in controlling the incredible natural resources of other countries.
WATTERS: Taking out a dictator in Venezuela -- how does that help the average American?
JD VANCE: First of all, what it means is we're gonna be able to control the incredible natural resources of Venezuela
JD VANCE: First of all, what it means is we're gonna be able to control the incredible natural resources of Venezuela
January 8, 2026 at 3:22 PM
We fought the greatest war in history, one that left countless millions, killed, starved, abused and traumatised precisely because idiot leaders insisted that there would be great advantages in controlling the incredible natural resources of other countries.
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If you've packed the Christmas decorations away in the loft, done all the crosswords in the print media and you find yourself at a loose end, there *is* a Stamp in the Independent today.
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January 7, 2026 at 10:11 AM
If you've packed the Christmas decorations away in the loft, done all the crosswords in the print media and you find yourself at a loose end, there *is* a Stamp in the Independent today.
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Very happy to be back in the Independent with a crossword today.
I wrote it in 2023, when the world champion at 24ac wasn’t so famous and the brothers in 21dn weren't talking!
Devious new clue following edit (9)
Harry owes cash for present (8)
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I wrote it in 2023, when the world champion at 24ac wasn’t so famous and the brothers in 21dn weren't talking!
Devious new clue following edit (9)
Harry owes cash for present (8)
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January 6, 2026 at 9:03 AM
Very happy to be back in the Independent with a crossword today.
I wrote it in 2023, when the world champion at 24ac wasn’t so famous and the brothers in 21dn weren't talking!
Devious new clue following edit (9)
Harry owes cash for present (8)
Free at puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/crypti...
I wrote it in 2023, when the world champion at 24ac wasn’t so famous and the brothers in 21dn weren't talking!
Devious new clue following edit (9)
Harry owes cash for present (8)
Free at puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/crypti...
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With regard to getting answers, new year, new you? (11)
Setter becoming single – time to lose weight? (4)
Bury playwright, Harold, without his head? (5)
Dice Quiptic today 🎲🥰 Keen for these to be accessible as a next step from the Quick Cryptic, so feedback very welcome!
#cryptic #crossword
Setter becoming single – time to lose weight? (4)
Bury playwright, Harold, without his head? (5)
Dice Quiptic today 🎲🥰 Keen for these to be accessible as a next step from the Quick Cryptic, so feedback very welcome!
#cryptic #crossword
Quiptic crossword No 1,363
Quiptic crossword No 1,363
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January 4, 2026 at 9:36 AM
With regard to getting answers, new year, new you? (11)
Setter becoming single – time to lose weight? (4)
Bury playwright, Harold, without his head? (5)
Dice Quiptic today 🎲🥰 Keen for these to be accessible as a next step from the Quick Cryptic, so feedback very welcome!
#cryptic #crossword
Setter becoming single – time to lose weight? (4)
Bury playwright, Harold, without his head? (5)
Dice Quiptic today 🎲🥰 Keen for these to be accessible as a next step from the Quick Cryptic, so feedback very welcome!
#cryptic #crossword
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It’s a dark night when you look at the news and are forced to admit that you no longer believe in the power of the FIFA peace prize
January 3, 2026 at 7:06 AM
It’s a dark night when you look at the news and are forced to admit that you no longer believe in the power of the FIFA peace prize
A bit of a melancholy song
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHfb...
Leo Sayer - Another Year
YouTube video by rodjwa
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January 1, 2026 at 12:05 AM
A bit of a melancholy song
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHfb...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHfb...
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Delighted to be back as Bard in the @the-independent.com today.
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Big cheese beat restriction, having discovered tax not applicable (3,6)
Very impressive bit of extreme picknicking (4)
Here’s the family engaged in some extreme picknicking on Skye.
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Big cheese beat restriction, having discovered tax not applicable (3,6)
Very impressive bit of extreme picknicking (4)
Here’s the family engaged in some extreme picknicking on Skye.
December 22, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Delighted to be back as Bard in the @the-independent.com today.
puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/crypti...
Big cheese beat restriction, having discovered tax not applicable (3,6)
Very impressive bit of extreme picknicking (4)
Here’s the family engaged in some extreme picknicking on Skye.
puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/crypti...
Big cheese beat restriction, having discovered tax not applicable (3,6)
Very impressive bit of extreme picknicking (4)
Here’s the family engaged in some extreme picknicking on Skye.
some houses, i mean, clearly far fewer than before
December 20, 2025 at 11:07 AM
some houses, i mean, clearly far fewer than before
all this thread is like it is a thing of the past, but presumably this still happens in houses - or does everyone actually smoke outside now, even at home?
December 20, 2025 at 11:04 AM
all this thread is like it is a thing of the past, but presumably this still happens in houses - or does everyone actually smoke outside now, even at home?
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Hard on the heels of yesterday’s excitement, I’m delighted to be back in the Independent today. Clues include:
At Arsenal, United fan starts to dance so wildly it makes ground shake (3,7,5)
Help oneself to son’s chips (5)
#cryptic #crossword
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At Arsenal, United fan starts to dance so wildly it makes ground shake (3,7,5)
Help oneself to son’s chips (5)
#cryptic #crossword
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December 18, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Hard on the heels of yesterday’s excitement, I’m delighted to be back in the Independent today. Clues include:
At Arsenal, United fan starts to dance so wildly it makes ground shake (3,7,5)
Help oneself to son’s chips (5)
#cryptic #crossword
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At Arsenal, United fan starts to dance so wildly it makes ground shake (3,7,5)
Help oneself to son’s chips (5)
#cryptic #crossword
puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/crypti...
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I set the #cryptic #crossword in today’s The Independent. Solve it for free online here(select 11th Dec): https://puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/cryptic-crossword-independent?puzzleDate=20251211
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December 11, 2025 at 10:00 AM
I set the #cryptic #crossword in today’s The Independent. Solve it for free online here(select 11th Dec): https://puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/cryptic-crossword-independent?puzzleDate=20251211
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Maybe 8 out of 10 Cats ended prematurely, in for broadcast (8)
It's a pleasure, as always, to set The Independent #cryptic #crossword, especially one with such a lovely palindromic number. I hope it brightens your day!
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It's a pleasure, as always, to set The Independent #cryptic #crossword, especially one with such a lovely palindromic number. I hope it brightens your day!
puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/crypti...
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December 9, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Maybe 8 out of 10 Cats ended prematurely, in for broadcast (8)
It's a pleasure, as always, to set The Independent #cryptic #crossword, especially one with such a lovely palindromic number. I hope it brightens your day!
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It's a pleasure, as always, to set The Independent #cryptic #crossword, especially one with such a lovely palindromic number. I hope it brightens your day!
puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/crypti...
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The lovely @johnfinnemore.bsky.social (and he won’t mind me saying that as he’s not REALLY on here) has got some pallets of this diamond (by which I mean excellent and harder than rock) puzzle back from the Unbound catastrafuck. He got zero from them for reasons. buy this and he gets deserved cash!
The Researcher's First Murder
A new Cain's Jawbone puzzle by John Finnemore.
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December 2, 2025 at 8:16 AM
The lovely @johnfinnemore.bsky.social (and he won’t mind me saying that as he’s not REALLY on here) has got some pallets of this diamond (by which I mean excellent and harder than rock) puzzle back from the Unbound catastrafuck. He got zero from them for reasons. buy this and he gets deserved cash!
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I set today's Independent puzzle - but I won't make a song and dance about it.
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December 2, 2025 at 8:22 AM
I set today's Independent puzzle - but I won't make a song and dance about it.
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Chris Lancaster, the Telegraph's puzzles editor, was diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease last year, and is fundraising for a wheelchair-accessible vehicle - please donate if you can: www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding...
December 2, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Chris Lancaster, the Telegraph's puzzles editor, was diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease last year, and is fundraising for a wheelchair-accessible vehicle - please donate if you can: www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding...
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December 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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@amoebacrosswords.bsky.social
Very pleased to make my debut in the Times Quick Cryptic today! Hope you enjoy it.
Very pleased to make my debut in the Times Quick Cryptic today! Hope you enjoy it.
December 1, 2025 at 7:38 AM
@amoebacrosswords.bsky.social
Very pleased to make my debut in the Times Quick Cryptic today! Hope you enjoy it.
Very pleased to make my debut in the Times Quick Cryptic today! Hope you enjoy it.
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Just realised this is referring to a church in North Carolina and not the Welsh singer
November 20, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Just realised this is referring to a church in North Carolina and not the Welsh singer
At least you've crossed out his name to spare his blushes.
November 19, 2025 at 10:15 PM
At least you've crossed out his name to spare his blushes.
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After years of tireless work by Animals Asia, bear bile farming has now been banned in Vietnam. But around 150 bears remain trapped in tiny metal cages.
Animals Asia is working with the Vietnamese government to rescue them.
Please like, share, wear a tshirt. Show your support to #FreeTheFinalBears
Animals Asia is working with the Vietnamese government to rescue them.
Please like, share, wear a tshirt. Show your support to #FreeTheFinalBears
November 13, 2025 at 11:50 PM
After years of tireless work by Animals Asia, bear bile farming has now been banned in Vietnam. But around 150 bears remain trapped in tiny metal cages.
Animals Asia is working with the Vietnamese government to rescue them.
Please like, share, wear a tshirt. Show your support to #FreeTheFinalBears
Animals Asia is working with the Vietnamese government to rescue them.
Please like, share, wear a tshirt. Show your support to #FreeTheFinalBears