October’s Clootie #cryptic #crossword is about Glasgow’s museums 🏛

Sample clues:
🧩 Married a Caledonian? Lucky thing! (6)
🧩 Animal nursed by NHS Lothian (5)
🧩 Winger receives Ferguson’s back pass – a mistake at Ibrox? (3,4)
🧩 Study by Swiss lab presents worry (7)

When a headline sounds too much like a #cryptic #crossword clue. I wonder if anyone can make it work? 🤔

September’s Clootie #cryptic #crossword is about a TV show 📺

Quiet quarry wanted for sitcom (5,4)

August’s Clootie #cryptic #crossword is about an event marking 75 years 🏰🎖🔫

“Cast trying to buy The Armadillo to air capital event” (5,9,8,6)

May’s Clootie #cryptic #crossword is all about the water of life 🥃

• Ron knew Elijah distilled whisky (7,6)
• Excited PGA team spots Royal Troon’s shortest hole (7,5)
• Bloomer made by Scottish inventor following body snatcher (8)

March’s Clootie #cryptic #crossword 🎤🎵

Subject: A free trip bagged by tuneful singer (5,6)
• Band fronted by [subject] ultimately saw film three times (3,3,3)

• Say, does Flower of Scotland start off rugby? (4)
• Potter is battling with Tom – one testing pupils! (11)

@alexhorne.bsky.social Hats off to whoever made the #TaskmasterLive word search 🦆✉️ enjoyed finding the extra nods but likely missed a few!

Despite the task saying all can be found, there are only 7 contestants missing!

@bookoftaskmaster.bsky.social #Taskmaster

January’s Clootie #cryptic #crossword 🎻

Subject: Annual trad festival into TLC with conscience flying (6,11)

• One might laugh, gutted Hogmanay and New Year essentially over! (5)
• Section of Macbeth I call ‘dealing with morals’ (7)
• Brothers usually rowing Roman ships on a regular basis (5)

Hid a festive message in today’s clues 🎄🎅

#cryptic #crossword #crosswordclue

Aviator skipped break – ah, I suspect a fear of Friday the 13th! (23) 🐈‍⬛🪜🦚🧂🪞☂️

#cryptic #crossword #crosswordclue #InsideNo9 @sjpemberton.bsky.social @reece-shearsmith.bsky.social @marksalisbury.bsky.social

This month’s Clootie 🧩

American fool gains support with political propaganda (8)
Start of round in Gleneagles intimidates nervous beginners (6)

The subject:
Singer on lane nine terribly cross (5,6)
Band’s performing the music without lines (10)

My first published cryptics for The Herald’s Clootie (released on the first Monday of each month), each with a Scottish theme 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

These ones: Royal Highland Show, Belladrum, Gold medallists, Bloody Scotland 🐄🎤🥇🗡

… and here’s one where all of the clues nod to @sjpemberton.bsky.social’s many endeavours #InsideNo9 🐇

Hello Bluesky! Just migrated from the Twitterverse 👾

To prove I’m not a bot, here are some #InsideNo9 themed cryptics made when first starting out 🧩

(Fair warning of dodgy wordplay down to early setter syndrome)