Skinny
@uncleskinny.bsky.social
Chemistry and crossword nerd (Setting puzzles as Skinny in the Independent, Gumm in the FT). Loves music, chickpeas, Pixies best album is Surfer Rosa. Centrist liberal. Feminist. The green and the grey of the Pennines.
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We used to have an Eastern European cleaner, took her ages to hoover the house.
Turns out she was a Slovak 👍🏼👍🏼
Turns out she was a Slovak 👍🏼👍🏼
November 10, 2025 at 12:12 PM
We used to have an Eastern European cleaner, took her ages to hoover the house.
Turns out she was a Slovak 👍🏼👍🏼
Turns out she was a Slovak 👍🏼👍🏼
Someone's getting book tokens for Christmas
November 9, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Someone's getting book tokens for Christmas
A spoonerism is swapping the first parts of words. What is it called when the centre parts are swapped? See sports folk in the picture.
November 8, 2025 at 3:52 PM
A spoonerism is swapping the first parts of words. What is it called when the centre parts are swapped? See sports folk in the picture.
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Farage regularly perceived to possess face of one? (4)
is a brilliant &lit!
is a brilliant &lit!
New Blancheflower. Possible earworm consequences.
Good boots to wear in London Marathon (4)
Farage regularly perceived to possess face of one? (4)
Top Geordie comprehensive reportedly, pet (10)
On groovy guy Raider's bumper @mycrossword.co.uk
www.mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/2828
Good boots to wear in London Marathon (4)
Farage regularly perceived to possess face of one? (4)
Top Geordie comprehensive reportedly, pet (10)
On groovy guy Raider's bumper @mycrossword.co.uk
www.mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/2828
Cryptic crossword No 2,828 · MyCrossword
Solve Cryptic crossword No 2,828 on MyCrossword. 15x15 grid with 36 clues by Fez. Published Thu 6 Nov 2025. Features annotated solutions and special instructions. Free to solve online.
www.mycrossword.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Farage regularly perceived to possess face of one? (4)
is a brilliant &lit!
is a brilliant &lit!
Hello all. Following on from a previous post where I revisited old quiz questions from the past, here is another one.
What links the people in the photograph?
What links the people in the photograph?
November 4, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Hello all. Following on from a previous post where I revisited old quiz questions from the past, here is another one.
What links the people in the photograph?
What links the people in the photograph?
From a quiz I set many years ago - what links the following songs...?
Stand And Deliver
I Believe In A Thing Called Love
Shine
China In Your Hand
Shipbuilding
Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Ole Oak Tree
Dear Prudence
This Charming Man
Stand And Deliver
I Believe In A Thing Called Love
Shine
China In Your Hand
Shipbuilding
Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Ole Oak Tree
Dear Prudence
This Charming Man
November 1, 2025 at 4:07 PM
From a quiz I set many years ago - what links the following songs...?
Stand And Deliver
I Believe In A Thing Called Love
Shine
China In Your Hand
Shipbuilding
Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Ole Oak Tree
Dear Prudence
This Charming Man
Stand And Deliver
I Believe In A Thing Called Love
Shine
China In Your Hand
Shipbuilding
Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Ole Oak Tree
Dear Prudence
This Charming Man
I've been waiting all my life for this opportunity, and I took it.
October 30, 2025 at 5:21 PM
I've been waiting all my life for this opportunity, and I took it.
The lyrics to the theme from Jurassic Park are "It's a dinosaur, it's a dinosaur..."
October 30, 2025 at 12:37 PM
The lyrics to the theme from Jurassic Park are "It's a dinosaur, it's a dinosaur..."
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Wonderfully pedantic letter in today’s @financialtimes.com
October 25, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Wonderfully pedantic letter in today’s @financialtimes.com
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Meet the man behind the Observer's cryptic crossword
YouTube video by The Observer UK
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October 19, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Today's Gemelo puzzle in the Observer is a thing of wonder - chewy as hell, but an astounding feat of setting. Do yourself a favour and go have a look.
October 19, 2025 at 6:27 AM
Today's Gemelo puzzle in the Observer is a thing of wonder - chewy as hell, but an astounding feat of setting. Do yourself a favour and go have a look.
Today I learned that Beelzebub literally means Lord Of The Flies
October 11, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Today I learned that Beelzebub literally means Lord Of The Flies
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"Neutral" is the ne plus ultra of anagrams.
October 10, 2025 at 4:26 PM
"Neutral" is the ne plus ultra of anagrams.
Superstitious airline
October 10, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Superstitious airline
I'm making burgers tonight. As such, the following image is going to be waiting for the missus on the door when she gets back in a couple of hours.
October 6, 2025 at 2:34 PM
I'm making burgers tonight. As such, the following image is going to be waiting for the missus on the door when she gets back in a couple of hours.
This is taking the piss
October 4, 2025 at 9:22 AM
This is taking the piss
*what* an innovation
October 4, 2025 at 9:19 AM
*what* an innovation
Me, reading Viz, seeing an advert for a Trevor Horn gig in Manchester that I'm very interested in. Show it to Mrs F. She says...
"Didn't he produce your favourite 12" mix?"
Me: "He bred leprechauns?"
This really happened.
"Didn't he produce your favourite 12" mix?"
Me: "He bred leprechauns?"
This really happened.
September 26, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Me, reading Viz, seeing an advert for a Trevor Horn gig in Manchester that I'm very interested in. Show it to Mrs F. She says...
"Didn't he produce your favourite 12" mix?"
Me: "He bred leprechauns?"
This really happened.
"Didn't he produce your favourite 12" mix?"
Me: "He bred leprechauns?"
This really happened.
There’s a special minus level in hell reserved for Trump and all who salute him
September 23, 2025 at 4:58 PM
There’s a special minus level in hell reserved for Trump and all who salute him
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A RECIPE FOR EVIL (Palindrome)
Evil:
Oats.
Apple.
Kiwi.
Kelp.
Pasta.
Olive.
Evil:
Oats.
Apple.
Kiwi.
Kelp.
Pasta.
Olive.
September 17, 2025 at 7:19 AM
A RECIPE FOR EVIL (Palindrome)
Evil:
Oats.
Apple.
Kiwi.
Kelp.
Pasta.
Olive.
Evil:
Oats.
Apple.
Kiwi.
Kelp.
Pasta.
Olive.
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The Nigel Farage who wrote this about Charlie Kirk's murder will be furious at the Nigel Farage who made Lucy Connolly a star of the Reform conference
September 12, 2025 at 8:06 AM
The Nigel Farage who wrote this about Charlie Kirk's murder will be furious at the Nigel Farage who made Lucy Connolly a star of the Reform conference
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On the same day in the Telegraph:
![The Telegraph
Rayner tax scandal - £40k tax dodge - Statement
Angela Rayner dodges £40,000 stamp duty
Deputy Prime Minister reduces tax bill for Hove flat by declaring it as her main residence
[Photo: Angela Rayner pictured at the weekend in Hove, where she has just bought a flat Credit: Dan Charity/The Sun on Sunday]
Robert Mendick Chief Reporter. Amy Gibbons Political Correspondent
29 August 2025 8:57am BST](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2kf2qj56o2vq7jfaq4x4ogp6/bafkreihe5mm7nwmwvzhtgadmsafyvsaxhrufuai2d2j2rju5zt6g2lytea@jpeg)
![The Telegraph
Money > Property > Second homes
How to avoid tax on your second home
From stamp duty to council tax, shield your wealth from Labour's tightening net
[Photo of houses around a bay - Areas such as Cornwall have added a premium to council tax bills for second homes Credit: iStockphoto]
Fran Ivens Senior Money Writer
29 August 2025 1:21pm BST](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2kf2qj56o2vq7jfaq4x4ogp6/bafkreieuwgc2vsmyfcctmf4cnpcqckij2pqdk2gmzajpnihrsqyqmzyr5e@jpeg)
September 5, 2025 at 7:55 AM
On the same day in the Telegraph:
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This is where the empty headed Flag shagging leads.
Race hate.
Race hate.
August 30, 2025 at 12:52 PM
This is where the empty headed Flag shagging leads.
Race hate.
Race hate.
Ticked Off Vic: "Patriots" and Nazi Flags | VicDiBitetto.net
YouTube video by Vic Dibitetto
www.youtube.com
August 30, 2025 at 9:37 AM