tpgrammar
@tpgrammar.bsky.social
A billion things could be wrong, and aren’t. 👍
(I used to diagram Twin Peaks-related sentences for fun; thus the name)
• mycrossword.co.uk/tpgrammar
•🧩&🎧: https://youtube.com/@tpgrammar
•also sometimes: https://crosshare.org/tpgrammar
(I used to diagram Twin Peaks-related sentences for fun; thus the name)
• mycrossword.co.uk/tpgrammar
•🧩&🎧: https://youtube.com/@tpgrammar
•also sometimes: https://crosshare.org/tpgrammar
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Cryptic crossword No 2,885 · MyCrossword
Solve Cryptic crossword No 2,885 on MyCrossword. 15x15 grid with 26 clues by tpgrammar. Published Sun 23 Nov 2025. Features annotated solutions and special instructions. Free to solve online.
www.mycrossword.co.uk
I hope you'll get a chance to try this puzzle. Expert (massively appreciated) feedback has been taken to heart. A few clues for now:
Final day before corrupt sultan loses head (8)
Nobility matters (5)
Opens Unch, mostly snoozes (front cover notwithstanding) (6)
Thank you @mycrossword.co.uk ☕
Final day before corrupt sultan loses head (8)
Nobility matters (5)
Opens Unch, mostly snoozes (front cover notwithstanding) (6)
Thank you @mycrossword.co.uk ☕
Quivering knight saving time for gratitude (12)
Overeat today! 🍗
Overeat today! 🍗
November 27, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Quivering knight saving time for gratitude (12)
Overeat today! 🍗
Overeat today! 🍗
Enjoying this!
Very pleased indeed to have had the opportunity to compile today's Times Crossword.
www.thetimes.com/puzzles/cros...
www.thetimes.com/puzzles/cros...
Times Cryptic No 29398 | Puzzles | The Times & The Sunday Times
Times Cryptic No 29398
www.thetimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Enjoying this!
Is there a way to post this type of grid online, interactively?
tiny.cc/NoBlackSquares
It’s probably better on paper anyway, but just curious. Thank you.
tiny.cc/NoBlackSquares
It’s probably better on paper anyway, but just curious. Thank you.
No black squares.pdf
tiny.cc
November 26, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Is there a way to post this type of grid online, interactively?
tiny.cc/NoBlackSquares
It’s probably better on paper anyway, but just curious. Thank you.
tiny.cc/NoBlackSquares
It’s probably better on paper anyway, but just curious. Thank you.
Liari’s stream is great 🎬
Streaming shortly MyCrossword puzzles by @willsnow8.bsky.social, @tpgrammar.bsky.social, @catnipxword.bsky.social, @henriwords.com and more.
twitch.tv/liari77
twitch.tv/liari77
November 26, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Liari’s stream is great 🎬
This is a great quote:
“In a tussle between the surface grammar and the cryptic grammar, the latter must win 😁”
“In a tussle between the surface grammar and the cryptic grammar, the latter must win 😁”
November 25, 2025 at 7:31 PM
This is a great quote:
“In a tussle between the surface grammar and the cryptic grammar, the latter must win 😁”
“In a tussle between the surface grammar and the cryptic grammar, the latter must win 😁”
This comment means a lot to me.
I hope he doesn’t mind my sharing it.
I hope he doesn’t mind my sharing it.
November 25, 2025 at 4:29 PM
This comment means a lot to me.
I hope he doesn’t mind my sharing it.
I hope he doesn’t mind my sharing it.
Features one clue for @dnatkinson.bsky.social 🤝
I hope you'll get a chance to try this puzzle. Expert (massively appreciated) feedback has been taken to heart. A few clues for now:
Final day before corrupt sultan loses head (8)
Nobility matters (5)
Opens Unch, mostly snoozes (front cover notwithstanding) (6)
Thank you @mycrossword.co.uk ☕
Final day before corrupt sultan loses head (8)
Nobility matters (5)
Opens Unch, mostly snoozes (front cover notwithstanding) (6)
Thank you @mycrossword.co.uk ☕
Cryptic crossword No 2,885 · MyCrossword
Solve Cryptic crossword No 2,885 on MyCrossword. 15x15 grid with 26 clues by tpgrammar. Published Sun 23 Nov 2025. Features annotated solutions and special instructions. Free to solve online.
www.mycrossword.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Features one clue for @dnatkinson.bsky.social 🤝
Say hello to our still unnamed new puppy
”Nina” and “1-Across” made it past the first round only. What do you think her name is? She knows but hasn’t told us yet.
”Nina” and “1-Across” made it past the first round only. What do you think her name is? She knows but hasn’t told us yet.
November 25, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Say hello to our still unnamed new puppy
”Nina” and “1-Across” made it past the first round only. What do you think her name is? She knows but hasn’t told us yet.
”Nina” and “1-Across” made it past the first round only. What do you think her name is? She knows but hasn’t told us yet.
There are some tremendous and extremely fun clues in here.
If you can't wait for next week, @joeadultman.bsky.social and I teamed up to write a festive full-sized variety puzzle that @juffowup.bsky.social was kind enough to take the paywall down for, if you're so inclined to check it out!
www.gnomoncryptics.com/trimmings-no...
www.gnomoncryptics.com/trimmings-no...
November 25, 2025 at 1:52 AM
There are some tremendous and extremely fun clues in here.
Match tense, perhaps injured Alex Roeg down 0-40 (5) 🎾
I’m reminded of a wonderful MyC puzzle from maybe 6 months ago consisting entirely of “greatest hits“ clues each with a classic type of setter’s mistake. The #?
(Minor sins here are: fake proper name, an iffy anagrind, and maybe an iffy DBE.)
I’m reminded of a wonderful MyC puzzle from maybe 6 months ago consisting entirely of “greatest hits“ clues each with a classic type of setter’s mistake. The #?
(Minor sins here are: fake proper name, an iffy anagrind, and maybe an iffy DBE.)
November 24, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Match tense, perhaps injured Alex Roeg down 0-40 (5) 🎾
I’m reminded of a wonderful MyC puzzle from maybe 6 months ago consisting entirely of “greatest hits“ clues each with a classic type of setter’s mistake. The #?
(Minor sins here are: fake proper name, an iffy anagrind, and maybe an iffy DBE.)
I’m reminded of a wonderful MyC puzzle from maybe 6 months ago consisting entirely of “greatest hits“ clues each with a classic type of setter’s mistake. The #?
(Minor sins here are: fake proper name, an iffy anagrind, and maybe an iffy DBE.)
I hope you'll get a chance to try this puzzle. Expert (massively appreciated) feedback has been taken to heart. A few clues for now:
Final day before corrupt sultan loses head (8)
Nobility matters (5)
Opens Unch, mostly snoozes (front cover notwithstanding) (6)
Thank you @mycrossword.co.uk ☕
Final day before corrupt sultan loses head (8)
Nobility matters (5)
Opens Unch, mostly snoozes (front cover notwithstanding) (6)
Thank you @mycrossword.co.uk ☕
Cryptic crossword No 2,885 · MyCrossword
Solve Cryptic crossword No 2,885 on MyCrossword. 15x15 grid with 26 clues by tpgrammar. Published Sun 23 Nov 2025. Features annotated solutions and special instructions. Free to solve online.
www.mycrossword.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 9:33 PM
I hope you'll get a chance to try this puzzle. Expert (massively appreciated) feedback has been taken to heart. A few clues for now:
Final day before corrupt sultan loses head (8)
Nobility matters (5)
Opens Unch, mostly snoozes (front cover notwithstanding) (6)
Thank you @mycrossword.co.uk ☕
Final day before corrupt sultan loses head (8)
Nobility matters (5)
Opens Unch, mostly snoozes (front cover notwithstanding) (6)
Thank you @mycrossword.co.uk ☕
Can a clue have two sentences? Or is a semicolon (or some other connector) generally recommended? Thank you.
November 23, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Can a clue have two sentences? Or is a semicolon (or some other connector) generally recommended? Thank you.
18a is so cool
It’s been a while, but my latest puzzle is now up, featuring:
What could make big bin perfect? (4,2,3)
Finance issue almost over for neighbours (5,4)
Many thanks as always to @mycrossword.co.uk
#cryptic #crossword
www.mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/2880
What could make big bin perfect? (4,2,3)
Finance issue almost over for neighbours (5,4)
Many thanks as always to @mycrossword.co.uk
#cryptic #crossword
www.mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/2880
Cryptic crossword No 2,880 · MyCrossword
Solve Cryptic crossword No 2,880 on MyCrossword. 15x15 grid with 28 clues by Coot. Published Sat 22 Nov 2025. Features annotated solutions. Free to solve online.
www.mycrossword.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 10:30 PM
18a is so cool
Very nice write-up, @unchcrosswords.com!
With The Times and Sunday Times and our competitors each producing several crosswords a day, you might think there was enough grid-based wordplay to satisfy even the most hardened addicts. So who would launch a specialist crossword magazine into this crowded market — and a printed one at that?
link.thetimes.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Very nice write-up, @unchcrosswords.com!
🎲
Quick cryptic crossword No 86
Quick cryptic crossword No 86
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:04 AM
🎲
One for the scrapheap, but fun though:
150 Middle Aged nerds free from constraints in English city (4)
150 Middle Aged nerds free from constraints in English city (4)
November 21, 2025 at 1:58 PM
One for the scrapheap, but fun though:
150 Middle Aged nerds free from constraints in English city (4)
150 Middle Aged nerds free from constraints in English city (4)
A nice 🎁
(also, a new rule of thumb for me is: if a clue can’t be drawn in an amusing manner, it must be scrapped. Of course I’ll break it, but it’s a good one I think.)
(also, a new rule of thumb for me is: if a clue can’t be drawn in an amusing manner, it must be scrapped. Of course I’ll break it, but it’s a good one I think.)
Book Recommendation: Lost for Words (1988) crypticcrossword #crosswordpuzzles #Azed
YouTube video by tpgrammar
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November 20, 2025 at 12:58 PM
A nice 🎁
(also, a new rule of thumb for me is: if a clue can’t be drawn in an amusing manner, it must be scrapped. Of course I’ll break it, but it’s a good one I think.)
(also, a new rule of thumb for me is: if a clue can’t be drawn in an amusing manner, it must be scrapped. Of course I’ll break it, but it’s a good one I think.)
My favorite clues are often ones I got wrong and had to figure out after seeing the answer. I appreciate being bested as long as it was fair. Do most long-term solvers still feel this way? I would like to not lose this feeling over time.
November 19, 2025 at 12:58 PM
My favorite clues are often ones I got wrong and had to figure out after seeing the answer. I appreciate being bested as long as it was fair. Do most long-term solvers still feel this way? I would like to not lose this feeling over time.
Check out some #crypticfiction from that ultra-smooth cat named Fez
Mini crossword No 169 · MyCrossword
Solve Mini crossword No 169 on MyCrossword. 7x7 grid with 8 clues by Fez. Published Mon 17 Nov 2025. Features annotated solutions. Free to solve online.
mycrossword.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Check out some #crypticfiction from that ultra-smooth cat named Fez
Reposted by tpgrammar
Thanks @tpgrammar.bsky.social! Inspired by your call for more 'cryptic fiction' (though maybe not a "real expert") I've had another go ...
Once upon a time, near Lake Ontario, a funny thing occurred: initially ... (4,3)
Read on at the fab @mycrossword.co.uk: www.mycrossword.co.uk/mini/169
Once upon a time, near Lake Ontario, a funny thing occurred: initially ... (4,3)
Read on at the fab @mycrossword.co.uk: www.mycrossword.co.uk/mini/169
Mini crossword No 169 · MyCrossword
Solve Mini crossword No 169 on MyCrossword. 7x7 grid with 8 clues by Fez. Published Mon 17 Nov 2025. Features annotated solutions. Free to solve online.
www.mycrossword.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Thanks @tpgrammar.bsky.social! Inspired by your call for more 'cryptic fiction' (though maybe not a "real expert") I've had another go ...
Once upon a time, near Lake Ontario, a funny thing occurred: initially ... (4,3)
Read on at the fab @mycrossword.co.uk: www.mycrossword.co.uk/mini/169
Once upon a time, near Lake Ontario, a funny thing occurred: initially ... (4,3)
Read on at the fab @mycrossword.co.uk: www.mycrossword.co.uk/mini/169
Very fun! 🏆
You know when you've been Tangoed!
I'm very pleased to make my debut in the Times QC slot. I hope you'll find it approachable and fun: www.thetimes.com/puzzleclub/c...
I'm very pleased to make my debut in the Times QC slot. I hope you'll find it approachable and fun: www.thetimes.com/puzzleclub/c...
November 17, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Very fun! 🏆
Reposted by tpgrammar
REPOD S10E2: Barry Joseph: Matching Minds with Sondheim
"The Shakespeare of our time."
"The Shakespeare of our time."
REPOD S10E2: Barry Joseph: Matching Minds with Sondheim
"The Shakespeare of our time."
roomescapeartist.com
October 14, 2025 at 2:01 PM
REPOD S10E2: Barry Joseph: Matching Minds with Sondheim
"The Shakespeare of our time."
"The Shakespeare of our time."