After a few straightforward and oddly popular puzzles it’s time to bring my average Likes back down with a SHENANIGANS crossword! 😈 Tasters: 💪 Muscle function weak (5) 🚗 Car bonnet not quite free (5) 🇮🇹 Italian food recipe: slice of veal in garlic mayo (7) www.mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/3743

Cryptic crossword No 3,743 · MyCrossword

Solve Cryptic crossword No 3,743 on MyCrossword. 15x15 grid with 36 clues by Henri. Published Thu 30 Jul 2026. Features annotated solutions and special instructions. Free to solve online.

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Unintended cinematic synergy from my OC question tonight

Eatable cutlery is an unusual concept, so let's check in with this cartoon man, who will surely explain everything without appearing to endorse self-cannibalism

@rayscotchcoulton.bsky.social Guess what animal this is (Around the World in 80 Days)

Saw ‘The 39 Steps’ last night. Way too many people for a tribute act.

Thank you to Charlie for bringing this to our attention. A very special puzzle, indeed! My not-so-special solve is here, but do try it yourself first: youtu.be/dUOvxJ5Pnv0?...

BONUS: Independent Cryptic Crossword (14 July 2026) by Atrica

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Charlie Methven@charliemethven.bsky.social · 3w ago

Today's Independent puzzle by Atrica is something special puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/crypti...

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From the archives: Oddly suppressed goodbyes and affirmative word about to finish a long story (7) Youngster seeking old man Methuselah sadly getting cold, not hot (10) A side of arsenic fed to awfully sly cop who detained hero (7) [x2] www.mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/1210

Cryptic crossword No 1,210 · MyCrossword

Solve Cryptic crossword No 1,210 on MyCrossword. 15x15 grid with 33 clues by Methuselah. Published Fri 16 Jun 2023. Features annotated solutions and special instructions. Free to solve online.

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It's such a funny Easter egg that every charity shop in the country contains at least one copy of The Salt Path

Piet Mondrian's work on the London Underground is exceptional.

Must feel so good for text after you hit ctrl-x, floating in liminal space, before ctrl-v thrusts it back onto the desolate page

Cheer up, France, they save the really fun questions for the third-place play-off

There are *so* many possibilities for what's about to happen.

Today's Independent puzzle by Atrica is something special puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/crypti...

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Enjoyable start to Only Connect Series 22, or as I'm calling it, "Paradise Lost Lost"

TONIGHT. 8PM. Like a persistent rash that the cream won't quite clear away, ONLY CONNECT IS BACK. Sorry about that.

Daniel Peake@quizzydan.bsky.social · last mo.

GOOD NEWS! Only Connect is nearly back! Only Connect returns on Monday 13th July at 8pm - which will be unlucky for some ... (the contestants) Really looking forward to you seeing some of the finest picture research and general terrorising of contestants that I've ever done. Enjoy!

Pleased to have compiled today's Independent crossword with clues including: Nelson on track to lose Trafalgar, initially upset (5) Screw up when cutting motorway reservation (7) Plaits braided either side of one girl's head (8) puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/crypti...

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Here's the start of something I've been working on – an attempt to list which grammatical patterns are/aren't generally considered good cryptic grammar (if you're interested). Feedback/corrections welcome! charliemethven.com/crypticgramm... (And thanks to those who read early drafts)

The clue in question was: Flat deposit previously held in stock (6)

Charlie Methven@charliemethven.bsky.social · last mo.

Doing a deep dive into [redacted]s and whether or not they're usually [redacted]. The things you do for crosswords.

Featuring: @clairebennie.bsky.social @twm-barlwm.bsky.social @lowdowncryptic.bsky.social @coot.bsky.social @charliemethven.bsky.social @cranberryfez.bsky.social @illogicaljoker.bsky.social @wearingcrocs.bsky.social @ouroborosop.bsky.social @crypticblah.bsky.social @sirdakka.bsky.social . . .

Cryptic crossword No 3,635 · MyCrossword

Solve Cryptic crossword No 3,635 on MyCrossword. 15x15 grid with 28 clues by Platypus. Published Thu 2 Jul 2026. Features annotated solutions and special instructions. Free to solve online.

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My latest for the Independent puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/crypti... Wicked's Defying Gravity performed on stage (4) Lover of capers quietly orders starters for the entire restaurant (9) A B-52 possibly Spoonerised Love Shack? (7) Brief PM with wrong letter from EU? That's a bit of a shock (5)

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[emerging from 20-year daze] Hang on a minute, that "WHAT'S MISSING FROM SCO_TING? U ARE!" poster on the wall in the Scout hut was non-Ximenean

Kia ora, e hoa! 'Quick' 🤔 crossword by me today with some long clues and one ... somewhat less so. www.mycrossword.co.uk/quick/402

Quick crossword No 402 · MyCrossword

Solve Quick crossword No 402 on MyCrossword. 13x13 grid with 25 clues by Skirwingle. Published Tue 23 Jun 2026. Features annotated solutions. Free to solve online.

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Jason would be so happy if Austria could somehow get N goals

Since everyone's doing it... (from Jan 2022): Lawyer turned politician to direct justice system, says Spooner (4,7) mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/964#...

Cryptic crossword No 964 · MyCrossword

Solve Cryptic crossword No 964 on MyCrossword. 15x15 grid with 32 clues by Methuselah. Published Sat 28 Jan 2023. Features annotated solutions and special instructions. Free to solve online.

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Doing a deep dive into [redacted]s and whether or not they're usually [redacted]. The things you do for crosswords.

There’s a blog (spoilers!) on FifteenSquared if you care to leave any comments. https://fifteensquared.net/category/mycrossword/

I'm back in the Independent! (Bluejacket #10, 12385, Thu 18th Jun 26) 12a: Ride going downhill as Spooner's lover was loud in bed? (9) 6d: Card game using queen but not jack (3) puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/crypti...

Croatia vs England. They’re calling it the Adrian Chiles Derby.

Very sad to hear that Hectence aka Wendy Law has died. Her Quiptics were a big part of me learning to solve crosswords fifteensquared.net/2026/06/11/r...