Minute Cryptic - 18 October, 2026 "Oh well. Cry and undo tie" (2,2,2) 🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 🏆 0 hints – 2 under the community par (95,120 solvers so far). www.minutecryptic.com?utm_source=s...

@bethgg.bsky.social I bet you’ve got open top busy envy 🇲🇹

Minute Cryptic - 17 October, 2026 "Fudge: best idea when you have high blood sugar?" (8) 🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 🏆 0 hints – 1 under the community par (68,453 solvers so far). www.minutecryptic.com?utm_source=s...

I think it's absolutely fantastic. It shows what an extraordinary country I live in and that refugees can fully integrate and participate in society

Adam Bienkov@adambienkov.bsky.social · 5d ago

Don't hide behind your followers Matt. Tell us what YOU think about it

Brand is, at times, shifty when admitting offending at last! (10) #cryptic #crossword #crosswordclue

How we show disapproval if we slept awkwardly? (5,4) #cryptic #crossword #crosswordclue

Wordle 1,943 3/6 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 😳

Minute Cryptic - 14 October, 2026 "Mr. Ying after getting PhD for H2O removal" (6) 🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 🏆 0 hints – 1 under the community par (49,828 solvers so far). www.minutecryptic.com?utm_source=s...

Minute Cryptic - 12 October, 2026 "Odds of guys accepting defeat in a photo finish?" (6) 🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 🏆 0 hints – 2 under the community par (83,388 solvers so far). www.minutecryptic.com?utm_source=s...

Over on Instagram, the thing seems to be styling your home “intentionally”; having a “reset” rather than tidying up and having a POV which isn’t a fucking point of view at all. 

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Sean Jones KC@seanjones.org · last wk.

Ruin a book by adding a word A I Claudius

Minute Cryptic - 11 October, 2026 "Handful of diamonds put down the drain" (5) 🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 🏆 0 hints – 2 under the community par (82,700 solvers so far). www.minutecryptic.com?utm_source=s...

Lazy weekend? Why not try my Rookie Corner crossword (and tell me the theme) including: Tom's Diner rewritten in the style of Virginia Woolf (9) crypticcrosswords.net/puzzles/rook... #cryptic #crossword

Rookie Corner 644

A Puzzle by Ruskin + – + – + – + – + – + – + – + – + – + – + – + – + – + – + [raw] [/raw] + – + – + &…

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Finally, something completely different - concerns about the marking of reading SATs, eloquently expressed @oldprimaryhead.bsky.social. oldprimaryhead.com/2026/10/05/w...

When One Mark Matters: A Question of Trust in the SATs System

Over the past few days, I have received messages from school leaders and teachers across the country. Many have shared stories of unexpected marking decisions, disputed reviews and outcomes that si…

oldprimaryhead.com

I set today's Quick Cryptic in The Times if you fancy a swifty

Anyone not there in person, here is the link to watch the Times Crossword Championship Semi-final and Final - live with commentary! If you are going, I look forward to seeing you! (I’ll be spectating as a setter if that wasn’t obvious 😂 I’m way too slow a solver!) #cryptic #crossword

LIVE: The Times Crossword Championship 2026

YouTube video by Times Radio

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www.gov.uk/government/p... The new report from Prof. Fonagy, on autism, ADHD and mental health. He's clear that people are not just making it up/not being resilient/only having 'mild' versions compared to the past, etc. Real need, & real answers required. Definitely worth a read.

Independent review into mental health conditions, ADHD and autism: executive summary

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Minute Cryptic - 9 October, 2026 "Any senior, in other words!" (2,2,5) 🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 🏆 0 hints – 3 under the community par (87,928 solvers so far). www.minutecryptic.com?utm_source=s...

He looks just like a bloke in my dad’s crib team

Luca@lucagalletti.bsky.social · last wk.

“Edie might be over 100, but head scratches never get old” 🥰 IG: @sanantoniozoo www.wnct.com/have-you-see...

Oh my word #Traitors

Just putting this out there - I’m sure they have accidents, but they’d probably have to be dead to fall

Rhodri Marsden@rhodri.biz · 2w ago

It was never clear to me as a kid how ten green bottles could hang on a wall, - whether there was some kind of hook or loop system going on etc - but now I’m wondering whether “hanging” means, you know, like, hanging out, although I’m not sure that sense of the word existed in Olden Days (morning)

Minute Cryptic - 8 October, 2026 "Find 500=100/y" (9) 🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 🏆 0 hints – 3 under the community par (76,223 solvers so far). www.minutecryptic.com?utm_source=s...

Blue Lights is such classy telly #bluelights

Sample clue from my puzzle on the back page of today's Telegraph: Spooner's unfurnished vestibules - they'll upset the cat (4,5)

Minute Cryptic - 7 October, 2026 "Conditions of entry in Ironwomen v. Ironmen tournament" (11) 🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 🏆 0 hints – 2 under the community par (64,608 solvers so far). www.minutecryptic.com?utm_source=s...

Great blog on SATs marking debacle. Important to note too that a score of 99 is below expected standard: that’s another child leaving primary school “illiterate” according to data widely used in media. The line between expected and illiterate is very fine indeed.

RR@rlrossi64.bsky.social · 2w ago

oldprimaryhead.com/2026/10/05/w...

It makes me so sad when I see young leaders chasing exam outcomes, rather than being proud of running a school that is outstanding at serving the community it principally serves. Yes, leaders need to be on guard to ensure their schools are as successful as they can be. Success comes in many forms

Great blog on SATs marking debacle. Important to note too that a score of 99 is below expected standard: that’s another child leaving primary school “illiterate” according to data widely used in media. The line between expected and illiterate is very fine indeed.

RR@rlrossi64.bsky.social · 2w ago

oldprimaryhead.com/2026/10/05/w...

oldprimaryhead.com/2026/10/05/w...

When One Mark Matters: A Question of Trust in the SATs System

Over the past few days, I have received messages from school leaders and teachers across the country. Many have shared stories of unexpected marking decisions, disputed reviews and outcomes that si…

oldprimaryhead.com