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Clue of the Day | 18 Aug 2026

Former rep has breakdown (6)

cryptick.wildvale.co.uk

Can't get over how much this door on my walk home looks like a painted-on videogame texture

Had a quick look at the Sun just now, and everyone was right, it did some serious harm. Looking at it for any more than a couple of seconds is a terrible idea Bunch of vapid headlines about small boats and the royal family. Nice lady on page three though

Right listen up folks. Five heatwaves is too many. I am taking the unilateral decision to block out the sun Gonna give it a test run at about 7pm tonight xoxo

What a trouncing. Can't spell Warwick without W! #universitychallenge

Just realised that, looking at the numbers, almost certainly more Whodle games have been played than the number of people who have watched S15E08 The Reality War...... #doctorwho #whodle

"Twenty Years of Pandoc" by John MacFarlane pandoc.org/twenty-years... #Haskell

it bears repeating:

August as an academic

Today's Cryptick Daily Clue comes courtesy of @dixonary.co.uk! Kid with a motto of "measure once, cut twice"? (3) #cryptic #crossword #cotd

Clue of the Day | 1 Aug 2026

Kid with a motto of "measure once, cut twice"? (3)

cryptick.wildvale.co.uk

Promotion get! :)

Game dev moment: finding a random loose card with "Winston Churchill" on it and nothing else, and having no clue why

I think they got these two the wrong way round

(4)

The Message From Deep Space is a fantastic game. If you haven't played it yet, get on it! And if you have, come chat with us on the Deep Space Communication Relay :) [bring your own dictionary]: dscr.dixonary.co.uk

There once was a man called Ted Mowels Who had awful trouble with vowels He was wonderfully fond Of those he called 'frond' And he drank hot soup out of his bowels

Since we're doing North-South divide discourse again, here's the objectively correct breakdown of the UK that everyone can agree on

Alan Beattie@alanbeattie.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Calling Andy Burnham King of the North is convenient for London media wanting a north-whisperer but it's gibberish. 1. Northerners hate each other. 2. Northerners disagree on what The North is. 3. If Burnham conflates Manchester with The North he'll have multiple peasants' revolts on his hands. 1/2

join :: Monad m => m (m a) -> m a #haskell

Haus of Decline@hausofdecline.bsky.social · 2mo ago

🚀Citizen Sleeper 1 and 2 are OUT NOW on Nintendo Switch 2! Play the critically acclaimed series in its smoothest, most beautiful, handheld form: CS 1: www.nintendo.com/us/store/pro... CS 2: www.nintendo.com/us/store/pro... Enjoy higher resolution and framerates, with a free upgrade for owners ⭐

fixed your headline

Nick (derogatory) ✨@slothropsmap.bsky.social · 2mo ago

They’re calling it the least comprehensible achievement of all time.

It’s time for Andy Burnham to do the honourable thing and resign

Starmer to take full advantage of all the possibilities of legs

Douglas Adams reincarnated as a 26th-century historian: 'Despite all the odds, Joseph "What are you going to do, nuke us?" Webb is widely regarded as only the *second*-worst Prime Minister in the history of the United Kingdom. The worst...'

Stephen Bush@stephenkb.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I think it’s impossible, short of triggering a nuclear strike against the UK, to surpass Liz Truss as the “worst ever”.

more like order of the stinking shart lmao gottem

Queer AF artists rejected twats' hot air? (5) cryptick.wildvale.co.uk/clue.html#UX... #cryptic #crosswords #cryptick

Parody Nigel Farage@parodypm.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The good people of Brighton are taking no shit from far right fuckwits. Anti-racist protestors outnumbered the knuckle-draggers, blocked their march and told them to fuck off out of Brighton.

the dildo has left the building

IGN@ign.com · 2mo ago

The future of Doctor Who is now uncertain, after confirmation that the BBC has parted ways with its former showrunner and production company. https://bit.ly/4xp90Tm

Cabin Pressure is honestly one of the best British sitcoms of the 21st Century so far - if you haven't heard any of it yet, treat yerself

Jen (they/them) says Free Link@knifeboots.xyz · 3mo ago

One of Anthony Head's lesser-known roles was a guest role on the BBC Radio comedy Cabin Pressure, where he played smooth-talking airline pilot Hercules Shipwright. I highly recommend checking out this show. Here's a clip from the episode "Rotterdam". youtu.be/pvNtxmcqyFc

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We should be two “D&D Honor Among Thieves” sequels deep.

I'll probably stop using theatrical trapdoors eventually, it's just a stage I'm going through