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•Cryptic Crosswords at https://mycrossword.co.uk/tpgrammar •🧩&🎧: https://youtube.com/@tpgrammar •also sometimes: https://crosshare.org/tpgrammar

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tpgrammar @tpgrammar.bsky.social · 1d

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Change upset Raider (6)
Discovered Mini 142? (6,2,2,3)
Adult cracks punchline during Jumping Jeff’s Roo-Cook (3-5,5)

Celebrating a year with @mycrossword.co.uk 🙌

Cryptic crossword No 2,773 · MyCrossword

Solve Cryptic crossword No 2,773 on MyCrossword. 15x15 grid with 25 clues by tpgrammar. Published Thu 16 Oct 2025. Features annotated solutions and special instructions. Free to solve online.

mycrossword.co.uk

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tpgrammar @tpgrammar.bsky.social · 9h

Social worker in South Africa who makes seasonal visits? (5)

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Quick cryptic crossword No 81

www.theguardian.com

tpgrammar @tpgrammar.bsky.social · 13h

Thanks. (I’d watch it)

tpgrammar @tpgrammar.bsky.social · 15h

I solved it that day, but am fighting my through it again. Gonna be the same LOI, lol

tpgrammar @tpgrammar.bsky.social · 15h

Forgot about this! Great stuff

mycrossword.co.uk/mini/115

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tpgrammar @tpgrammar.bsky.social · 16h

It is a real person and a real backyard… at least in my mind it is! But yes, the solver doesn’t share my mind, point taken! 🙏

tpgrammar @tpgrammar.bsky.social · 18h

Cool, thank you.

I’m also curious how this fares against your own ‘proper nouns rule’ 😎

Adult cracks punchline during Jumping Jeff's Roo-Cook (3-5,5)

tpgrammar @tpgrammar.bsky.social · 18h

Ended up with this, Fez 🤷‍♂️😁
@cranberryfez.bsky.social

Thanks for the demon.

tpgrammar @tpgrammar.bsky.social · 18h

As best you can remember, were you sort of a natural, or did learning cryptics come as more of a struggle?

tpgrammar @tpgrammar.bsky.social · 18h

And here’s an older Guardian article on the topic shouting out @liari.bsky.social and other recognizable names. (Neat puzzle, Liari. Hoping to find time for it.)

www.theguardian.com/crosswords/c...

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tpgrammar @tpgrammar.bsky.social · 22h

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One of these answers is not only Not-In-Chambers, but it has two conceivable answers that fit the grid, so give yourself the confetti for either one. ✅

tpgrammar @tpgrammar.bsky.social · 1d

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Change upset Raider (6)
Discovered Mini 142? (6,2,2,3)
Adult cracks punchline during Jumping Jeff’s Roo-Cook (3-5,5)

Celebrating a year with @mycrossword.co.uk 🙌

Cryptic crossword No 2,773 · MyCrossword

Solve Cryptic crossword No 2,773 on MyCrossword. 15x15 grid with 25 clues by tpgrammar. Published Thu 16 Oct 2025. Features annotated solutions and special instructions. Free to solve online.

mycrossword.co.uk

tpgrammar @tpgrammar.bsky.social · 1d

I am watching some of this and very much enjoying relaxed, explanatory nature of the show

Aaron Riccio @illogicaljoker.bsky.social · 1d

Later than expected start, but I am going live at 9:30 PM (so in a few minutes) for more cryptic crosswords. Probably running until around 1:00 AM.

www.twitch.tv/thatcrypticguy

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tpgrammar @tpgrammar.bsky.social · 1d

intriguing but didn't start yet. Looking forward to it

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tpgrammar @tpgrammar.bsky.social · 1d

Gordon Cole 💪

Unch @unchcrosswords.com · 1d

a man in a suit and tie says " 10-4, good buddy "

ALT: a man in a suit and tie says " 10-4, good buddy "

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tpgrammar @tpgrammar.bsky.social · 1d

Interesting

How To Solve 3D Crosswords - 3D Calendar Puzzles

Learn how to navigate 3D crosswords.

3dcalendarpuzzles.co.uk

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tpgrammar @tpgrammar.bsky.social · 1d

Congratulations and best wishes to @unchcrosswords.com

Unch @unchcrosswords.com · 1d

More ordered and posted today!

a postbox with some envelopes (labelled unch) being posted into it.

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tpgrammar @tpgrammar.bsky.social · 1d

🙏

Change upset Raider (6)
Discovered Mini 142? (6,2,2,3)
Adult cracks punchline during Jumping Jeff’s Roo-Cook (3-5,5)

Celebrating a year with @mycrossword.co.uk 🙌

Cryptic crossword No 2,773 · MyCrossword

Solve Cryptic crossword No 2,773 on MyCrossword. 15x15 grid with 25 clues by tpgrammar. Published Thu 16 Oct 2025. Features annotated solutions and special instructions. Free to solve online.

mycrossword.co.uk

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tpgrammar @tpgrammar.bsky.social · 1d

Looking for word 2’it

tpgrammar @tpgrammar.bsky.social · 1d

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tpgrammar @tpgrammar.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks, PM. 👍

tpgrammar @tpgrammar.bsky.social · 2d

Hi Aaron, I’m catching some of the replay and noticed that you are open to recommendations. I can suggest this recent puzzle from @cranberryfez.bsky.social mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/2760

Thanks.

Cryptic crossword No 2,760 · MyCrossword

Solve Cryptic crossword No 2,760 on MyCrossword. 15x15 grid with 30 clues by Fez. Published Thu 9 Oct 2025. Features annotated solutions and special instructions. Free to solve online.

mycrossword.co.uk

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tpgrammar @tpgrammar.bsky.social · 2d

That gets me the N too 👍

tpgrammar @tpgrammar.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you. I’ll keep playing it to see if I can make anything stick

tpgrammar @tpgrammar.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks all. Well, here specifically is the clue I had in mind 😆

‘Working girl who became cow (name: Domenica) half dead near Russian rooftop’ (5,4)

tpgrammar @tpgrammar.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you

tpgrammar @tpgrammar.bsky.social · 2d

“With” is a common link word between wordplay and definition.

How about synonyms for with as link words, specifically “near” “alongside“ or “next to”?

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