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Liari

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Orthopaedic research engineer, mom, crossword setter for The Independent and The Browser, http://liaricryptics.blogspot.com, http://mycrossword.co.uk; as Potoroo w/ @mpcryptics

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Liari @liari.bsky.social · 10h

Can I be the walnut?

Liari @liari.bsky.social · 11h

❤️ Yes! Love to the rest of the Unch Bunch.

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David N Atkinson @dnatkinson.bsky.social · 13h

And if you’re into – or curious to try – cryptic crosswords, grab your copy of issue one here: unchcrosswords.com

Unch Crossword Magazine

Unch, the clued-up crossword magazine

unchcrosswords.com

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David N Atkinson @dnatkinson.bsky.social · 13h

So, here’s a nice thing I’ve just designed: Unch, a new independent magazine by and for cryptic crossword setters and solvers

Front cover of Unch issue one, the title is set in a big curvy bold font in a teal/turquoise colour and beneath it there’s an extreme close-up photo of part of a crossword grid rotated through 45 degrees

Copies of the magazine showing part of the contents page and a spread with a puzzle

Inside spreads of the magazine showing a crossword and an article

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Liari @liari.bsky.social · 13h

I have about 2 weeks to think about what to do before mine arrives.

Liari @liari.bsky.social · 14h

🥕

Liari @liari.bsky.social · 17h

Lovely!

Liari @liari.bsky.social · 22h

Umpire in the Independent today!
I very much enjoyed.

puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/crypti...

The Independent's Cryptic Crossword | Play Online for Free | Independent

Play The Independent's Cryptic Crossword instantly online. The Independent's Cryptic Crossword is a fun and engaging Online game from The Independent. Play it and other games from The Independent.

puzzles.independent.co.uk

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Liari @liari.bsky.social · 1d

Amazing!

Liari @liari.bsky.social · 1d

At the time, my only source of learning was watching all of the Cracking the Cryptic crossword videos, including Mark solving the Times Monthly Club and Listener. I think focusing on understanding those harder puzzles really helped push me to learn a lot faster than I would have otherwise.

Liari @liari.bsky.social · 1d

Oh gosh! That puzzle is so old. I am scared to look at it again. It was one of the very first ones I ever set, when I was just learning about cryptic crosswords in 2021.

Liari @liari.bsky.social · 1d

Maybe he thought it said lunch.

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amoebacrosswords.bsky.social @amoebacrosswords.bsky.social · 2d

Got yours yet?

Unchcrosswords.com

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Unch @unchcrosswords.com · 2d

More ordered and posted today!

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

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Unch @unchcrosswords.com · 2d

I've now posted out all the pre-sale copies (thanks so much everyone!), and they should be arriving to UK people in the next couple of days.

Sales are now open at unchcrosswords.com - while stocks last!

#cryptic #crosswords

Unch Crossword Magazine

Unch, the clued-up crossword magazine

unchcrosswords.com

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Liari @liari.bsky.social · 3d

I never minded “with” going either direction, though one of my regular testers disagreed. But I was *just* told by an editor today that they didn’t like wordplay with def.

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Unch @unchcrosswords.com · 5d

*deep breath*

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Liari @liari.bsky.social · 6d

It is in the Chambers app.

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Liari @liari.bsky.social · 7d

www.youtube.com/live/Rbv_WES...

LIVE: The Times Crossword Championship 2025

YouTube video by Times News

www.youtube.com

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Liari @liari.bsky.social · 12d

Congratulations!

Liari @liari.bsky.social · 15d

Check out Umpire's new crossword on MyCrossword.

mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/2748

Cryptic crossword No 2,748 · MyCrossword

Solve Cryptic crossword No 2,748 on MyCrossword. 15x15 grid with 32 clues by Umpire. Published Fri 3 Oct 2025. Features annotated solutions. Free to solve online.

mycrossword.co.uk

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Liari @liari.bsky.social · 15d

Thank you to all of the setters for today's stream puzzles!

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Henri, sometimes Odo @henriwords.com · 15d

If you haven’t listened to this yet, you probably should 👍

The Void ザ・ヴォイド @thevoidtlmb.social.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy · 19d

Do we “regret Denis”? No, he’s right up our street, so pack some poems in your duffel bag and head for #offgridpod! https://offgrid.tlmb.net/2025/09/28/censor-mayonnaise-jingles-ep-60/

**Censor Mayonnaise Jingles – Ep. 60** In which we Censor Mayonnaise Jingles, tut at grave-robbers, locate hats, hunt the snark in a poem, and try to translate backwards. === If you’d like to know where all that comes from, please click play: […] https://offgrid.tlmb.net/2025/09/28/censor-mayonnaise-jingles-ep-60/

offgrid.tlmb.net

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Liari @liari.bsky.social · 15d

Stream starting in less than an hour. Going to tackle some puzzles on MyCrossword by @henriwords.com, Gennaro, @mycrossword.co.uk, @bendrobinson.bsky.social and dare I say, @tpgrammar.bsky.social.

twitch.tv/liari77

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Liari @liari.bsky.social · 16d

Look forward to solving it on stream tomorrow.