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Panthera @pantherapuzzles.bsky.social · 2d

No pressure, 'cause you'll always have the vod - you'd be up second, so ~12:40ish I guess?

Panthera @pantherapuzzles.bsky.social · 2d

I was genuinely wondering how I would deal with that, but I opened up the puzzle first thing and realised ah, no worries, I can get it out the way immediately!

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Panthera @pantherapuzzles.bsky.social · 2d

You thought you could escape York through the #CrypticSunday Replacement Stream Service? Think again - come 12pm, I'll be tackling the Platypus @henriwords.com curated for the event! Plus: puzzles from @evilflea.bsky.social & @cranberryfez.bsky.social, then maybe a fourth?

twitch.tv/pantherapuzzles

pantherapuzzles - Twitch

fiend in feline shape -~ they/he -~ mainly just replacement streams for twitch.tv/crypticsunday -~ still not panthchesh

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Panthera @pantherapuzzles.bsky.social · 7d

I mean, the checklist was presumably "does he have fur?" and "does he look cuddly?", and since the answer to both those questions is "absolutely", I can hardly disagree!

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Panthera @pantherapuzzles.bsky.social · 7d

Henri's decision to have what he calls a "cuddly toy" slideshow on the website is one I fully support, and honestly it's made all the better/funnier that that's the set where he's put Aaron's pic of himself...

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Panthera @pantherapuzzles.bsky.social · 10d

It's all really neatly done; the same columnar layout is used throughout, for puzzles and otherwise with the standard cryptics each getting a full page to themselves. Particularly like that there's always a jotting space below the setter's name, as you can see here!

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Panthera @pantherapuzzles.bsky.social · 10d

I'm pleased to report that Lionel has got his paws on the wonderful @unchcrosswords.com - we had the pleasure of testing the very clever barred puzzle "Unch #1" by @cranberryfez.bsky.social that appears in the middle of the magazine, and now he gets to show it off to little Louie!

Lionel, a Jellycat soft toy lion, sat on a green chair with a copy of Unch magazine issue #1 between his paws.

The magazine is now opened to the puzzle by Cranberry - Lionel, holding a pencil in his paws (which totally isn't just resting on a carefully-positioned eraser), is using it to point out the thematic clues to Louie, another, smaller Jellycat lion.

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Rachel Playforth @archelina.bsky.social · 14d

This gives the impression that he was helping. He was not.

Unch Crosswords @unchcrosswords.com · 14d

He's a busy boy...

A ginger cat looking at the camera. It's sat on a table, on which are some copies of a magazine called UNCH

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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · Sep 28

Dehumanisation as policy.
It ignores people's actual lives and experiences in favour of some sick idea that migrants are just resources to be used and discarded at will.
It is incredible how Labour has become, in practice, the most anti-immigration government in decades.
news.sky.com/story/shaban...

Shabana Mahmood vows law reforms to prove migrants 'contribute' to UK society

The home secretary signalled in her first major interview since taking over the reins that she believed migration "has been too high".

news.sky.com

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Panthera @pantherapuzzles.bsky.social · Sep 28

Paws crossed we can pull off a nice, smooth raid like proper Twitch streamers do... I'll definitely be tackling @davidjsiron.bsky.social's latest, and then depending on what time's left I think either a handful of minis or the Gennaro from earlier in the week? We'll see how things go!

Rachel Playforth @archelina.bsky.social · Sep 28

Just one crossword for us today on #CrypticSunday (but hoping to hand over seamlessly to @pantherapuzzles.bsky.social after that.) Join us at 12 to help solve a new one by @tpgrammar.bsky.social!
twitch.tv/crypticsunday

Twitch

Twitch is the world

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Panthera @pantherapuzzles.bsky.social · Sep 21

A warning message from Twitch: "Are you sure you want to send this? Your message may contain words that could be considered offensive or disrespectful." - the message in question being "actually turns out wiktionary has an entry for the phrase "with blackjack and hookers" so i guess we could lobby [Chambers] for that"

there is also a disclaimer "Did we get this wrong? Let us know." and uh i did not have it in me to go up to Twitch's safety team and ask for permission to make a Futurama reference

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Julianna 💎 @batariangal.bsky.social · Sep 12

So now that it’s confirmed that none of the messages on the bullets were pro-trans, maybe we should have a national conversation about how multiple newspapers repeated a lie about us on their front pages hours after doubts had already been cast over it?

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · Sep 12

From the Charlie Kirk press conference:

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Panthera @pantherapuzzles.bsky.social · Sep 4

Thank you for the solve! Wish I could have stayed for a bit longer, but I'll have to catch up in my own time...

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Panthera @pantherapuzzles.bsky.social · Aug 29

It's not quite right to say that my first mini took me three months to set, but it's not wrong either. Paging @cranberryfez.bsky.social & @charliemethven.bsky.social, who I know both tried to do this, and for everyone else:

Demonstrate way of filling empty spliff (4,3)

mycrossword.co.uk/mini/122

Mini crossword No 122 · MyCrossword

Solve Mini crossword No 122 on MyCrossword. 7x7 grid with 8 clues by Panthera. Published Fri 29 Aug 2025. Features annotated solutions. Free to solve online.

mycrossword.co.uk

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Panthera @pantherapuzzles.bsky.social · Aug 27

My pleasure! I hope you enjoyed watching it back as much as we enjoyed solving it, and that it was, if not useful, at the very least entertaining!

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Davey @historicaloracle.bsky.social · Aug 26

It's really fucked up the news media at large is searching so hard for humanity in machines, while systematically denying humanity to Palestinians, trans people, immigrants, and other persecuted people

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Panthera @pantherapuzzles.bsky.social · Aug 24

This #CrypticSunday Replacement Stream Service looks to be a proper menagerie, with puzzles from @heroncrosswords.bsky.social, 🦡 Meles & @catnipxword.bsky.social on the table. Dunno if all these critters are good for the furniture, but let's find out together at noon:

twitch.tv/pantherapuzzles

pantherapuzzles - Twitch

fiend in feline shape -~ they/he -~ mainly just replacement streams for twitch.tv/crypticsunday -~ still not panthchesh

twitch.tv

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Panthera @pantherapuzzles.bsky.social · Aug 17

Forest Shuffle is a fun game with lots of cute animals and an intricate ruleset that lets you do things to make everyone else at the table groan simultaneously. Highly recommended.

A photograph taken at the end of a round of tabletop game Forest Shuffle, showing a section of my forest. The focus is on a Silver Fir card, which scores 2 points for every other card attached to it; while normally the maximum number of cards you can attach to a tree is four, one on each side, in this instance I have legally placed four hares horizontally (not uncommon, relatively doable, I've managed more before), a single Stinging Nettle on the underside (a card from an expansion pack) and a tower of seven butterflies on top (absolutely unhinged play). The tower of butterflies takes up two-thirds of the image and soars past a clump of several other trees, just to really drive it home.

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Panthera @pantherapuzzles.bsky.social · Aug 15

Well, I gave it a sporting chance, and while I'd say 22a was the best of the relevant bunch, my favourites were actually 2d, 18d and 26d, the latter being a particularly funny bit of surface work!

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Panthera @pantherapuzzles.bsky.social · Aug 10

Quite a few felines today - I approve! 18a hasn't been mentioned here yet, but was categorically my pick of the bunch.

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Panthera @pantherapuzzles.bsky.social · Jul 27

I've uploaded the raw vod of me solving @cranberryfez.bsky.social's recent Inquisitor, Circle Line/Central Line, with the assistance of the #CrypticSunday peanut gallery, so if you're curious about advanced cryptic shenanigans and have ~105 mins to spare, enjoy!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=8r1i...

Inquisitor 1915 - Circle Line/Central Line by Cranberry

YouTube video by Panthera Puzzles

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Panthera @pantherapuzzles.bsky.social · Jul 24

Gentler than anticipated (so good for my speedsolving!), but with all the wit I would expect. Props for having two very neat fifteen-letter entries, and 16d was particularly satisfying. Congrats!

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Chris Franklin @errant-signal.com · Jul 24

I am not sure I am digging the internet of 2025

A picture of two Bluesky posts. In one, Alex May posts "Here we go" in response to a screenshot of the "following" tab on Bluesky saying "The laws in your locaiton require you to verify you're an adult to access certain features. Tap to learn more."

Underneath in the next tweet is itch.io's official update on how they have hidden all NSFW and adult content pending official review to meet payor standards.

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Sinan Kose @thesinankose.bsky.social · Jul 21

People always joke about the Prime Minister being a human rights lawyer, but what we all forget is that sometimes you're an expert in human rights in order to argue *against* them.

caatuk.bsky.social @caatuk.bsky.social · Jul 21

The government's lawyer is making the argument that human rights protections do not apply to cases of terrorism, criminal damage, or national security.

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Panthera @pantherapuzzles.bsky.social · Jul 6

Just now realised why the puzzle title is written like that so now I'm mad again.

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