Staedtler
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No, I'm not giving the answer for today's clue. Not yet.
Like a proper crossword, if you can't get one, you move on and see if it come into focus with more letters. And that's how I'm going to do mine.
Like a proper crossword, if you can't get one, you move on and see if it come into focus with more letters. And that's how I'm going to do mine.
Now, today's crossword clue. I can't usually tell if my clues are easy or hard, but I think this one is pretty difficult.
11 across:
Rolls pitch, maybe, with pre-match booking in goal area (15)
It starts "C, blank, R", and the ninth letter is "E"
11 across:
Rolls pitch, maybe, with pre-match booking in goal area (15)
It starts "C, blank, R", and the ninth letter is "E"
November 25, 2025 at 4:46 PM
No, I'm not giving the answer for today's clue. Not yet.
Like a proper crossword, if you can't get one, you move on and see if it come into focus with more letters. And that's how I'm going to do mine.
Like a proper crossword, if you can't get one, you move on and see if it come into focus with more letters. And that's how I'm going to do mine.
Now, today's crossword clue. I can't usually tell if my clues are easy or hard, but I think this one is pretty difficult.
11 across:
Rolls pitch, maybe, with pre-match booking in goal area (15)
It starts "C, blank, R", and the ninth letter is "E"
11 across:
Rolls pitch, maybe, with pre-match booking in goal area (15)
It starts "C, blank, R", and the ninth letter is "E"
November 25, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Now, today's crossword clue. I can't usually tell if my clues are easy or hard, but I think this one is pretty difficult.
11 across:
Rolls pitch, maybe, with pre-match booking in goal area (15)
It starts "C, blank, R", and the ninth letter is "E"
11 across:
Rolls pitch, maybe, with pre-match booking in goal area (15)
It starts "C, blank, R", and the ninth letter is "E"
Look, look. The answer to today's crossword clue:
"Groundsman has success with satellite box for landing (5)"
_ O _ _ _
The answer was GOLEM
explanation follows . . .
"Groundsman has success with satellite box for landing (5)"
_ O _ _ _
The answer was GOLEM
explanation follows . . .
Monday, and a new clue for our crossword. Today is an invigorating 5 down:
5 down: Groundsman has success with satellite box for landing (5)
And the second letter is "O".
5 down: Groundsman has success with satellite box for landing (5)
And the second letter is "O".
November 24, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Look, look. The answer to today's crossword clue:
"Groundsman has success with satellite box for landing (5)"
_ O _ _ _
The answer was GOLEM
explanation follows . . .
"Groundsman has success with satellite box for landing (5)"
_ O _ _ _
The answer was GOLEM
explanation follows . . .
And when the future looks back at Brexit, it will be seen as a mass hypnosis, a paroxis of sheer stupidity full of energy and momentum with no value whatsoever, like other such national horrors as home brew beer and Mr Blobby
November 24, 2025 at 11:29 AM
And when the future looks back at Brexit, it will be seen as a mass hypnosis, a paroxis of sheer stupidity full of energy and momentum with no value whatsoever, like other such national horrors as home brew beer and Mr Blobby
Money, of course, is why we will rejoin the European Union. If we've lost £40 billion from Brexit, then in 20 years we'll have lost a trillion.
A trillion
We're not going to have government after government watch a trillion pounds go down the Brexit drain.
A trillion
We're not going to have government after government watch a trillion pounds go down the Brexit drain.
November 24, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Money, of course, is why we will rejoin the European Union. If we've lost £40 billion from Brexit, then in 20 years we'll have lost a trillion.
A trillion
We're not going to have government after government watch a trillion pounds go down the Brexit drain.
A trillion
We're not going to have government after government watch a trillion pounds go down the Brexit drain.
There's a hole in my Brexit, dear Rachel, dear Rachel
There's a hole in my Brexit, dear Rachel, a hole
There's a hole in my Brexit, dear Rachel, a hole
Rachel Reeves says there’s a “hole” in the public finances.
A new decade-long Brexit study explains it:
a 6–8% hit to GDP – that's £180bn-£240bn a year – means less tax, less investment and less money for everything else.
Brexit made Britain poorer. Much poorer.
A new decade-long Brexit study explains it:
a 6–8% hit to GDP – that's £180bn-£240bn a year – means less tax, less investment and less money for everything else.
Brexit made Britain poorer. Much poorer.
New: Boris Johnson’s ‘Brexit Titanic success’ was half right
Nearly ten years on, the first full assessment of Brexit confirms what millions warned: Britain made itself poorer
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 10:52 AM
There's a hole in my Brexit, dear Rachel, dear Rachel
There's a hole in my Brexit, dear Rachel, a hole
There's a hole in my Brexit, dear Rachel, a hole
Monday, and a new clue for our crossword. Today is an invigorating 5 down:
5 down: Groundsman has success with satellite box for landing (5)
And the second letter is "O".
5 down: Groundsman has success with satellite box for landing (5)
And the second letter is "O".
November 24, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Monday, and a new clue for our crossword. Today is an invigorating 5 down:
5 down: Groundsman has success with satellite box for landing (5)
And the second letter is "O".
5 down: Groundsman has success with satellite box for landing (5)
And the second letter is "O".
But why are so many women turning against medical science when it comes to childbirth? They can't all be actresses
November 24, 2025 at 12:13 AM
But why are so many women turning against medical science when it comes to childbirth? They can't all be actresses
There was a new crossword clue this morning that went:
1 down: Overtaken in poll I'd accept with some small error.
The answer was a ten-letter word with two letters to help:
_ E _ _ _ D _ _ _ _
1 down: Overtaken in poll I'd accept with some small error.
The answer was a ten-letter word with two letters to help:
_ E _ _ _ D _ _ _ _
November 23, 2025 at 4:39 PM
There was a new crossword clue this morning that went:
1 down: Overtaken in poll I'd accept with some small error.
The answer was a ten-letter word with two letters to help:
_ E _ _ _ D _ _ _ _
1 down: Overtaken in poll I'd accept with some small error.
The answer was a ten-letter word with two letters to help:
_ E _ _ _ D _ _ _ _
I'm posting today's clue again because I forgot to upload the grid. heavens.
Today's clue goes like this:
1 dn. Overtaken in poll I'd accept with some small error (10)
The second letter is "E", and the sixth letter is "D"
Today's clue goes like this:
1 dn. Overtaken in poll I'd accept with some small error (10)
The second letter is "E", and the sixth letter is "D"
November 23, 2025 at 10:57 AM
I'm posting today's clue again because I forgot to upload the grid. heavens.
Today's clue goes like this:
1 dn. Overtaken in poll I'd accept with some small error (10)
The second letter is "E", and the sixth letter is "D"
Today's clue goes like this:
1 dn. Overtaken in poll I'd accept with some small error (10)
The second letter is "E", and the sixth letter is "D"
Today's crossword clue was:
"Workman turning one out of last chance saloon given pat on the back (5,5)"
The answer was EDWIN DROOD
The explanation follows . . .
"Workman turning one out of last chance saloon given pat on the back (5,5)"
The answer was EDWIN DROOD
The explanation follows . . .
Today's clue in our one-a-day crossword is a lively 8 across. Two words, 5 and 5, and the third letter is "W"
Workman turning one out of last chance saloon given pat on the back (5,5)
Workman turning one out of last chance saloon given pat on the back (5,5)
November 22, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Today's crossword clue was:
"Workman turning one out of last chance saloon given pat on the back (5,5)"
The answer was EDWIN DROOD
The explanation follows . . .
"Workman turning one out of last chance saloon given pat on the back (5,5)"
The answer was EDWIN DROOD
The explanation follows . . .
Reposted by Staedtler
If you're planning on robbing a B&M soon, please try not to run into a 6ft inflatable light-up reindeer and snowman in your haste out the doors, pulling the power cord, tripping over, falling flat on your face and almost landing on a woman and her toddler outside reading a dinosaur colouring book.
November 22, 2025 at 12:14 PM
If you're planning on robbing a B&M soon, please try not to run into a 6ft inflatable light-up reindeer and snowman in your haste out the doors, pulling the power cord, tripping over, falling flat on your face and almost landing on a woman and her toddler outside reading a dinosaur colouring book.
The ravenous bugblatter Reeves of Traal, a creature so mindbogglingly stupid she thinks if she doesn't mention Brexit no one else will notice it either.
Great piece, albeit one that I read with what can only be described as mounting dread:
Labour’s charm offensive to avoid an ‘omnishambles’ Budget
[FREE TO READ] Reeves and colleagues aim to reassure investors, business leaders and MPs they are laying the foundations for prosperity
on.ft.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:23 PM
The ravenous bugblatter Reeves of Traal, a creature so mindbogglingly stupid she thinks if she doesn't mention Brexit no one else will notice it either.
Today's clue in our one-a-day crossword is a lively 8 across. Two words, 5 and 5, and the third letter is "W"
Workman turning one out of last chance saloon given pat on the back (5,5)
Workman turning one out of last chance saloon given pat on the back (5,5)
November 22, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Today's clue in our one-a-day crossword is a lively 8 across. Two words, 5 and 5, and the third letter is "W"
Workman turning one out of last chance saloon given pat on the back (5,5)
Workman turning one out of last chance saloon given pat on the back (5,5)
Today's clue was:
Second half return charging small amount on board (6)
The answer was QWERTY
The explanation follows . . .
Second half return charging small amount on board (6)
The answer was QWERTY
The explanation follows . . .
And so the second clue in our crossword puzzle, a little later than I hoped. I'm afraid my dog ate my excuses.
Today's clue is a six-letter word ending in "Y":
2 dn: Second half return charging small amount on board (6)
Today's clue is a six-letter word ending in "Y":
2 dn: Second half return charging small amount on board (6)
November 21, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Today's clue was:
Second half return charging small amount on board (6)
The answer was QWERTY
The explanation follows . . .
Second half return charging small amount on board (6)
The answer was QWERTY
The explanation follows . . .
And so the second clue in our crossword puzzle, a little later than I hoped. I'm afraid my dog ate my excuses.
Today's clue is a six-letter word ending in "Y":
2 dn: Second half return charging small amount on board (6)
Today's clue is a six-letter word ending in "Y":
2 dn: Second half return charging small amount on board (6)
November 21, 2025 at 1:30 PM
And so the second clue in our crossword puzzle, a little later than I hoped. I'm afraid my dog ate my excuses.
Today's clue is a six-letter word ending in "Y":
2 dn: Second half return charging small amount on board (6)
Today's clue is a six-letter word ending in "Y":
2 dn: Second half return charging small amount on board (6)
Here we are. Did you get today's clue? It was tricky because there were no letters to help.
12 Across: "How an elder had got bent (7)"
The answer was DOYENNE
12 Across: "How an elder had got bent (7)"
The answer was DOYENNE
Right then, I promised you a crossword puzzle. We're starting with 12 across. A seven letter word with no letters to help
12 across:
How an elder had got bent (7)
12 across:
How an elder had got bent (7)
November 20, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Here we are. Did you get today's clue? It was tricky because there were no letters to help.
12 Across: "How an elder had got bent (7)"
The answer was DOYENNE
12 Across: "How an elder had got bent (7)"
The answer was DOYENNE
This fucking radiator again. Same one as last year
November 20, 2025 at 11:56 AM
This fucking radiator again. Same one as last year
Same as last time, I don't know if my clues are easy or hard. All I can promise is that they are legit, and that's me at my most
November 20, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Same as last time, I don't know if my clues are easy or hard. All I can promise is that they are legit, and that's me at my most
Right then, I promised you a crossword puzzle. We're starting with 12 across. A seven letter word with no letters to help
12 across:
How an elder had got bent (7)
12 across:
How an elder had got bent (7)
November 20, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Right then, I promised you a crossword puzzle. We're starting with 12 across. A seven letter word with no letters to help
12 across:
How an elder had got bent (7)
12 across:
How an elder had got bent (7)
Imagine Brexit as a ship that's capsized. "Steady as she goes" just sounds like a lunatic. You can't sail it like this. What you need is to get the fucker the right way up again.
November 19, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Imagine Brexit as a ship that's capsized. "Steady as she goes" just sounds like a lunatic. You can't sail it like this. What you need is to get the fucker the right way up again.
And if it's true that Britain can't go back into Europe, it is equally true that it can't prosper outside it.
Then none of us are facing reality. The country has to learn to accept an impoverished condition. We've fucked the country and we can't undo it.
Then none of us are facing reality. The country has to learn to accept an impoverished condition. We've fucked the country and we can't undo it.
November 19, 2025 at 11:11 PM
And if it's true that Britain can't go back into Europe, it is equally true that it can't prosper outside it.
Then none of us are facing reality. The country has to learn to accept an impoverished condition. We've fucked the country and we can't undo it.
Then none of us are facing reality. The country has to learn to accept an impoverished condition. We've fucked the country and we can't undo it.
Britain is becoming the American Deep south, condemning itself to poverty by chasing a worthless cultural purity
On Labour MPs in a dark place. Featuring King Lear. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Starmer’s squandering of a historic election victory is a tragedy nearing its finale | Rafael Behr
The tactics that gave Labour its huge majority in 2024 were no preparation for government – and the prime minister has proved he has nothing more to offer, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Britain is becoming the American Deep south, condemning itself to poverty by chasing a worthless cultural purity
HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!
November 18, 2025 at 9:46 PM
HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!
Rwo minutes away from the World Cup
November 18, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Rwo minutes away from the World Cup