Scopperil
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Not puns but paronomasia. I’m intending to talk about poetry and other books here but I bet I get distracted.
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Interested in setting cryptic crosswords, or improving ... or just finding out more? Following on from Raider's excellent advice at @mycrossword.co.uk, I've started a new blog series looking at how and why cryptics work:
www.mycrossword.co.uk/blog/setting...
Hope it's useful / interesting!
www.mycrossword.co.uk/blog/setting...
Hope it's useful / interesting!
Setting Things Right: The Manifezto Pt.1 · MyCrossword
Hi all, welcome to **Setting Things Right** – aka *The Manifezto* (thanks Henri!) – a blog looking at not just *how* cryptic clues and puzzles work, but *why...
www.mycrossword.co.uk
January 6, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Interested in setting cryptic crosswords, or improving ... or just finding out more? Following on from Raider's excellent advice at @mycrossword.co.uk, I've started a new blog series looking at how and why cryptics work:
www.mycrossword.co.uk/blog/setting...
Hope it's useful / interesting!
www.mycrossword.co.uk/blog/setting...
Hope it's useful / interesting!
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In Agadoo did Kubla Khan
Push pineapples, shake the tree
Push pineapples, shake the tree
January 1, 2026 at 5:37 PM
In Agadoo did Kubla Khan
Push pineapples, shake the tree
Push pineapples, shake the tree
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HAPPY HAPPY NEW YEAR! 🎆
January 1, 2026 at 4:55 AM
HAPPY HAPPY NEW YEAR! 🎆
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If we lived in a just media landscape, this would now be a trilogy.
December 30, 2025 at 9:25 PM
If we lived in a just media landscape, this would now be a trilogy.
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happy birthday to @eliotcardinaux.bsky.social, who wrote this perfect poem
December 28, 2025 at 7:53 PM
happy birthday to @eliotcardinaux.bsky.social, who wrote this perfect poem
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I’ve decided my “dream D&D group” is now The Muppets. I want to DM the muppets playing D&D/TTRPG of choice.
I want Miss Piggy to get mad at me for rolling a Crit against her. I want Kermit to bust out a lil’ bardic ditty when he uses Bardic Inspo. I want Gonzo to cast Fireball.
I want Miss Piggy to get mad at me for rolling a Crit against her. I want Kermit to bust out a lil’ bardic ditty when he uses Bardic Inspo. I want Gonzo to cast Fireball.
December 24, 2025 at 10:35 PM
I’ve decided my “dream D&D group” is now The Muppets. I want to DM the muppets playing D&D/TTRPG of choice.
I want Miss Piggy to get mad at me for rolling a Crit against her. I want Kermit to bust out a lil’ bardic ditty when he uses Bardic Inspo. I want Gonzo to cast Fireball.
I want Miss Piggy to get mad at me for rolling a Crit against her. I want Kermit to bust out a lil’ bardic ditty when he uses Bardic Inspo. I want Gonzo to cast Fireball.
I’m assuming this is a three player game that only two show up for.
December 22, 2025 at 12:12 PM
I’m assuming this is a three player game that only two show up for.
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NIGEL FARAGE STOLE MY SATSUMAS
2. New customs rules due to the UK now being outside of the EU single market.
The extra time, effort, paperwork, and risk of importing such perishable low value fruit means that almost all satsumas get sent to the easily accessible markets inside the EU.
The extra time, effort, paperwork, and risk of importing such perishable low value fruit means that almost all satsumas get sent to the easily accessible markets inside the EU.
December 22, 2025 at 9:42 AM
NIGEL FARAGE STOLE MY SATSUMAS
www.mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/2916 - in which I have been listening to the advice to have fewer unusual words. There's still one.
Cryptic crossword No 2,916 · MyCrossword
Solve Cryptic crossword No 2,916 on MyCrossword. 15x15 grid with 26 clues by Ilinx. Published Wed 3 Dec 2025. Features annotated solutions. Free to solve online.
www.mycrossword.co.uk
December 3, 2025 at 8:08 PM
www.mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/2916 - in which I have been listening to the advice to have fewer unusual words. There's still one.
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December 2, 2025 at 12:53 PM
I’m on my way to Dragonmeet after a couple of years away and, as tradition demands, there’s an obstruction on the track or emergency repairs (depending on which announcement you believe)
November 29, 2025 at 8:06 AM
I’m on my way to Dragonmeet after a couple of years away and, as tradition demands, there’s an obstruction on the track or emergency repairs (depending on which announcement you believe)
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Of course I would say this, but we need to talk about the moral & ideological case for play & leisure more than ever. So much political discourse - especially from the super-rich - assumes we ought to construct society around forcing citizens to spend most of their one, unrepeatable life working.
November 24, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Of course I would say this, but we need to talk about the moral & ideological case for play & leisure more than ever. So much political discourse - especially from the super-rich - assumes we ought to construct society around forcing citizens to spend most of their one, unrepeatable life working.
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Please enjoy this list of ways that the NY Times crossword puzzle has clued the word SEXT, it's my sexy gift to you.
November 24, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Please enjoy this list of ways that the NY Times crossword puzzle has clued the word SEXT, it's my sexy gift to you.
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Unch Crossword Magazine
Unch, the clued-up crossword magazine
unchcrosswords.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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Anyway please enjoy this pumpkin I saw yesterday
November 20, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Anyway please enjoy this pumpkin I saw yesterday
So I’m experimenting with crossword setting again. Aiming for weekly, and managing to be so for three in a row now here: www.mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/2839
Cryptic crossword No 2,839 · MyCrossword
Solve Cryptic crossword No 2,839 on MyCrossword. 15x15 grid with 27 clues by Ilinx. Published Mon 10 Nov 2025. Features annotated solutions. Free to solve online.
www.mycrossword.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 6:58 PM
So I’m experimenting with crossword setting again. Aiming for weekly, and managing to be so for three in a row now here: www.mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/2839
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Why do they call it RPG when you are do the pee and gee up on the table dice?
November 4, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Why do they call it RPG when you are do the pee and gee up on the table dice?
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"I PITY THE FOOL who measures out his life in coffee spoons. I ain't gonna wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled, fool."
Oh look. It's Mr T's Eliot.
Oh look. It's Mr T's Eliot.
October 31, 2025 at 3:31 PM
"I PITY THE FOOL who measures out his life in coffee spoons. I ain't gonna wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled, fool."
Oh look. It's Mr T's Eliot.
Oh look. It's Mr T's Eliot.
Party of One has shown me so many systems and ways to play with past and future Jeff, too many to pick a favourite, but this would be on the list if I had to. pca.st/episode/c15e...
October 26, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Party of One has shown me so many systems and ways to play with past and future Jeff, too many to pick a favourite, but this would be on the list if I had to. pca.st/episode/c15e...
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In important math news: new shape just dropped (the noperthedron) www.quantamagazine.org/first-shape-...
First Shape Found That Can’t Pass Through Itself | Quanta Magazine
After more than three centuries, a geometry problem that originated with a royal bet has been solved.
www.quantamagazine.org
October 24, 2025 at 6:08 PM
In important math news: new shape just dropped (the noperthedron) www.quantamagazine.org/first-shape-...
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i'm so tired i could sleep a horse
October 24, 2025 at 9:51 PM
i'm so tired i could sleep a horse
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/help... thinking about this for some reason this week
HELP FUND MY ROBOT ARMY!!! - Lightspeed Magazine
As late as ten years ago, a mad scientist with a dream could expect to turn a decent profit with his lesser inventions and build enough capital to put his (or her!) real plans into play. Those days ar...
www.lightspeedmagazine.com
October 24, 2025 at 11:30 AM
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/help... thinking about this for some reason this week
Heist Funicular is my new Blades in the Dark character
oh man I thought they at least had to climb the ladder, but they had a handy little heist funicular
incredible work, French thieves
incredible work, French thieves
cannot stop laughing at the louvre heist escape video as they’re slowly lowered down the ladder in a bucket
October 24, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Heist Funicular is my new Blades in the Dark character
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It's about time Strange Days finally begins getting the retrospective love and respect it deserves. To me, it's the best pre-Matrix cyberpunk film other than Blade Runner and Robocop, and still better than most cyberpunk films made since.
www.polygon.com/strange-days...
www.polygon.com/strange-days...
30 years ago, Katherine Bigelow made a sci-fi flop that changed her career for the better
Strange Days is a noir-soaked science-fiction thriller set against a backdrop of racial tension, police brutality, sexual assault, and disruptive tech
www.polygon.com
October 15, 2025 at 2:02 PM
It's about time Strange Days finally begins getting the retrospective love and respect it deserves. To me, it's the best pre-Matrix cyberpunk film other than Blade Runner and Robocop, and still better than most cyberpunk films made since.
www.polygon.com/strange-days...
www.polygon.com/strange-days...