9.1 mpl. Crunchy leaves #running, #beer, cheers!

Day-after-new-published-grid = another older #cryptic #crossword now freely available on my site. "Statuesque" Sample #clue: 24d. Final piece of fish was skinless (4) gussalufz.com/thc/2025/gus...

"Nine Crowns" 11a. Tiny piece of moon brought back in casing of graphite (7) 27a. Question: best current opener in cricket? (5) Two #crypticclue morsels from my The Hindu #Cryptic #crossword on Sunday #29, appearing in Sunday's paper. #Gussalufz crossword.thehindu.com/crossword/hi...

9.2 mpl. Bob bless those endorphins! #Running, #beer, cheers!

The Browser Crossword Cryptic #245 - edited by Dan Feyer My swan song in the Browser (they are shutting down the crossword section soon). Working with Dan has been fun! Sample clue: 5d. Lots of men put off getting probed by colonoscope in the rear (7) thebrowser.com/crossword-ar...

My Exet #crossword construction web app (exet.app: always free, always open-source, always no ads, always no tracking) now lets you specify an arbitrary regular expression constraint on any entry.

8.0 mpl. Rainy #running & hilling. Bay area rains are fun: not too cold, not too heavy... Just the heavens sweating a bit to make a nice rainbow. #Beer now, cheers!

My swan song #cryptic in The Browser (which is unfortunately shuttering up the crossword feature at the end of the year), will appear on Nov. 2. Hope some other opportunities materialize over time, for working with Dan Feyer, their awesome #crossword editor.

9.5 mpl. #Running, with a Marvin sighting after ages, #beer. Cheers!

"Leo's Pet" My Browser #Cryptic #crossword from April 2025 (#218, ed. Dan Feyer) is now freely available on my site (with kind permission from The Browser). Sample clue: 27a. Found shit's able to hit the fan (9) gussalufz.com/browser/2025...

7.0 mpl. Not-So-Fleet Week #running pace-wise for me, but I still deserve my #beer. Cheers!

"20 + 27" By #Gussalufz 11a. Shot a husband for smoking pipe (6) 15a. Abruptly cancel periods (4) Another older #cryptic #crossword ("quantum-themed"!) is now freely available on my site: gussalufz.com/thc/2025/gus...

New in Exet, my free web-app for #crossword construction: - "Auto-Free!": Handy shortcut to save backup + free up space by deleting some old versions. - 50K words now allowed in "preferred fills" (with "min-popularity" 100, can force _only_ this list). exet.app

"It Opened With Open Government" 13d. Old Indian ways of batting (drives, etc.) limiting India (5,5) 17d. He ain't gonna field regularly with finger injury (​8) Two #crypticclue samples from my The Hindu #Cryptic #crossword #14,607 appearing in Tuesday's paper. #Gussalufz

Clue from my #cryptic in The Browser this week: Discover messing around isn't a race (9) 😏

8.4 mpl. #Running along my frequent "t" and now #beer under my frequent tree.

8.0 mpl. Some hilly #running, now #beer. Cheers!

8.5 mpl. #Running with Shakti in the ear, now #beer. Cheers!

New Exet (free #crossword construction web app) features: - Make "New" a menu entry separate from "Open" - Decouple list of preferred words from puzzle state (saves tones of space). This now allows using much bigger lists of preferred words. - Allow saving blank/filled grid SVG images exet.app

8.1 mpl. #Running, #beer, all same-same but still fun. Cheers!

I've added a "Save grid image as SVG" feature to Exolve (exolve.app). You can access it from the "Print" menu under the #crossword grid (reload your puzzle page to get the new feature).

"Buddha" returns to his tree. 8.7 mpl. #Running, #beer, cheers!

Ended up re-watching Sholay again after so many years. Slick, fun! But why didn't they just shoot Gabbar in the legs and *then* detonate, after Mehbooba x 2? The theme music is sooo good. U2 probably borrowed the chords sequence :-). www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgx6...

"How To Get, _How?_" By #Gussalufz 4d. Appreciation plummets after husband's input (6) 21d. Beg air travellers: "Bags on the counter, this is an inspection" (6) Another older #cryptic #crossword is now freely available on my site: gussalufz.com/thc/2025/gus...

7.5 mpl. #Running through hot hills, and now that welcome #beer. Cheers!

"Both Sides Are Same" 4a. Source of dehydration in Indian college slang (9) 11a. No drug for setter in opening ceremony? (14) Two #crypticclue samples from my The Hindu #Cryptic On Sunday #crossword (#19). #Gussalufz crossword.thehindu.com/crossword/hi...

I set today’s Independent #cryptic #crossword. Northern miners ultimately like somewhere to sleep, presumably? (8) https://puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/cryptic-crossword-independent?puzzleDate=20250826

Not sure how many scientists here have tried Claude Code or similar command line coding assistants. I had a complicated family property tax problem that was best solved by a brute force Monte Carlo simulation approach, so I spent a few days coding up and analyzing a model with Claude Code.

8.1 mpl. #Running to burn off yesterday's Copra, #beer under my usual tree. Cheers!

7.1 mpl. #Running on another hot afternoon. Saturday, as busy tomorrow. A plug for Farmer's lager #beer. *So* good. Cheers!

I've put together a sometimes opinionated list of tips for setting cryptic crosswords. Hopefully it's useful. I certainly found it useful to try to put some of my setting instincts into words. charliemethven.com/tips

7 mpl. #Running, Heat & Zest, now #beer. Cheers!

Join me for an afternoon learning how to solve cryptic crossword puzzles in the fine city of Norwich on the 7th September. Tickets here: thehollowaynorwich.com/events/RVb6g... Shares and word of mouth appreciated!

Periodic re-plug, especially for folks in India (if you're in India, you can get this book for free). #cryptic #crosswords

7 mpl. #Running, back to the Sunday routine and a familiar haunt for #beer. Cheers!

New #offgridpod, with sketches of soothing poetry, perhaps. And definitely not boring brow-beating badgering. https://offgrid.tlmb.net/2025/07/27/tarry-hardware-opinion-ep-56/

SF Half #Marathon 2025. Did the "1st half" this time--got to go over the Golden Gate Bridge (and the insane climbs on both sides :-)). Happy with my 2:45-ish time, especially as the back is still not a 100%. #Running (#beer soon!)

10.1 mpl. Longer #running, prep for SF half next weekend. Ludwig's kind folks gave extra #beer, free. Cheers!

Available now for subscribers: Browser #cryptic #crossword #231, set by me, edited brilliantly as always by @danfeyer.bsky.social. Sample #crypticclue: 31a. Wrong smoking accessory killing high (6) thebrowser.com/crossword-ar...

"Love^?" By #Gussalufz 19a. "Release me!" snapped the thing (4) 23d. Grandfather possibly shut up after a sip of codeine (5) Day-after-new-Hindu-crossword-of-mine-published = another older #cryptic #crossword now freely available on my site: gussalufz.com/thc/2025/gus...

"Like Us?" 7d. Signature of a fantastic author (P. G. ____) (9) 23d. Resist quietly breaking wind (5) Sample #crypticclue teasers from my @thehindu.com #Cryptic #crossword (#14,541, a palindrome!), appearing in Saturday's paper. #Gussalufz crossword.thehindu.com/crossword/hi...

It's brewing... #cryptic #crossword

I was annoyed that Exolve Player could not parse Guardian #cryptic #29,747 from just the text of the clues. So I tweaked it, and now it can parse it (it can now also handle a few more cases involving linked clues). Give it a go, try with just the text of the clues from any #crossword: exolve.app

8.0 mpl. #Running over to Los Altos Art & Wine Fest 2025, #beer. Cheers!

8.5 mpl. #Running on a warm but breezy afternoon, #beer. Cheers!

** Goddess & Murphy ** Gussalufz's first 50 cryptic crosswords from the Hindu By Viresh Ratnakar My first 50 #crosswords as setter "#Gussalufz" for The Hindu #Cryptic are available in book form. [Periodic plug, apologies if you've seen this before.]

Jiro Dreams of Sushi leaves Prime in 7 days https://www.amazon.com/Jiro-Dreams-Sushi-David-Gelb/dp/B008ODZEQ0

7.5mpl. #Running: recovering, er, back on a hot day :-), the #beer hits home perfectly. Cheers!

live now doing lots of the regular stuff plus cryptics from @avcx.bsky.social by Justin Stickel (ed. by Stella Z), Gussalufz (ed. by @mossdef.bsky.social) and Josh Singer (ed. by @francisheaney.bsky.social). Also an old nyer from @xws.bsky.social downs-only turtle mode 🐢 www.twitch.tv/crossweirdtv

**Indexing Herring Royalties – Ep. 54** In which we’re indexing herring royalties, taking a trip to the pharmacist again, and crossing ducks with foxes. === Paddle your kayak over this way, and click: […] https://offgrid.tlmb.net/2025/06/29/indexing-herring-royalties/