Answer: PEEP

(4)

19/11/23d is one of many great touches in this puzzle.

A Few from the Fridge

Does this make any sense? It's frustrating feeling like I'm missing some nugget of clarity which everyone else has access to! charliemethven.com/nounalanagri...

Many thanks to all at 3dcalendarpuzzles.co.uk for a super event at the w/e, I was honoured to be presented with the magnificent RPM Trophy for 3d puzzle design! The puzzle itself will appear in the 2027 calendar. The calendar helps RNIB & Children In Need - hugely worthwhile so please do support!

I've been re-reading this post and comments. I'm curious to know what people'd make of e.g. "neat anagram" as way of indicating an anagram of "neat" (apart from the fact it'd be too obvious)... mycrossword.co.uk/blog/are-nou...

A lot of octopuses suffer from tennish elbows

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How legit would it be to use e.g. 'One not reacting' to define a noble gas? It's a substance, so not really a 'one' in the way a person or object is... I don't think 'one in swimming pool' for WATER would wash (no pun intended)...

This is beautifully done. Definitely make the correction specified by Jack below for the full effect!

@rayscotchcoulton.bsky.social Loved today's MC!

Didn't take kindly to being introduced to solver, oddly (5)

Today’s my Indy debut :) Here’s one: Spotted in lover’s pendant, go red (9) Have fun! puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/crypti...

Politician surprisingly resigns with tweet (3,9) cryptick.wildvale.co.uk/clue.html#W1...

I set today's Independent #cryptic #crossword. Featuring sophisticated clues like... Where you'll find Douglas bonking Alf and Simone? (4,2,3) puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/crypti...

Maybe I'm a Maze

New blog post from me, indulging in my fascination with how #cryptic #crossword setters choose their pseudonyms ✍️ www.mycrossword.co.uk/blog/what-s-... (and a massive Thank You to the lovely people who provided stories for this)

Beware the careless Find and Replace. I'm writing something crosswordy and decided that a set of examples using "one" as the example fodder would be better if they used "egg" instead

Just opened a jar of olives and a wordsearch prepared by the Guardian team popped out

Astonishing fun and games over at the guardian today, this took some planning.

Let the 30,000 Games begin: www.theguardian.com/crosswords/c...

I sort of hate this bit of jargon while also thinking it fills a gap: fodule - a chunk of a crossword clue consisting of some fodder and an indicator which acts upon it

Fawlty Towers 🤝 The Devil Wears Prada An erratic boss takes their anger out on Andy Sachs

Ross Kemp on Gongs

Does bum express pong escaping trousers? (7) From today’s Indy cryptic, the unmissable #12345! puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/cryptic-crossword-independent

Another extra old Methuselah back in the i Paper today. 4d feels significant...

Trolling? You mean imp poster syndrome?

I need some sort of omenological BIDMAS to figure out what it portends if you see three magpies but two of them are trying fight the other

This is where they got the title Free Willy from

Back in the Independent today. puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/crypti...

No #CrypticSunday stream today, sorry! In other news... www.mycrossword.co.uk/quick/373

Items of sports equipment whose names are made up of two things which can fly

@thevoidtlmb.social.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy Greetings from Canterbury (don't worry, I haven't fallen over)

Delighted to say I set today’s #cryptic #crossword in #theguardian - my debut there. https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/29989

(spoilers)

Make like Raider, Bottom and Henri (3,8) @mycrossword.co.uk @henriwords.com

Top tip: some crossword setters @liari.bsky.social and @henriwords.com hide good clues in their social media bios. Remember that clues can appear at any moment and in any setting

I'm back in the Indy today puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/crypti... Feat: 💒 Declaration at wedding also exposed loved ones (5) 🧵 A bunch of seamstresses sabotaging spinning jennies? (5) 📜 Ancient city infiltrating large state again works on paper (10) 📻 Popular breakfast show on the radio (6)

UNCH @unchcrosswords.com

My list of abbreviations now includes 2-letter abbreviations. I've also switched the "Usual suspects filter" to be ticked by default, but interested to see what people think of that change. As always, please let me know if you spot any errors/oversights. charliemethven.com/abbreviations

Nice of @unchcrosswords.com to do one in her colours

A favourite fact: which UK broadcasting stalwart is named after a large European body of water?

samuel beckett was born on this day 120 years ago. astonishing to think that if he had survived, and could run 100m in 9.57 seconds, he would be not only the oldest but also the fastest man in the world - together with his nobel prize for literature, an astonishing trifecta

If Ant & Dec were sommeliers they’d have to stand the other way around

I'm delighted to be making my debut in the Independent today as Nepeta. Sample clues: Raunchy trio stripped naked (6) Almost complete abstainer from pork eating English breakfast (6) Side roads backed up after abattoir evacuated (7) puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/crypti...

Now that is irritating

I think 28a in today's Filbert in the Independent has two almost equally valid solutions, which I know because I went for the wrong one!

Byrne's constant refrain: massive sea water dissolving (4,2,2,4,3)