Doing this challenge called “January” where I try to make it through the whole month of January

Tentatively returning to streaming today, with our crossword brains finally waking up in 2026 after a stressful end to 2025. Join us at 12 to help solve cryptics by Gennaro and Guinevere! @guineverecryptic.bsky.social #CrypticSunday twitch.tv/crypticsunday

One of the funniest banishments ever, sorry #TheTraitors

Rachel's earrings are radio receivers #TheTraitors

Hills of Trying Too Ardross #TheTraitors

I wait for the evening and the wine and that's all.

With so many people taking up setting recently, I’ve put together a quick guide to help you get started. www.mycrossword.co.uk/blog/becomin...

And here's the blog: www.fifteensquared.net/2025/12/29/m... I’m really grateful to Fifteensquared for including MyCrossword. If you have a moment, commenting on this post (and the other new ones to come) would be much appreciated and helps show there’s genuine interest in them featuring the site.

Nice one @postmarkcryptic.bsky.social and @mycrossword.co.uk (and @cranberryfez.bsky.social !)

Visiting family again. They're doing their best to make it festive on the ward.

Warning. If you do buy this, make sure you skip the interview section. The crosswords are probably alright though.

If you'd like to watch one of the lowest quality performances in the history of Only Connect, I'm on BBC2 at 8 tonight (alongside my vastly more capable teammates @katbrownwrites.com and @sarabenwell.bsky.social) putting in a very 28th December-esque effort

There will be a #CrypticSunday Replacement Stream Service, otherwise I wouldn't know what to do with myself come noon, but I am nowhere near organised enough to tell you what I'll be tackling then. Anything from the past week of MyCrossword puzzles is fair game! twitch.tv/pantherapuzzles

No #CrypticSunday stream tomorrow as we're still a bit all over the place. Back in 2026, sending love to all our cryptic friends and a big good riddance to 2025!

Not the Christmas we'd planned, it's fair to say. But we're getting through and still have much to be grateful for, especially the NHS ❤️

This is the 15th year of #DuvetKnowItsChristmas, which is preposterous. Rules: if you find yourself dealing with unusual / claustrophobic / gaudy sleeping arrangements this Christmas Eve, share a picture with the world. Use the hashtag (with capitalisation) and cc me if you can be bothered.

For all those technical questions about whether we're running out of Christmas crisps...

Today's #CrypticSunday activities kick off at 12 when we'll be solving a festive cryptic by Temple on our Twitch channel, then we move to Zoom around 1pm with mince pies and another cryptic by Tug @matttheshirt.bsky.social, before signing off around 2pm to go to the pub. twitch.tv/crypticsunday

I didn't manage a whole #PoetryAdventCalendar this year, but let's have this today.

Current #CrypticSunday plan is: - Stream a puzzle as normal at noon (UK) - Once we're done with that, jump onto our traditional festive/chaotic Zoom call to swap seasons greetings and maybe do another one together. Zoom link will be shared on the stream.

If you like cryptic crosswords repost this

I’m thinking about setting up a regular cryptic crossword meetup in the Brighton/Lewes area, come the New Year. Just a hangout to solve together and chat (maybe even some light setting). If you‘d like to be kept in the loop contact me here or at unchcrosswords.com#contact

This was really fun

This year is beginning to seem endless.

Rob Reiner was a good guy. He made a lot of movies about good guys, in worlds where not everyone was good and you didn’t have to be good. He made movies about people trying. He was angry, as many hopeful people are. He knew the world could be better and he wanted it to be. His death is devastating.

This entire weekend

The first 4 of this year's #12CharitiesOfChristmas: 🎁 Action for Children www.actionforchildren.org.uk 🎁 BookTrust www.booktrust.org.uk 🎁 Centrepoint centrepoint.org.uk 🎁 Young Minds www.youngminds.org.uk

A busy weekend featuring two family birthdays, a West End show and a Christmas party, but in between we're looking forward to crosswords by @iguesscryptics.bsky.social and @henriwords.com. Join us at 12! #CrypticSunday twitch.tv/crypticsunday

Fabulous Cabaret matinee for T's birthday! 19 tomorrow 😯🎉

Will stream this tomorrow if anyone can bear to wait until then! (Or if you find your solving experience is enhanced by watching us do the same thing you've already done but much more slowly) #CrypticSunday

Imagine being a cat, and being absolutely desperate for the loo, and the facial recognition doesn't work properly cos it's been raining and you're looking bedraggled, and you can't get in to your own litter tray because of capitalism. Huge lolz.

Had cause to shop for a new litter tray this week. It's been a while and I was thrilled to discover that you can now buy one for £700. It has an app, an AI camera, facial recognition and 'health insights'. Luckily I don't need ANY insight into Garfield's shit so we got the £13 one instead.

Get your 2026 self a little treat! Unch Issue 2 is out in January - you can ensure you don't miss out by pre-ordering a copy now... Go to unchcrosswords.com to reserve YOURS! This one has eight of our usual standard cryptics, plus a fun alphabetical *and* an exciting thematic as well!

For reasons best known to himself, my dad collected these jewelled charm things and would hang them from his shopping trolley. I kept a few of the Christmassy ones 💖

We only have time for one crossword today on #CrypticSunday and that will be by boznut, join us at 12 to help solve! twitch.tv/crypticsunday

While you’re waiting for Unch Issue 2, please enjoy these photos of Unch Issue 1 from all over the world 😁

Going to send this to people as an insult

The lovely @johnfinnemore.bsky.social (and he won’t mind me saying that as he’s not REALLY on here) has got some pallets of this diamond (by which I mean excellent and harder than rock) puzzle back from the Unbound catastrafuck. He got zero from them for reasons. buy this and he gets deserved cash!

Oh joy, another helpful AI infographic via LinkedIn. Off I go to my job as a liberaian, maybe to run some critical evaligane workshops and of course use New! Boulean! Logic!

To be clear it was the people who *didn't* get a copy that were disappointed.

Me at work, all day every day.

I'm donating to #12CharitiesOfChristmas again this year, any new suggestions? Especially supporting education, literacy and children/young people 🎁🙏

Another great bunch of crosswords to choose from on MyCrossword this week, delighted to have a chance to stream new cryptics by @pantherapuzzles.bsky.social and @liari.bsky.social! Join us at 12 GMT! #crypticSunday twitch.tv/crypticsunday

Apart from anything else this feels a bit unfair to the male celebrities, who theoretically have to lead? #scd #strictly

The frantic picking out of the clothes is going to be the only fun bit of this I fear #scd #strictly

I don't think people who are visibly limping should do any more dancing that day, is that a wrong opinion? #scd #strictly

I'm very excited about the excellent puzzles we've got lined up for Issue 2, coming out in January. Setters this time will be: ALP Gennaro Catnip The Void Heron Ruskin Umpire Crenditi Bard Henri That's 8 standard cryptics, an alphabetical jigsaw, and a barred thematic. Fun! unchcrosswords.com

🚀 New Release 🚀 www.mycrossword.co.uk/blog/introdu...

By some miracle, Garfield made it through a vet appointment (annual jabs) without attacking anyone. 😸

This new crossword game is very addictive