New cover photo, per my daughter pointing out that 2a is too ambiguous, and unpleasantly so! •Baby mama’s dealer? (6) •Uncovered incident leading to fishy body count (6) is the other clue perhaps requiring too much mind reading. •Clue 3d’s an experiment.

Solve alongside Martin! c/o @thecrypticmystic.bsky.social

Mel Brooks🎂, executive producer of The Elephant Man, reflecting on David Lynch‘s surrealist-impressionist style “If you get way back, hey it’s a movie, but you gotta get way back.”

Just hoping to put a smile or two on your face 😁

Happy birthday to the greatest stand-up philosopher in the history of the world

I'm now live at twitch.tv/ouroborosop! Come and solve some crosswords with me :)

Just curious. Is this solvable? enumeration is (6) _ O _ D _ _

I've registered and am looking forward to it!

Hey thanks, @joeadultman.bsky.social! Sorry for the delayed response 🤝

Enjoying this. "Murder and Crime-Solving Strategies in Agatha Christie’s Works" (2022) Folia linguistica et litteraria ☠️ drive.google.com/file/d/1TwCp...

OK! Going live now!

Thanks to @tpgrammar.bsky.social for letting me know about ncalder17's puzzles at mycrossword.co.uk, particularly his THREE alliterative puzzles, which predate and far outpace my effort. I'll put a link to Nicholas' puzzle here if you want to try first. youtu.be/vSlJ5dTgxKU?...

Solve alongside tpg! 😁

@puzzletrip.bsky.social cooked up today's cryptic clue for the @avcx.bsky.social a few months back, and I can still smell how successful it is from all the way over here! If you need a laugh for breakfast, check it out!

Solve alongside Coot! Thanks as always @coot.bsky.social 🚴

Solve alongside Martin! 📸

Imagery from Twin Peaks: Season 3 (2017) set to one of the show’s best theme songs The third season, nicknamed The Return, is very worthwhile. ✅

Always a good time. ☕️ Check out Aaron’s highlighted clues-plus-commentary here: crosswordscholar.wordpress.com It’s a very nice series.

Solve alongside Cryptic Sunday! 🦘 U.S. spelling : )

The Special Instructions for this puzzle read: "Solve this puzzle and also solve a 35-year-old mystery - without even trying." For the quick answer, see the puzzle and click "Reveal Grid" and find the message. For the (very) long answer, this'll do:

Solve alongside Martin! Probably still my favorite clue of the year: @mycrossword.co.uk solved by @thecrypticmystic.bsky.social 🦃

This is a fun puzzle. Check it out.

Solve alongside Rachel and Matt! ⚽️ Thanks for the fun memory @archelina.bsky.social & @wyrd.systems 🇺🇸🛫🇬🇧 And let’s go @usmnt.ussoccer.com 💪

My friend's latest work from a genre in its infancy: techno-hypocrisy "Such Pretty Machines" -- storytime, written in the old school way and then...

Watched some of this on the ride home today. So many Great clues!!

Any nerds out there want to try our Grammar Final Exam? tiny.cc/GrammarFinalPlusAnswers

Great Parseword today

Solve alongside the one and only Liari! Thanks @liari.bsky.social 🙌

Crosswordy observation: this is a great example of needing reliable dictionary support for a word; there are words that some people think are absolutely mainstream that others have never heard of. And if a solver doesn’t know it but can easily verify it in a reliable source, that’s perfectly OK 1/2

I'm struggling with this, but it's too good to give up on

Barnburner ⚽️ Do you guys have that word?

I'm looking for some brave souls to test a crossword at MyCrossword.co.uk. There is a major restriction in the clueing, so many liberties have been taken with definitions and wordplay. If you're up for the challenge, DM me!

Solve alongside Aaron! Thank you to @illogicaljoker.bsky.social and the streamers out there who solve and share puzzles - an enjoyably uniquely experience.

#Individuation @willsnow8.bsky.social you might get a kick out of this (even if just via a quick ”Reveal Grid”) - nice to see you today (enjoyed the stream!)

Solve alongside Pat! Thanks again @patcousins.bsky.social 🎥

Interestingly, I filled the grid and wrote this puzzle in one enthusiastic day, foregoing test-solves because work calls and 120 student projects await grading 😇 Role-played my way through two test-solves, as mini versions of some of you sat on my shoulders, angel-vs-devil style. Thanks y'all 🤝

Good morning. Please enjoy! 𝘕𝘰 𝘌𝘹𝘪𝘵 with new scene about death? (12) Salesmen arising according to sun (4) Barmen roughed up "a real comedian" (2,4) *thanks to my daughter Vivienne for helping with 20a 🥰

We're back!!! Twitch.tv/ouroborosop

Damn you, Coot!

I'm sure it's been discussed probably ad nauseum, but... "shirtless" for "deletion of T" - yes or no?

Speed-solvers, can you beat mine in under 5 minutes? ⌛

I haven't used "with" as a link word in five months and now feel like using it 28 times in a row.

🏀🏆⚽...❓

I‘ve gotta believe you’ve seen this @joeleisen.bsky.social I have not; it’s very enjoyable.

The Great Gatsby (Fitzgerald, 1925, p.4)

Without dropping spoilers, did anyone else notice the spookily timed unintentional partnership of these two Quick crosswords posted almost simultaneously on MyCrossword? 🔍 (No 393’s highly recommended btw!)

Going live around 2:30pm BST. Will start off with MyCrossword puzzles by @archelina.bsky.social, @skirwingle.bsky.social, and @bendawes.bsky.social then go from there. twitch.tv/liari77