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Ben D Robinson @bendrobinson.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Article depicted prince as embarrassment (6) A #clue from this week's new #cryptic #crossword #puzzle at Ben's Cryptics "Phone Home": ibendr.github.io/xwd/bendr/pu... www.mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/3995

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Ben D Robinson @bendrobinson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Parrot social media platform for summit (4) A #clue from this week's new #cryptic #crossword #puzzle at Ben's Cryptics "Paratuberculosis": ibendr.github.io/xwd/bendr/pu... www.mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/3972

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Ben D Robinson @bendrobinson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

They did have the most painful interface on the internet, so maybe it was an act of mercy.

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Ben D Robinson @bendrobinson.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Regardless of legal consequences (or lack thereof), what an absolute knob

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Ben D Robinson @bendrobinson.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Track on waterway's periphery accommodating tugging horses primarily? (7) A #clue from this week's new #cryptic #crossword #puzzle at Ben's Cryptics "Casual Canter": ibendr.github.io/xwd/bendr/pu... www.mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/3946

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Ben D Robinson @bendrobinson.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

True love'd arranged to bring two initially? (6 4) A #clue from this week's new #cryptic #crossword #puzzle at Ben's Cryptics "1776 settlement": ibendr.github.io/xwd/bendr/pu... www.mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/3920

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Ben D Robinson @bendrobinson.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

If it's the featured Fez I tackled last week, good luck! I really struggled with it. Then again, I've been quite unwell which never helps!

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Ben D Robinson @bendrobinson.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Vessel buries man at sea? (9) Title #clue from this week's new #cryptic #crossword #puzzle at Ben's Cryptics "Buried at Sea": ibendr.github.io/xwd/bendr/pu... www.mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/3896

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Ben D Robinson @bendrobinson.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

He provided the fastest deliveries, topping hundred odd mph... scourge of nervous openers! (7) A #clue from this week's new #cryptic #crossword #puzzle at Ben's Cryptics "Naked Lust": ibendr.github.io/xwd/bendr/pu... www.mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/3866

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Ben D Robinson @bendrobinson.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Well of course it doesn't. You have to kill lots of civilians as well and destroy vast amounts of infrastructure before you can really make a difference. :(

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Ben D Robinson @bendrobinson.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Very good. Not that either is any more right or wrong than the other of course, but the unfamiliar version is always jarring... like "math" vs "maths".

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Ben D Robinson @bendrobinson.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Because of win, leaders of good team wearing rings (5 2) A #clue from this week's new #cryptic #crossword #puzzle at Ben's Cryptics "Zoonosis": ibendr.github.io/xwd/bendr/pu... www.mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/3840

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Ben D Robinson @bendrobinson.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Cite as mad invention that lets people shoot on the move (9) Title #clue from this week's new #cryptic #crossword #puzzle at Ben's Cryptics "Mad Invention": ibendr.github.io/xwd/bendr/pu... www.mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/3811

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Ben D Robinson @bendrobinson.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Spiteful desire to accommodate snake (7) A #clue from this week's new #cryptic #crossword #puzzle at Ben's Cryptics "Blame Investors": ibendr.github.io/xwd/bendr/pu... www.mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/3791

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Ben D Robinson @bendrobinson.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

"Yes" & "No" I saved, offering back less decisive responses (8) A #clue from this week's new #cryptic #crossword #puzzle at Ben's Cryptics "Holy Rave": ibendr.github.io/xwd/bendr/pu... www.mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/3764

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Ben D Robinson @bendrobinson.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Rushes out, leaving hotel for clients (5) A #clue from this week's new #cryptic #crossword #puzzle at Ben's Cryptics "Cycling Illness": ibendr.github.io/xwd/bendr/pu... www.mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/3739

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Ben D Robinson @bendrobinson.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

She let out bottled up troubles, with one or two extremes of paranoia (7) A #clue from this week's new #cryptic #crossword #puzzle at Ben's Cryptics "Nagging Scheme": ibendr.github.io/xwd/bendr/pu... www.mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/3714

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Ben D Robinson @bendrobinson.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Unfortunate end time, with a nasty affliction (8) A #clue from this week's new #cryptic #crossword #puzzle at Ben's Cryptics "Pennies Saved": ibendr.github.io/xwd/bendr/pu... www.mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/3687

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Ben D Robinson @bendrobinson.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

No need to rage ... just vote with your feet and ditch that crap ... you can get nearly everything you need to done with FOSS these days.

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Ben D Robinson @bendrobinson.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Die cast: this means the end? Oddly, with challenge, could be vacated (5 8) A #clue from this week's new #cryptic #crossword #puzzle at Ben's Cryptics "Grim Destruction": ibendr.github.io/xwd/bendr/pu... www.mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/3659

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Ben D Robinson @bendrobinson.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Not sure if you want to avoid spoilers - I'll settle for saying I often don't like homophones mixed with other techniques and 13a is an example of a clue where it doesn't work for me.

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Ben D Robinson @bendrobinson.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

It may be visible from the hills or in canal country (8) A #clue from this week's new #cryptic #crossword #puzzle at Ben's Cryptics "Tax The Gas!": ibendr.github.io/xwd/bendr/pu... www.mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/3608

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Ben D Robinson @bendrobinson.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Uggh! Starmer kicking off his failure speech by absolutely shitting on the Labour Party before he "saved" it.

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Ben D Robinson @bendrobinson.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Little dog favourite... eternally poetic and a master of manipulation (9) A #clue from this week's new #cryptic #crossword #puzzle at Ben's Cryptics "Swirling Fog": ibendr.github.io/xwd/bendr/pu... www.mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/3585

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Ben D Robinson @bendrobinson.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

In tunnel, gnat neatly spinning trap (8) A #clue from this week's new #cryptic #crossword #puzzle at Ben's Cryptics "Par at Augusta": ibendr.github.io/xwd/bendr/pu... www.mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/3557

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Ben D Robinson @bendrobinson.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Traitor (also his wife), in tomb since their shocking ends (9) A #clue from this week's new #cryptic #crossword #puzzle at Ben's Cryptics "June '26": ibendr.github.io/xwd/bendr/pu... www.mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/3530

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Ben D Robinson @bendrobinson.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

so is 90% of the agenda of the Christian right

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Ben D Robinson @bendrobinson.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

I like a nice polemical clue. Good one!

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Ben D Robinson @bendrobinson.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Frugal John and Zohran's city (5) A #clue from this week's new #cryptic #crossword #puzzle at Ben's Cryptics "Vicious Odour": ibendr.github.io/xwd/bendr/pu... www.mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/3501

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Ben D Robinson @bendrobinson.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

So I'm not the only one that found that interface off-putting!

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Ben D Robinson @bendrobinson.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

With energy, breaking limbs, ICE are rampaging idiots! (9) A #clue from this week's new #cryptic #crossword #puzzle at Ben's Cryptics "Benign Efforts": ibendr.github.io/xwd/bendr/pu... www.mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/3470

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Ben D Robinson @bendrobinson.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

He does boring work in ermine robes (5) A #clue from this week's new #cryptic #crossword #puzzle at Ben's Cryptics "Closure": ibendr.github.io/xwd/bendr/pu... www.mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/3439

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Ben D Robinson @bendrobinson.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Beam excitedly about lady finally saying it's a possibility (5) A #clue from this week's new #cryptic #crossword #puzzle at Ben's Cryptics "Mull Up!": ibendr.github.io/xwd/bendr/pu... www.mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/3408

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Ben D Robinson @bendrobinson.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

I just finished the puzzle. Well done! I thought it was a step up - in challenge and reward - from the usual Monday fare (although that's variable). Some very nicely built clues with 19a my favourite.

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Ben D Robinson @bendrobinson.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

In cakes, it neatly garnishes tops (5) A #clue from this week's new #cryptic #crossword #puzzle at Ben's Cryptics "Rude Openings": ibendr.github.io/xwd/bendr/pu... www.mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/3368

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Ben D Robinson @bendrobinson.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Flying disc? Know the equipment, reading conditions (8) A #clue from this week's new #cryptic #crossword #puzzle at Ben's Cryptics "Myopic Intruder": ibendr.github.io/xwd/bendr/pu... www.mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/3338

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Ben D Robinson @bendrobinson.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Thanks for the generous recommendation!

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Ben D Robinson @bendrobinson.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Sort of prize, embracing USA's towering literary leaders? (8) A #clue from this week's new #cryptic #crossword #puzzle at Ben's Cryptics "Prize Pearl": ibendr.github.io/xwd/bendr/pu... www.mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/3316

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Ben D Robinson @bendrobinson.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

I'll be honest - I'd never heard of the band (sorry, fans) - but I was keen to clue via a meaning other than that relevant to the theme, and that's what I found.

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Ben D Robinson @bendrobinson.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Some music which is cultivated and personal (7) A #clue from this week's new #cryptic #crossword #puzzle ibendr.github.io/xwd/bendr/pu... www.mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/3294

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Ben D Robinson @bendrobinson.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Ridiculous huger cars bring extra expense (9) A #clue from this week's new #cryptic #crossword #puzzle at Ben's Cryptics "Pricey Phone": ibendr.github.io/xwd/bendr/pu... www.mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/3266

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Ben D Robinson @bendrobinson.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

A #clue from this week's new #cryptic #crossword #puzzle at Ben's Cryptics "Forged Video": ibendr.github.io/xwd/bendr/pu... www.mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/3243 Instrument with size constant... a "no!" for "take on vacation?" (10)

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Ben D Robinson @bendrobinson.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Nitwit terminally got hold of it, and now it's labelled 'X' (7) A #clue from this week's new #cryptic #crossword #puzzle at Ben's Cryptics "Alien Craft": ibendr.github.io/xwd/bendr/pu... www.mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/3226

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Ben D Robinson @bendrobinson.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

An interesting and ambitious idea!

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Ben D Robinson @bendrobinson.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Ghastly seedy dawn which follows night of U.S. election (9) A #clue from this week's new #cryptic #crossword #puzzle at Ben's Cryptics "Can Gun?": ibendr.github.io/xwd/bendr/pu... www.mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/3202

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Ben D Robinson @bendrobinson.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Known as a loved feature of Hooters (5) A #clue from this week's new #cryptic #crossword #puzzle at Ben's Cryptics "Laissez-Faire": ibendr.github.io/xwd/bendr/pu... www.mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/3184

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Ben D Robinson @bendrobinson.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

"Pictures" game is corrupt (6) A #clue from this week's new #cryptic #crossword #puzzle at Ben's Cryptics "Wink Nudge": ibendr.github.io/xwd/bendr/pu... www.mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/3161

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Ben D Robinson @bendrobinson.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

People have fears for their loudness, most borne out (9) A #clue from this week's new #cryptic #crossword #puzzle at Ben's Cryptics "High Altitude": ibendr.github.io/xwd/bendr/pu... www.mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/3136

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Ben D Robinson @bendrobinson.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Deviously enter with opium in lining in trunk (10) #clue from new #cryptic #crossword #puzzle "Last Shake"... I can share the big hard clues here, where folks don't post spoilers! Answer and anno can be found at either source... ibendr.github.io/xwd/bendr/pu... www.mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/3119

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