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Gary Male

@gjmale.bsky.social
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Artist, dog-lover and avid reader. Or something. I teach maths

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Unch Crosswords @unchcrosswords.com · 20/12/2025
If you like cryptic crosswords repost this
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Daniel Peake @quizzydan.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Today Reading has Big Duck Energy
A 20ft high inflatable duck outside a shopping centre Side portrait of GIANT INFLATABLE DUCK
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Caroline Hardman @carolinehardman.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
4 years of this utter ridiculousness. Wouldn’t have it any other way.
Two people sitting on a bench in a park on Chesham.
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Gary Male @gjmale.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Make a band edible Chive Bunny
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Gary Male @gjmale.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Make a band edible Bread (am I doing this right?)
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Gary Male @gjmale.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
By "popular" demand...
It is the Wharf Life crossword. To be honest, if you need the alternative text then you are quite lucky in this instance...
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Gary Male @gjmale.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Off to Canary Wharf, which will delight and horrify some people...
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Gary Male @gjmale.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Buster (Am I doing this right?) #comicsinasongormovie
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Rachel Playforth @archelina.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Delightful #CrypticSunday meetup today with lovely folks @guineverecryptic.bsky.social @mpcryptics.bsky.social @carolinehardman.bsky.social @gjmale.bsky.social @liamaspinage.bsky.social @wyrd.systems @dnatkinson.bsky.social @perrydewynter.bsky.social and Paul/Cheeseman!
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Gary Male @gjmale.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Had a lot of fun today, and we did this too...
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Gary Male @gjmale.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
@unchcrosswords.com with an elephant! (Sort of)
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Gary Male @gjmale.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
In news that can only delight @quizzydan.bsky.social I am in Canary Wharf
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Gary Male @gjmale.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
This went amazingly well and Caroline is a star. So very proud :-) xx
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Gary Male @gjmale.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Very proud :-) xx
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Gary Male @gjmale.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Boat-based Shard of the day
A picture of the Shard in London taken from an Uber boat
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Gary Male @gjmale.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Currently looking for @quizzydan.bsky.social can't find him
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Gary Male @gjmale.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
I was thinking about doing a game of Hide and Peake today but there are at least 2 reasons why it wouldn't work...
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Gary Male @gjmale.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
I watched this being made, it is both technically super impressive and a very nice fun puzzle
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Gary Male @gjmale.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
@quizzydan.bsky.social I have just solved your 2 minute puzzle. Would you happen to have been on anything when you came up with it?
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Gary Male @gjmale.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Very pleasing to win the quiz with an excellent play in the wipeout round by @carolinehardman.bsky.social who is all kinds of amazing and also won a spot prize too!
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Gary Male @gjmale.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
One for @quizzydan.bsky.social
BIMBLE correctly being disallowed on the Spelling Bee game from the NYT
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Caroline Hardman @carolinehardman.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
A (semi) regular reminder that I have some downloadable puzzle hunts available on a pay-what-you-want basis at ko-fi.com/carolinehard.... Each involves a mix of word puzzles, logic puzzles, codes and all sorts of other things. If that sounds like your sort of jam, do have a look!
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Gary Male @gjmale.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Overheard in the street: "Because at the end of the day, it's still the morning"
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Gary Male @gjmale.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
If there are no dogs at the polling station is it still worth voting? (I know the real answer. But still...)
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Gary Male @gjmale.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Can loads of people post pictures of dogs please? Thank you!
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Caroline Hardman @carolinehardman.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Double Unch day in our house - always exciting!
Two envelopes with “unch” on the back with the jaunty-trousered knee they are resting on just visible.
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Gary Male @gjmale.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Inquisitor conquered already! No idea what we are going to do with the rest of the weekend now… (also all my own idea to post this)
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Gary Male @gjmale.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Issues 1 and 2 of this were great - and doesn't that cover look snazzy?! Also, this was all my own idea to write this.
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Gary Male @gjmale.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Many years ago I started doing a puzzle called The Stone. It was in equal parts curious, baffling and completely impossible. A virtually complete version is based here www.scarecrowsfield.com/home
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Scarecrow's Field
An internet puzzle game
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Gary Male @gjmale.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
I've just completed all the puzzles in the mscroggs.co.uk Advent calendar! My favourite puzzle was 17. What looked like a very long counting exercise made much simpler with a little insight. Thank you @mscroggs.co.uk !
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mscroggs.co.uk
It's nearly Christmas and something terrible has happened: after years of gradual wear and tear, Santa's magic sleigh has fallen apart. You need to help Santa build a new sleigh so that he can deliver...
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Caroline Hardman @carolinehardman.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
Back to setting crosswords after a far-longer-than-planned break from setting crosswords… so thought I’d warm up with a mini cryptic! www.mycrossword.co.uk/mini/192
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Mini crossword No 192 · MyCrossword
Solve Mini crossword No 192 on MyCrossword. 7x7 grid with 6 clues by Aglet. Published Wed 24 Dec 2025. Features annotated solutions. Free to solve online.
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Gary Male @gjmale.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
This was great fun last year so do have a go at this!
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Gary Male @gjmale.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
Ordered!! Still working my way through issue 1 and thoroughly enjoying it :-) (Also, all my own idea to write that)
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Gary Male @gjmale.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
Very tempted to have a game of Hide and Peake later where I hide a picture of @quizzydan.bsky.social and let people ask yes or no questions to find it.
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Gary Male @gjmale.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Oh good, I did get the date right. I always get today and Christmas mixed up. That's the problem with 31 Oct and 25 Dec being the same
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Gary Male @gjmale.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Puzzle fans may very well enjoy this thematic puzzle hunt ko-fi.com/s/3fa91f5432 a huge amount (I certainly did!), a puzzle hunt written by the super-talented @carolinehardman.bsky.social
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"The House On Creep Street" puzzle hunt - Caroline Hardman's Ko-fi Shop
The old house has been the talk of kids in your neighbourhood forever. Abandoned for years, it sits at the end of a cul-de-sac, set slightly apart fro...
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Gary Male @gjmale.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
@carolinehardman.bsky.social @quizzydan.bsky.social hmm...
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Gary Male @gjmale.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
@carolinehardman.bsky.social !!
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Gary Male @gjmale.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
What on earth were 36% of people thinking?!
Question asking about a football tournament that Sweden were definitely involved in from the question, with 36% picking an answer that didn't include Sweden
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Gary Male @gjmale.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
I wonder if I can paste screenshots directly into here to enable everyone to enjoy* the crossword that is available for free at wharf-life.com/read-wharf-l... ?
It's a crossword. The clues are, erm, well... It is available at https://wharf-life.com/read-wharf-life/
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Gary Male @gjmale.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Thanks @wifiwars.bsky.social , @carolinehardman.bsky.social and I had a brilliant time last night, and always great to see technology being pushed to and beyond the limits
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Gary Male @gjmale.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
Crossword fans may enjoy* the cryptic crossword in the fortnightly Wharf Life newspaper at wharf-life.com/read-wharf-l... - image of crossword attached. *will definitely not enjoy
A crossword available at link that some screen readers may be able to do. Though to be honest I wouldn't bother. I mean, things like Devoured Number? (5) is a clue.
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Gary Male @gjmale.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Inspired by @carolinehardman.bsky.social 's excellent crosswords (who also gave this the once-over), I've written one myself. It's at mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/2456
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Cryptic crossword No 2,456 · MyCrossword
Made for cryptic crossword enthusiasts, MyCrossword is a free platform for creating and publishing your own puzzles.
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Caroline Hardman @carolinehardman.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Finally got around to updating the puzzle design section of my website! Now includes crosswords, some of the newer puzzle hunts, and an easier link for commissions. www.carolinehardman.co.uk/puzzle-design
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Puzzle Design | Caroline Hardman
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Caroline Hardman @carolinehardman.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
New crossword up (finally!) The bright side of having taking a bit longer with this one is that I got to play with some lovely new features on My Crossword, which had an update while I was half way through! mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/2449
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Cryptic crossword No 2,449 · MyCrossword
Made for cryptic crossword enthusiasts, MyCrossword is a free platform for creating and publishing your own puzzles.
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Gary Male @gjmale.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Amazing stuff in this one, do all have a go :-)
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Gary Male @gjmale.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
More excellence you should all definitely have a go at
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Caroline Hardman @carolinehardman.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
Just made my first cryptic contribution to the excellent MyCrossword platform! It's here if you'd like to have a go... www.mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/2387
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Cryptic crossword No 2387
Made for cryptic crossword enthusiasts, MyCrossword is a free platform for creating and publishing your own puzzles.
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Caroline Hardman @carolinehardman.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
La Tour Eiffel. Or, if you prefer, La Dame de Jaffa Cakes.
The Eiffel Tower, made from Jaffa cakes, with a French flag on top and a cartoon Celine Dion singing on it.
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Gary Male @gjmale.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
This is amazing and I recommend going at least twice!
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