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@henriwords.com
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I have never disembowelled myself (5) I start to drum, interrupting Ringo! (3) I judge, like dad (5) Crossword setter: Guardian, Times, Inquisitor, Gnomon, Unch, MyCrossword, henriwords.com and more. Puzzle editor at Unch. Rob Townsend, really

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Henri @henriwords.com · 2h
I love this. Right after the EU Referendum I started a #100DaysOfHappy photo-a-day project, and I genuinely think it kept me relatively sane over that febrile period x
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Henri @henriwords.com · 4h
I just want
Poster for the movie Everything Everywhere All At Once
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Henri @henriwords.com · 7h
OK I definitely read that wrong first time
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Henri @henriwords.com · 12h
Very pleased to be featured in Gnomon again, had a lot of fun coming up with and creating this puzzle! Thanks as ever to @juffowup.bsky.social for editing 👍
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Henri @henriwords.com · 23h
👏👏👏
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LilyPixel Design @lilypixeldesign.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Oh very clever design @unchcrosswords.com one might even say it was visually … cryptic… 👏 👏 👏
Four small a 5 magazines of cryptic crosswords sit on a green cutting mat grid, the layout of each front cover together spells “unch” - the name of the magazine publication in a big almost visually cryptic design
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Chris Evans @mpcryptics.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Bewildered that today will likely be my final cryptic in the Independent. Thanks to all those who've solved my puzzles over the past four years. Excellent copper fired round fleeing yard (6) Tube train home cancelled? South Western shall accommodate (5) ams.cdn.arkadiumhosted.com/assets/globa...
The Newcastle United manager, Matthias Jaissle, raising both hands to his head with a bewildered expression on his face.
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Henri @henriwords.com · 30/09/2026
Haha I like that 😁
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Henri @henriwords.com · 30/09/2026
youtu.be/6t1vaF50Ks0?...
youtu.be
Altered Images - Happy Birthday (Video)
YouTube video by alteredimagesVEVO
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Henri @henriwords.com · 30/09/2026
No, commit to the joke you coward! 😆
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PeterMF @petermoorefuller.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Bard is back in the Indy today, featuring: Trendy adult board game place in the USA (7) Examined origins of surveillance culture with subjective article (6) Play for free here: puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/crypti... #cryptic #crossword
puzzles.independent.co.uk
The Independent's Cryptic Crossword | Play Online for Free | Independent
Play The Independent's Cryptic Crossword instantly online. The Independent's Cryptic Crossword is a fun and engaging Online game from The Independent. Play it and other games from The Independent.
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Henri @henriwords.com · 29/09/2026
In case you missed this yesterday, it’s still available to solve but let’s say it’s now a Tuesday Treat or something
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Henri @henriwords.com · 28/09/2026
Is the Indy using AI for sub-editing / social media? I mean, yeah that’s probably cheaper than humans, but… 🤷‍♂️
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Henri @henriwords.com · 28/09/2026
Attn. @alyseliza.bsky.social 😁
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Henri @henriwords.com · 28/09/2026
Monday Mini, anyone? www.mycrossword.co.uk/mini/340
mycrossword.co.uk
Mini crossword No 340 · MyCrossword
Solve Mini crossword No 340 on MyCrossword. 7x7 grid with 6 clues by Henri. Published Mon 28 Sep 2026. Features annotated solutions. Free to solve online.
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Coot @coot.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
If it wasn’t anonymous, I might mention that I set today’s Times cryptic crossword. Clues include: Teenagers pong excessively, but only a fraction wash (6) Compiler’s current cracking standard to worsen? (6) #cryptic #crossword
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Henri @henriwords.com · 27/09/2026
Q. What’s the worst thing about microwaving an owl? A. The eye contact
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Henri @henriwords.com · 27/09/2026
I have an owl joke if anyone wants to hear it
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Henri @henriwords.com · 27/09/2026
Glory be!
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Henri @henriwords.com · 27/09/2026
Go to your room and think about what you’ve done
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Henri @henriwords.com · 27/09/2026
Anyway, my contribution: Fucking Lear
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Henri @henriwords.com · 27/09/2026
that’s two though
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Henri @henriwords.com · 27/09/2026
is it the knee he types with
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Henri @henriwords.com · 27/09/2026
can I be arsed to read a book about idleness though
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Henri @henriwords.com · 27/09/2026
Cartoon:
Man: Say “I am alive”
Computer: >I AM ALIVE
Man: Oh my god.
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Henri @henriwords.com · 26/09/2026
👏👏👏
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Henri @henriwords.com · 26/09/2026
Saluti dall'Italia 🇮🇹
Three shadows - man, dog, woman - on a coastal path in Italy
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Henri @henriwords.com · 25/09/2026
ok I will temporarily accept the completely absurd American date format just for this 👏👏👏 www.theguardian.com/music/2026/s...
theguardian.com
Dolly Parton Day declared in various cities and states across the US on 9/25
Late Queen of Country and philanthropist celebrated with parades, karaoke and live music across the country
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Henri @henriwords.com · 25/09/2026
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Henri @henriwords.com · 25/09/2026
Dude, Where’s My Pretty Woman?
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Liari @liari.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Should be streaming today around 2:30 MyCrossword puzzles by @metagloria.bsky.social, @iguesscryptics.bsky.social, @skirwingle.bsky.social and @henriwords.com Twitch.tv/liari77
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Henri @henriwords.com · 25/09/2026
His MyC pseudonym makes me think of this meme 😆 (btw it’s an excellent puzzle, I tested it)
Two-pane cartoon:
1. Man full of pent-up anger folding arms tightly
2. Man throwing arms in air shouting “I GUESS”
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Henri @henriwords.com · 25/09/2026
Ooh now this I like 👍
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Josh Roach @iguesscryptics.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
My latest puzzle out now on @mycrossword.co.uk's brilliant site including: Option to eat cold? (4-3) Reported as it was incorrectly written off (4) Criminal can therefore not lead management of your business? (10) www.mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/3955
mycrossword.co.uk
Cryptic crossword No 3,955 · MyCrossword
Solve Cryptic crossword No 3,955 on MyCrossword. 15x15 grid with 32 clues by Iguess. Published Fri 25 Sep 2026. Features annotated solutions. Free to solve online.
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Henri @henriwords.com · 24/09/2026
if you must 😆
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Henri @henriwords.com · 24/09/2026
Facebook Memories (aka Social Media Radio 2) just reminded me of my favourite typo:
A takeaway menu with an unfortunate typo:

BENGAL CITY

Take Away
Menu
BENGAL CITY
65 Great Titchfield Street
London WIP 7FL
Telephone: 020 7636 5618
10% Discocunt for Orders over £10.00
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Henri @henriwords.com · 24/09/2026
You just know that someone somewhere is suggesting putting Jerry Goldsmith soundtracks into ChatGPT/Claude/Gemini to “recreate his style” 🤮
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Henri @henriwords.com · 24/09/2026
Captain Thugwash
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Henri @henriwords.com · 24/09/2026
Fuck ‘em
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Henri @henriwords.com · 24/09/2026
I saw Tommy Robinson (5’6”) called Ewok Powell and that made me chuckle
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Henri @henriwords.com · 24/09/2026
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• Chambers
drunk
drunk adj, n adjective
under the influence, drunken, inebriated, intoxicated, incapable, tipsy, mellow, merry, foxed; dialect fairish; Scot capernoity, fou; Scot & Irish stotious; N American jagged OLD overseen; (Shakespeare) fap, paid
FORMAL crapulent, ebriose
coLLo. a sheet in the wind, three sheets in/to the wind, tight, tiddly, tiddled, well-oiled, blotto, drunk as a lord/newt, drunk as a piper, drunk as a skunk, sloshed, stewed, blind drunk, roaring drunk, the worse for drink, soused, squiffy, happy, legless, hammered, plastered, sozzled, pickled, bibulous, woozy, one over the eight, under the table, bevied, having had a few, tired and emotional, high, footless, full, half-cut, obfuscated, pie-eyed, sow-drunk, under the weather, the worse for wear OLD COLLOQ. corked, moppy, overshot
SLANG stoned, tanked up, loaded, lit up, canned, paralytic, smashed, pissed, bombed, wasted, wrecked, trashed, mashed, trolleyed, stinko, whiffled, whistled, bonkers, bottled, Brahms and List, juiced (up), in liquor, liquored, maggoty, mortal, up the pole, ripped; (vulgar) arseholed, rat-arsed, shitfaced; Scot blootered; N American crocked, moon-eyed; Aust inky, inked; Aust & NZ shickered
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Henri @henriwords.com · 23/09/2026
Interesting - that a 3rd party can do that but it’s not a Bluesky feature 🤷‍♂️
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Henri @henriwords.com · 23/09/2026
Yay, mine made it in ☺️ about 29:00
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Henri @henriwords.com · 23/09/2026
Is it *actually* “Edit”, or is it a slick way of doing “Copy text, delete post, paste into new post, make edits, publish” Cos that’s what some third party Twitter apps do (did?) to get around the lack of edit feature… the Likes reset suggests maybe it is this? 🤔
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Henri @henriwords.com · 23/09/2026
The best practical advice I’ve seen so far is in comment number 55 by PostMark at the link in John’s post below - email the managing editor of the Independent Details are in that comment 👍
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Henri @henriwords.com · 23/09/2026
President hiding in Scunthorpe (4)
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Henri @henriwords.com · 23/09/2026
Pretty sure that’s ‘You Suffer’ by Napalm Death 👍
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Henri @henriwords.com · 22/09/2026
This is as accurate depiction of media reporting on Trump: bsky.app/profile/jack...
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Henri @henriwords.com · 22/09/2026
It just feels like we’re living in a years-long version of the Emperor’s New Clothes 😖 I just want one major news outlet to say that he’s full-on demented and needs to be removed from power *waits…*
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Henri @henriwords.com · 22/09/2026
I don’t often do The Politics on here but omfg why is the world’s media continually ignoring the undeniable fact that the President of the United States is *VISIBLY INSANE* on a daily basis? How does everyone pretending this is normal sleep at night?! 🤯 // ok rant over, back to the usual nonsense…
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