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Tilsit

@tilsit999.bsky.social
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Cryptic crossword lover, bridge player and quiz nut. Run the wonderful Wednesday night QVQL (with a little help!) - a free individual quiz.

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Mick Twister @twitmericks.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
A royal now banished to Sandringham, Who said other people were slandringham, Is now an ex-Prince Who failed to convince King Charles Epstein hadn't been pandringham.
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Tilsit @tilsit999.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Any sign of the Unch magazine?
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John Henderson @enigmatistelgar.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
In @theipaper.com #Weekend, #Inquisitor 1928: Dyno-Rod by Triton; Solution 1926: Encyclopaedia by Kirsanov @derekharrison.bsky.social @olyduff.bsky.social @alanconnor.bsky.social @mickhodgkin.bsky.social @somsram.bsky.social @jon-summers.bsky.social @tilsit999.bsky.social
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John Henderson @enigmatistelgar.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Sample clue from today's Elgar @telegraphnews.bsky.social #Toughie: Awards title for limo-hire business? (6) @derekharrison.bsky.social @timlihoreau.bsky.social @jon-summers.bsky.social @tilsit999.bsky.social @knutcrosswords.bsky.social @somsram.bsky.social
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Viktor Winetrout @viktorwinetrout.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
Is it "accidentally" or "by accident"? Anyway, I sawed my assistant in half
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John Henderson @enigmatistelgar.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
Sample from today's @theguardian.com Enigmatist Prize Xword (no spoilers please): He makes a hole in one tree (4) www.theguardian.com/crosswords/p... @derekharrison.bsky.social @timlihoreau.bsky.social @jon-summers.bsky.social @tilsit999.bsky.social @somsram.bsky.social @knutcrosswords.bsky.social
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Prize crossword No 29,805
Prize crossword No 29,805
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John Henderson @enigmatistelgar.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
‪ In @theipaper.com Weekend, #Inquisitor 1923: Parallels by Apt; Solution 1921: Friends of Mine by Kruger @derekharrison.bsky.social @olyduff.bsky.social @alanconnor.bsky.social @mickhodgkin.bsky.social @somsram.bsky.social @jon-summers.bsky.social @tilsit999.bsky.social
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Tilsit @tilsit999.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
Take a look at 8 down in Today’s Guardian Prize and 29 across in Today’s Times Prize! #crypticcrosswords
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Josh Roach @iguesscryptics.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Half-cut relatives start to hanker for new set of crosswords (4)
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John Henderson @enigmatistelgar.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
Dedicated to @timlihoreau.bsky.social, this sample clue from today's Elgar @telegraphnews.bsky.social #Toughie: Go on eating a single sausage (9) @derekharrison.bsky.social @jon-summers.bsky.social @tilsit999.bsky.social @knutcrosswords.bsky.social @somsram.bsky.social
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Tilsit @tilsit999.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
Can ‘game’ be used as an anagram indicator?
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John Henderson @enigmatistelgar.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
In @theipaper.com Weekend, #Inquisitor 1918: Taken for a Ride by Vismut; Solution 1916: Workout by Poat @derekharrison.bsky.social @olyduff.bsky.social @alanconnor.bsky.social @mickhodgkin.bsky.social @somsram.bsky.social @jon-summers.bsky.social @tilsit999.bsky.social
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John Henderson @enigmatistelgar.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Sample clue from today's Elgar @telegraphnews.bsky.social #Toughie: Joe storms after Mike (2,7) @derekharrison.bsky.social @timlihoreau.bsky.social @jon-summers.bsky.social @tilsit999.bsky.social @knutcrosswords.bsky.social @somsram.bsky.social
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Tilsit @tilsit999.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Badenoch’s shifflibg her team and bringing James Dimly back. So it's bye to the useless Stride then?
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Tilsit @tilsit999.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
A new one for my silly street name collection.
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Tilsit @tilsit999.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
Found it. They have brought the closing date ‚forward‘ for postal entries. cdn.observer.co.uk/media/docume...
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Tilsit @tilsit999.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
A shame the Pbserver couldn’t bring itself to post the first Gemelo puzzle today. @alanconnor.bsky.social
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Tilsit @tilsit999.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
I win as manager? Maybe most of the time! (6, 7) #crypticcrosswords
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Derek Harrison @derekharrison.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
After 53 years of setting weekly crosswords, Azed is to share the load. He will continue to set the puzzles on the first Sunday of the month and judge the clues. On the other weeks the setter will be Gemelo, Colin Thomas aka Twin. The latest Azed Slip is here. www.crossword.org.uk/Azed2763.pdf
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Tilsit @tilsit999.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
Another cracker from Brendan in today’s Graun A strongman endlessly confused (8)
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Tilsit @tilsit999.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
Looks like the Big Dave community shunned me because I dared not to like yesterday’s Toughie. :(
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John Henderson @enigmatistelgar.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
Find Duncan Shiell's blog for #Inquisitor 1913, What Goes Around by Charybdis, at: www.fifteensquared.net/2025/07/01/i... @derekharrison.bsky.social @olyduff.bsky.social @jon-summers.bsky.social @somsram.bsky.social @alanconnor.bsky.social @tilsit999.bsky.social
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John Henderson @enigmatistelgar.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
In @theipaper.com Weekend, #Inquisitor 1915: Circle Line/Central Line by Cranberry; Solution 1913: What Goes Around by Charybdis @derekharrison.bsky.social @olyduff.bsky.social @alanconnor.bsky.social @mickhodgkin.bsky.social @somsram.bsky.social @jon-summers.bsky.social @tilsit999.bsky.social
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Tilsit @tilsit999.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
Lovely Brendan crossword in today’s Grauniad Nice prospect, like this puzzle? (6) #crypticcrosswords
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Rob Jacques @knutcrosswords.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
I set the cryptic crossword in today's edition of the weekend @financialtimes.com. Sample clue: Punch in the mouth? We click "UK" and "NHS" to get treatment (7,8). Solve the puzzle on the FT app or print the pdf here: www.ft.com/content/a4bf...
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FT Crossword: Number 18,099
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John Henderson @enigmatistelgar.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Sample clue from today's Elgar @telegraphnews.bsky.social #Toughie: Sapphire about to leave India, possibly? (7) @derekharrison.bsky.social @timlihoreau.bsky.social @jon-summers.bsky.social @tilsit999.bsky.social @knutcrosswords.bsky.social @somsram.bsky.social
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Rob Jacques @knutcrosswords.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
"Art" - my radical new hotel opening in the West End (9,4) Sample clue from my Hudson puzzle in today's Telegraph Toughie slot
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John Henderson @enigmatistelgar.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Sample clue from today's Enigmatist @theguardian.com: Boob initially pops out of bra when it splits sides (6): www.theguardian.com/crosswords/c... @derekharrison.bsky.social @timlihoreau.bsky.social @jon-summers.bsky.social @tilsit999.bsky.social @knutcrosswords.bsky.social @somsram.bsky.social
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Noc @nocturnalibpool.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Classy.
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Tilsit @tilsit999.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
Nice response by the lovely Cyclops in the latest Private Eye.
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Tilsit @tilsit999.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
Lovely clue from Bjorn in today’s Times Quick Cryptic (actually several others as well!): Where the animals walk in four by four? (6,4). #crypticcrosswords
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John Henderson @enigmatistelgar.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
In @theipaper.com Weekend, #Inquisitor 1913: What Goes Around by Charybdis; and Solution 1911: Yobs by Chalicea @derekharrison.bsky.social @olyduff.bsky.social @alanconnor.bsky.social @mickhodgkin.bsky.social @somsram.bsky.social @jon-summers.bsky.social @tilsit999.bsky.social
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Skinny @uncleskinny.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
What a super clue in today's Times puzzle: Spooner's take on his characteristic hobby (12)
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Tilsit @tilsit999.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
@privateeyenews.bsky.social I must apologise to Dicky Mint for comparing him to Nigel Farage. I will pay appropriate compensation in jam butties from the mine. It’s clear Farage resembles the Hon Nigel Ponsonby Smallpiece.
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Tilsit @tilsit999.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Lovely puzzle from the wonderful La Jerezana (Rosa Klebb) in the Spectator. Within lies this little gem Tempted American with sex in the sack (6)
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Tilsit @tilsit999.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
@privateeyenews.bsky.social @PrivateEyeNews Have you noticed the similarity between Man of the People Nigel Farage and the Late Ken Dodd’s chum Dicky Mint? I think we should be told. Man of the People. encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn... Dicky Mint
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John Henderson @enigmatistelgar.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Sample clue from today's @financialtimes.com Io: Chief island in group realised Gershwin's potential (7); free to solve at www.ft.com/content/6719... @derekharrison.bsky.social @timlihoreau.bsky.social @jon-summers.bsky.social @tilsit999.bsky.social @knutcrosswords.bsky.social @somsram.bsky.social
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FT Crossword: Number 18,084
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Tilsit @tilsit999.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Third copy. Other two snaffled by guests!
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Rob Jacques @knutcrosswords.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
I set the cryptic crossword in the weekend edition of The @financialtimes.com. Sample clue: Bad smell during snog from Connery put the tin lid on it (6). Solve the puzzle on the FT app or print the pdf here: www.ft.com/content/46f7...
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FT Crossword: Number 18,081
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John Henderson @enigmatistelgar.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
In @theipaper.com Weekend, #Inquisitor 1912: Absences by Skylark; and Solution 1910: Dead-letter Drop by Kruger @derekharrison.bsky.social @olyduff.bsky.social @alanconnor.bsky.social @mickhodgkin.bsky.social @somsram.bsky.social @jon-summers.bsky.social @tilsit999.bsky.social @jo42.bsky.social
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John Henderson @enigmatistelgar.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Sample clue from today's Elgar @telegraphnews.bsky.social #Toughie: Time you enjoy approaching solicitor (5,3) @derekharrison.bsky.social @timlihoreau.bsky.social @jon-summers.bsky.social @tilsit999.bsky.social @knutcrosswords.bsky.social @somsram.bsky.social
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Tilsit @tilsit999.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
I’m feeling rather nervous about Channel 5’s Murder Most Puzzling. A professional crossword setter solves murders a la Miss Marple. Stars Phyllis Logan as the Puzzle Lady. From the trailer, the grids are pretty dreary, bucket loads of double unches and dismal clues. Oh dear.
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Tilsit @tilsit999.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
One of those odd days when the Daily Telegraph back pager is harder than the Toughie.
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John Henderson @enigmatistelgar.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
In this weekend's @theipaper.com, #Inquisitor 1911: Yobs by Chalicea; and Solution 1909: Find the Title by Phi @derekharrison.bsky.social @olyduff.bsky.social @alanconnor.bsky.social @mickhodgkin.bsky.social @somsram.bsky.social @jon-summers.bsky.social @tilsit999.bsky.social
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Tilsit @tilsit999.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Tonight’s evening meal: The Sll-Day Breakfast. Cold beans, soggy omelette, a hash brown that resembles a potato cake. Will someone please sort out hospital food?
Plate of an all-day breakfast, cooked not to any standard.
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John Henderson @enigmatistelgar.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Sample clue from today's spot-the-theme Elgar @telegraphnews.bsky.social #Toughie: First thing for astronaut, I suspect, to worry about (9) @derekharrison.bsky.social @timlihoreau.bsky.social @jon-summers.bsky.social @tilsit999.bsky.social @knutcrosswords.bsky.social @somsram.bsky.social
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