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🍺 William Ryan @williamryanpubs.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Today’s #crosswordsinthepub coming to you from the Rose Hotel, Chippendale, Australia. The Friday iteration in the SMH/Age is authored by @dontattempt.bsky.social Quorum of six of us, solving independently - I could only commit an hour - I’m three short. Rest of team soldiering on… **SPOILERS**

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🍺 William Ryan @williamryanpubs.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Jentacular libations à the Paris End of Fern Rouge. Friday’s usual #crosswordsinthepub from the SMH/Age, authored by DA aka @dontattempt.bsky.social Went soft on us, this week. **SPOILERS**

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🍺 William Ryan @williamryanpubs.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

#crosswordsintheppub on a Friday is usually a jentacular mission; day got away from me. Five bells in Sydney. 🍊 Negroni time. The first half went in, very swiftly; next quarter, logically. Last SW sector - wtf, DA? @dontattempt.bsky.social Will revisit. **SPOILERS**

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🍺 William Ryan @williamryanpubs.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

@dontattempt.bsky.social Don’t usually rant about the Age/SMH Target - we know they are prudes, out of touch and usually stupid. But, today…! No scarily, ibis, iris, bias, risibly, icily, airily

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🍺 William Ryan @williamryanpubs.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Friday’s jentacular edition of #crosswordsinthepub hails (not hales!) from Fern Rouge, Sydney, Australia, cultural home of the Rabbitohs. DA aka @dontattempt.bsky.social has stopped me with three short. A couple more vessels of thinking juice, and will reengage. **SPOILERS**

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🍺 William Ryan @williamryanpubs.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

#CrosswordsInThePub Friday’s SMH/Age edition with DA, and jentacular beers whilst watching the NFL. Few short; will revisit, half-time. @dontattempt.bsky.social **SPOILERS**

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🍺 William Ryan @williamryanpubs.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

#CrosswordsInThePub on our usual Friday iteration with DA in the SMH/Age. Bit messy, but (almost) got there, sub-hour. I like a good Rebus. @dontattempt.bsky.social **SPOILERS**

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🍺 William Ryan @williamryanpubs.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

#CrosswordsInThePub - solo; hour, ten. Have hit the wall. Fluck you, very much, DA. @dontattempt.bsky.social **SPOILERS**

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🍺 William Ryan @williamryanpubs.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

#CrosswordsInThePub on my usual Friday coming to you from Chippendale - the Sydney suburb, not the JD Vance love interest. 1h,15m with the NW corner impenetrable. Off to the fabulous crossword blog of @zinzan-xwd.bsky.social @dontattempt.bsky.social defeats me, again: five short. **SPOILERS**

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🍺 William Ryan @williamryanpubs.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

#CrosswordsInThePub coming to your to from Kiama, which translates to "where the sea makes a noise". It comes from Kiaram-a, an Indigenous Wodi Wodi word. This name describes the sound of the famous Kiama Blowhole. Here endeth the lesson, @dontattempt.bsky.social

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🍺 William Ryan @williamryanpubs.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

#CrosswordsInThePub is tardy, because: a) Life is short b) @lrlr.bsky.social sent me an inappropriate anagram c) I’ve been jentacular imbibing, with both hands d) @dontattempt.bsky.social foxed me into thinking I’d nail this despite the handicap of day-drinking e) all of the above

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🍺 William Ryan @williamryanpubs.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

#CrosswordsInThePub Friday iteration courtesy of DA @dontattempt.bsky.social WTAF, dude⁉️ **SPOILERS** Committed half-an-hour. Surmised, it’s some sort of anagram/subtraction thingy. Doing my head in - Especially, as I only had the online grid. Will revisit. KMN, @zinzan-xwd.bsky.social

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🍺 William Ryan @williamryanpubs.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

#CrosswordsInThePub My semi-regular Friday post of the Melbourne Age & Sydney Morning Herald #cryptic coming to you from Chippendale - the suburb in 🇦🇺, not JD Vance wet dream. Compiled by the most erudite, @dontattempt.bsky.social *Phut - is a word, I love - sparingly - thrown into the mix.

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🍺 William Ryan @williamryanpubs.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Bit of a misnomer as my regular Friday DA #crosswordsinthepub is coming to vous, chez nous. Wow. Tricky little sucker, today. Couple short, and a few ? that I’ll have to defer to @zinzan-xwd.bsky.social excellent blog on said, DA @dontattempt.bsky.social 4D was the Eureka moment. **SPOILERS**

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🍺 William Ryan @williamryanpubs.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

#crosswordsinthepub My usual Friday solution of DA aka @dontattempt.bsky.social coming to you from Chippendale. Hour, low: 3 short, 6 marked ? Will have to log in to the excellent DA blog by @zinzan-xwd.bsky.social Early night, as I’m back here to open up at 3:00am for the ⚽️ **SPOILER**

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🍺 William Ryan @williamryanpubs.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

#CrosswordsInThePub on this particular Friday coinciding with the Socceroos v Paraguay. Half-time. Hour-n-half committed, half an ⚽️ XI short. (Dunno, nor care, who the 6D is, but a great clue) @dontattempt.bsky.social

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🍺 William Ryan @williamryanpubs.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

#WheresTommy David Stickley always hides Tommy, as in Emmanuel, in all his Age/SMH Omegas. Easy find, today. #crosswordsinthepub

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🍺 William Ryan @williamryanpubs.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

#crosswordsinthepub Fridays with @dontattempt.bsky.social in the SMH/Age. Jentacular time-slot - long lunch on the cards. Penny dropped, pretty quickly - didn’t mean it wasn’t an effort. 🍐🍊🍈🍇🫐🍋 Good fun, in the end. (One short) Love your work, DA. **SPOILERS**

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🍺 William Ryan @williamryanpubs.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Not as though anyone was champing at the bit for my usual Friday #crosswordsinthepub with DA @dontattempt.bsky.social …but, opened the doors @ 0430 (Oh, my God, it’s early) for a certain ⚽️ match. Segued into another, so my cruciverbal commitments came third. Best I could do. **Spoilers**

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🍺 William Ryan @williamryanpubs.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

@rhysam.bsky.social Half-time: WTF! And, there are two Waverley OBs out there!

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🍺 William Ryan @williamryanpubs.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

#crosswordsinthepub on our regular Friday gig ft. @dontattempt.bsky.social Good, clean fun, mate. Thank you. 18a might garner some letters to the editor… 😂 **SPOILERS**

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🍺 William Ryan @williamryanpubs.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

#crosswordsinthepub on a Friday in Fern Rouge - despite entertaining a coterie of kibitzers - still a couple short. Much hilarity ensued. Love your work, @dontattempt.bsky.social

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🍺 William Ryan @williamryanpubs.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

‘Where’s Tommy?’ David Stickley, Age/SMH compiler on Wednesdays, hides ‘Tommy’ in all his Omegas. (Homage to his favourite muso, Tommy Emmanuel). Always fun tracking him down…! @zinzan-xwd.bsky.social @lrlr.bsky.social @dontattempt.bsky.social @silentknightsk.bsky.social

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🍺 William Ryan @williamryanpubs.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

#crosswordsinthepub on a Friday, tackling DA of the Age/SMH @dontattempt.bsky.social Barely a pass-mark - one hour, several short. Either not enough, or too much, thinking juice… **SPOILERS**

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🍺 William Ryan @williamryanpubs.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

#crosswordsinthepub with DA from the SMH/Age @dontattempt.bsky.social One hour, neat - need to be on the tools, today - four short, four ? I’ll need to visit the outstanding DA Blog by @zinzan-xwd.bsky.social for parsing & missing. **SPOILERS**

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🍺 William Ryan @williamryanpubs.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

#crosswordsintgepub Friday edition by @dontattempt.bsky.social in the SMH/Age, coming to you from the outstanding Glengarry Castle. One hour commitment, several short. I’ll need to visit the excellent DA blog by @zinzan-xwd.bsky.social to see where I went phut. **SPOILERS**

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🍺 William Ryan @williamryanpubs.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

#crosswordsinthepub Coming to you from Australia’s third oldest white settlement, and oldest watering-hole on the mainland. Hour, twenty - several short, @dontattempt.bsky.social **SPOILERS**

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🍺 William Ryan @williamryanpubs.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Great Uncle Jacky. Killed in Darwin, 1942, aged 21. Lest We Forget.

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🍺 William Ryan @williamryanpubs.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Add one hour. Still well short. Kill me now.

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🍺 William Ryan @williamryanpubs.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

#crosswordsinthepub on our (solo, this week) usual Friday solve, utilising the most excellent SMH & Age, Friday’s courtesy of @dontattempt.bsky.social sees me emasculated after one (1) hour on the tools. I either need less - or a lot more - schooners of Thinking Juice. **SPOILERS**

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🍺 William Ryan @williamryanpubs.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

✏️ Crew of young tradie blokes, having been washed out, hit the pub, and were attacking the Omega, in the SMH, by David Stickley. Told them, ‘Every Stickley Omega has Tommy Emmanuel in it - somewhere’. (They were most impressed, with photos of the cruciverbal gang at our recent lunch.) And, Lo!

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🍺 William Ryan @williamryanpubs.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

All the food groups - Mahjong, Boulevardiers, and Esperanto. Mi amas vian laboron, Esperanto House.

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