Answers/explainers to my #CrypticCrossword in CountyCricketMatters #13 are up now @ https://www.countycricketmatters.com/post/crossword-for-ccm13 Did you spot the theme? #noxp
Peter Gainsford's take on #DoctorWho and #Homer. https://kiwihellenist.blogspot.com/2023/02/myth-makers.html #classics
In 1965 Doctor Who witnessed the fall of Troy. Here we take a look at the sources that the serial uses and abuses: Homer, Shakespeare, and the 1956 film Helen of Troy.
(Reading time: 15 minutes)
https://kiwihellenist.blogspot.com/2023/02/myth-makers.html
#DoctorWho #Troy #TrojanWar #Homer #Greek #mythology
@JonS Okay, ta. (And, oh, I see. ;-) )
#OffGridPod ep... 28? That must be perfect then? We'd love(-ray) it if you gave it a listen. https://offgrid.tlmb.net/2023/02/12/elemental-moon-rays-ep-28/ #trivia #quiz #cryptics
@JonS Power Discharge? I read the idothei blog. Must confess, I've never done an Inquisitor. Are they available on the i's site?
An old one, but with typo corrected, & alt text. #Archaeology #DiggingForBritain #D4B10 #TVArchaeologyBingo.
@DToher 👍
@DToher Heh, and I was just about to ask you what it was. nvm!
The solution, clue-explainers and theme to this puzzle are up now at https://tlmb.net/blog/solution-to-no-side-effects/ . #CrypticCrosswords #Cryptics
..and if that makes you say "eh, what?", then where have you been? All aboard the #OffGridPod train at: https://offgrid.tlmb.net/about-off-grid-podcast/
In the upcoming #OffGridPod, we looked at https://puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/cryptic-crossword-independent?puzzleDate=20230125 (select 25th Jan '23). Yes, we're back. #trivia #quiz #podcast #cryptics
^Sample clue:
Celebrities Chapman trained to serve more rum (6,3,9)
No spoilers here please.
Sometimes there's a theme, either i. in* the clues, ii. in* the answers, iii. a mix of both, or iv. between the answers.
*(...some of)
#Cryptic #crossword clue formats:
A [Cryptic definition]
or
B [Def1]+[Def2]
or
C [Wordplay]+[Def] (or vice-versa)
C is commonest
Hope there are No Side Effects to my new #CrypticCrossword https://tlmb.net/blog/no-side-effects/ #cryptics #crosswords #CrypticCrosswords
#NewTwitterRules
No Tuesdays
Max 100 diacritics/month
Italics only@ weekends
CEO resets to default on refresh
All your base are belong to us
"But some say a man ain't happy unless a man truly dies."
- #Prince
"Call no man happy till he dies."
- Solon, via #Herodotus
Yes you weren't expecting a #classics and #classicPop mashup this Monday but sometimes life is unexpected.
The 1 gaijin kendama 6th Danけん玉六段
Crossword setter(Mev/Prak)
#Podcast: #OffGridPod
Royalist@RoyalKendama;Author;Juggler;
Jokes/quiz/cricket/classics/+ #140Forever