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I've pushed a new release of Exet, my free, open source software for #crossword construction, with some assistive features for #cryptic clues.

This release, for English, mainly expands the vocabulary, now at 268,740 entries instead of 250,192.

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This is the first Exet release to feature support for two languages other than English!

Listen to ' latest , then buy tickets to the musical (unless you have any taste). Yes, there really is 1. mastodon.social/@skirwingle/11

Ah, Bond, come in. I want you to listen to to find out whose idea this mission was in the first place. offgrid.tlmb.net/2023/05/07/ox

...and so now I'll show you the and the that were in the last issue. 🙂
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RT @TheBristolCable
[7/9] Arguably the biggest news of all? @TheBristolCable now has a crossword (or two)!
twitter.com/TheBristolCable/st

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...and so now I'll show you the and the that were in the last issue. 🙂
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RT @TheBristolCable
[7/9] Arguably the biggest news of all? @TheBristolCable now has a crossword (or two)!
twitter.com/TheBristolCable/st

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New GK from me out now in issue #33 of @TheBristolCable. Credited nevryfing. ;-)

Just voted & discovered that you can make an official complaint about requirement for photo ID at the vote - election officers will take down your complaint, name & address & pass it to the elections teams... so please folks - have your say!

Please, if you do this, be kind to election staff- they're doing a thankless task & are likely to get a lot of trouble today. If you have to wait when it's busy, wait kindly.

The election folks are not those at fault!!

#PhotoID #Elections2023 #Election

^Sample clue:
Offspring of Special One seeks promotion on board (5)

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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)

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clue formats:
A [Cryptic definition]
or
B [Def1]+[Def2]
or
C [Wordplay]+[Def] (or vice-versa)

C is commonest

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