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If you still need your online crosswording fix, the #CrypticSunday Replacement Stream Service will be departing from its usual platform at noon, with MyCrossword puzzles by @metagloria.bsky.social, @duncanjwitham.bsky.social & Taceo, plus Vanilla if I have the time! www.twitch.tv/pantherapuzz...

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Not to worry, #CrypticSunday folks, you can all come round mine instead - there will be MyCrossword puzzles by Temple, @henriwords.com & @ozpiper.bsky.social, then possibly even a fourth if I decide I'm feeling foolish enough! See you at noon: www.twitch.tv/pantherapuzz...

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I made a point of tackling some MyCrossword debut puzzles this afternoon, three of which had had no other takers, and can highly recommend Doughnut's #3579 as being damn good fun; it's on a theme that I know many here will enjoy, and it's for the most part tightly set, bar some light shenanigans...

And sadly, there will be no #CrypticSunday Replacement Stream Service because my body's been on the blink again and I'm afraid I don't think I'm up to it. If you're in need of some bank holiday fun, though, plenty of puzzles have gone up on MyCrossword this week, and you should go solve some!

Oh, we'll absolutely be doing this celebratory puzzle on the #CrypticSunday Replacement Stream Service at noon, along with some of yesterday's bumper crop of crosswords - @davidjsiron.bsky.social, @duncanjwitham.bsky.social and (time-allowing) @rkempley.bsky.social. www.twitch.tv/pantherapuzz...

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Well wishes your way, of course, and if folks have nothing better to do with their own long weekends, they can pop round mine at noon for a #CrypticSunday Replacement Stream Service feat. @andrewt.net, Ozpiper, Baz and maybe a puzzle from yesterday if I have the time: www.twitch.tv/pantherapuzz...

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Technically I'm indisposed, but I'm also stubborn and (already) bored, so there will be a #CrypticSunday Replacement Stream Service come noon. I might just stick to the two puzzles by @evilflea.bsky.social & @duncanjwitham.bsky.social, though; we'll see how we go. www.twitch.tv/pantherapuzz...

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The bad news is that I had to spend the day in various hospital waiting rooms; the good news is that I've caught up with so, *so* many of the crosswords that I've been meaning to do, plus I helped a fellow patient complete the Times Quick Cryptic, much to his delight. So, you know, silver linings.

With the stage-sharing part of @humanitygame.bsky.social shutting down at the end of the month (boo!), I've been playing it again to tidy up my wips: partly to achieve my old goal of having a stage for every background and partly so I can finally answer a long-forgotten question about my stage names

Probably should have given a few minutes warning, but I've just started! www.twitch.tv/pantherapuzz...

pantherapuzzles - TwitchInquisitor 1947: Four-Letter Word by Cranberrywww.twitch.tv

I threatened this on Sunday, but here's some (belated) confirmation - I'm going to stream my solve of this live on Twitch tomorrow, starting ~2pm. I'll also be saving the vod to upload later, like I've done with my previous Inquisitor solves, so folks can watch my unedited floundering at any time...

Inspired by @cranberryfez.bsky.social's recommending of Fossil's debut, the #CrypticSunday Replacement Stream Service will feature puzzles by folks who are new to me, including @bendrobinson.bsky.social & @fimjishwick.bsky.social (maybe Kempley too?). See you at noon! www.twitch.tv/pantherapuzz...

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When it arrived this morning, Lionel very happily posed with @unchcrosswords.com issue 2... and then he realised it had Catnip in it, so he's had his nose stuck in it ever since. *ba-dum-tish*

There will be a #CrypticSunday Replacement Stream Service, otherwise I wouldn't know what to do with myself come noon, but I am nowhere near organised enough to tell you what I'll be tackling then. Anything from the past week of MyCrossword puzzles is fair game! twitch.tv/pantherapuzzles

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Delighted to discover that there actually is at least one family of pangrammatic mini grid fills that uses SKIBIDI, and that it honestly comes off comparatively well against its kin from the dregs of Chambers...

me, a week ago: look, i love the process of making thematically-dense grids, but it's tricky, time-consuming and sometimes sisyphean. this time i think i'll do a perimeter nina with a handful of optional bonus entries instead me, now: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Rannygazoo, let's have a tune! Specifically, one you could bookend thus: Colin? He runs a lab, right? (6) All the bad stuff you've been caught doing online! (6) When I count three, you can solve on MyCrossword, but be warned - afterwards, you may need a lie-down! mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/2895

Cryptic crossword No 2,895 · MyCrosswordSolve Cryptic crossword No 2,895 on MyCrossword. 15x15 grid with 30 clues by Panthera. Published Thu 27 Nov 2025. Features annotated solutions. Free to solve online.mycrossword.co.uk

If you're planning on dabbling in the occult this Halloween, you might get something out of my latest exercise in Mini grid filling. Granted, that "something" might be "a dreadful pun", but still... Checks sides of sofa, presumably wanting money (7) mycrossword.co.uk/mini/162

Mini crossword No 162 · MyCrosswordSolve Mini crossword No 162 on MyCrossword. 7x7 grid with 8 clues by Panthera. Published Fri 31 Oct 2025. Features annotated solutions. Free to solve online.mycrossword.co.uk

You thought you could escape York through the #CrypticSunday Replacement Stream Service? Think again - come 12pm, I'll be tackling the Platypus @henriwords.com curated for the event! Plus: puzzles from @evilflea.bsky.social & @cranberryfez.bsky.social, then maybe a fourth? twitch.tv/pantherapuzzles

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I'm pleased to report that Lionel has got his paws on the wonderful @unchcrosswords.com - we had the pleasure of testing the very clever barred puzzle "Unch #1" by @cranberryfez.bsky.social that appears in the middle of the magazine, and now he gets to show it off to little Louie!