Adam Cottrell

Adam Cottrell

@cottrela.bsky.social

Coffee cryptics daily ☕️ Founder of CoffeeCryptics.com Indie maker behind searchmonkey.dev & coffeetap.app

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Replying to @illogicaljoker.bsky.social

"❤️ I love you" texted in an enthusiastic way (8) Emoji clues can be cute: this texting surface sure pulls it off, even if the answer feels more than a little shared root-y. Coffee Cryptics • Daily clue C6AN • Jun 29, 2026 ⏱ 14s • 1st try • No hints Difficulty: 0.9 (Light Roast)

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Adam Cottrell reposted

This is just a really feel good cryptic clue from "ValG" over at Coffee Cryptics. This seems like something that would just naturally happen at a school dance, and while it's not terribly tricky, it demonstrates one of my favorite kinds of surface antics.

crosswordscholar.wordpress.com7/1/26Photo by Wesley Tingey on Unsplash School dance starts to play Taylor Swift (6) valg, coffee cryptics 6/21/26 This is a killer surface, and when I’m presented with such, I immediately think a…
Aaron Riccio@illogicaljoker.bsky.social

Such a banger cryptic clue from @juffowup.bsky.social, the sort that makes me say "Hey, proper names can be pretty good when they're this specific (and misleading)!" A rare case where I'm glad a corporation owns an IP, as the alignment between Universal and a Minion makes this surface plausible.