Chris Drew

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My puzzle from the Sloggers and Betters with couple of minor changes is now on MyC. Where John Travolta appeared as Danny Gee falling for college swell (8) Delivery of beef or seafood (6) Draw close to Barbarian settlement (4) www.mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/4080

Let's just ring up the call centre and sort out this minor issue...

I appear to have picked up new followers recently. The PSA below still applies, and please be aware you will be subjected to ▪︎Crosswords ▪︎Other word games ▪︎Cricket ▪︎Compost photos ▪︎Music choices Any forays into other subjects are infrequent

When watching #JetLagTheGame helps you recover in the final round of maptap with a half decent score... www.maptap.gg October 27 91👑 93🏆 80🤗 94🏅 99🔥 Final score: 923 cc @lowriwilliams.bsky.social @thewheatgerm.bsky.social and @adamchase.bsky.social

Poet Meleri Davies has been appointed as Eryri National Park’s first Artist in Residence - the first time the Authority has appointed an Artist in Residence, following in the footsteps of several other organisations across Wales that have appointed artists to support their work

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My first memory of Bob Hoskins youtu.be/ufVe521quok?...

This major exhibition will reveal the vibrant and interconnected society that emerged in England between the 5th and 7th centuries. 🎟️ Anglo-Saxon England: Treasures, Travel & Trade will open 3 December 2027: www.ashmolean.org/exhibition/a...

Today's diversion: how the EU might handle UK non-participation in the Eurozone tl;dr understandings bump into obligations 1/

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There’s something familiar about the General in this episode of #Offgridpod Take a trip down some rabbit holes… who knows where you might end up? The Podcast that’s not really about #cryptic #crosswords - and you don’t need to know anything about them at all! offgrid.tlmb.net/2026/10/25/b...

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Great work! #UTV

There is a part of me that wants to try a 15x15. This could go badly wrong...

Second weekend of French protests unfolds without serious incidents: 'The right to protest is just as important as the right to vote'

‘If it was up to me it wouldn’t end like this’: Jimmy Anderson confirms Lancashire exit

If you read only one thing about the recent protests here in France. Exemplary journalism that sticks to facts, avoiding inflammatory invective or characterisation.

There has been an outpouring of anger after Reform UK Wales posted an Aberfan 'tribute' video described as 'opportunistic' and 'shameful'

Currently on The Turntable

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Paris — January 1910 Floods — La gare St-Lazare — Cour de Rome — E. M. www.cpaphil.com/en/v... #ParisFloods #Paris1910 #GreatFloodOf1910 #SeineFlood #GareSaintLazare #CourDeRome #ParisHistory #FrenchHistory #VintagePostcard #AntiquePostcard #HistoricalPostcards

The clocks went back an hour last night, except in Caersws, where they are only now celebrating the end of world war 2.

If anyone has news from @chrisinparis.bsky.social please pass on my best wishes

Don't forget the clocks go back tonight

Bit late to tell you now, but Kybos in the Quick Cryptic in the Times today! Sorry, been a bit distracted having a really lovely time with the wonderful crossword community in York at S&B! #cryptic #crossword

Things I saw from the train: A field folded in two Water organised in lines Two farmers kissing A kissing gate The wind fighting everything Broken fields stitched together with power lines Crows tumbling through gaps in the air An archdeacon dithering A sad ghost (reflection?)

You're welcome! Nobody has ever actually bought one, but I do "sell" the T-shirt on Etsy ... www.etsy.com/uk/listing/4...

250,000 rally in Madrid demanding state pension guarantees

youtu.be/E_aKKl5SjvE?... #UTV

From a Guardian editorial today. "Do you think we should run that clue past the crossword editor to make sure it's OK?" "No, don't bother, it's fine". An indirect anagram, FFS!

GET. IN. #UTV #InUnaiWeTrust

THREAD. I've been feeling bad that Jim (tomcox.substack.com/p/jim-an-ins...) & Roscoe (tomcox.substack.com/p/at-home-wi...) have had all the attention recently so I wanted to say a bit about our other cat, Professor Charles Cardigan, who is also an uncompromising individual & fabulous companion...

Always interesting to read Adam Kucharski @adamjkucharski.bsky.social kucharski.substack.com/p/is-doomsda...

How did a puzzle about crossing seven bridges give birth to a whole new branch of mathematics? You can read about about Euler, the Bridges of Königsberg, the Bridges of Kaliningrad and the origins of graph theory in my latest Substack post: kityates.substack.co...

Don't forget the clocks go back tonight

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@alicecoffin.bsky.social Merci pour la conférence de ce soir