The Void ザ・ヴォイド #PR! @TheVoidTLMB@social.cleverlibre.org

^ Solution and explainers/spoilers now up at https://tlmb.net/blog/solution-to-hop/
#CrypticCrosswords #noxp

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Sample clue:
Least clingy bastard! Thatcher abandoned Mark on street (8)
No spoilers here, thx!
#noxp

(solution post delayed by a video-encoding crash, sorry) #noxp

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)
#noxp

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

C is commonest

My latest #CrypticCrossword is out, so Hop to it: https://tlmb.net/blog/hop/ . #cryptics #CrypticCrosswords #Wunderbar? #noxp

Atmosphere shaming.
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RT @Independent
Scientists discover how to make electricity ‘out of thin air’
https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/clean-energy-air-enzyme-electricity-huc-b2296599.html
https://twitter.com/Independent/status/1633498255097995265

Lol at “lobbing the occasional curved ball”. Best kind!

Does this mean I'll have #crossword spoilers from #OffGridPod, or you'll have OGP spoilers from the crossword? Or neither? Let's find out...
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RT @Skirwingle
There should be bags of time for you to solve this #cryptic #crossword before the next Off-Grid comes out...
https://www.mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/1033
https://twitter.com/Skirwingle/status/1633245379247366144

@archelina :-)

@archelina Apollo sends his warmest regards.

What? Twitter's broken? Why not head off-grid instead? https://offgrid.tlmb.net/2023/02/26/tracklement-room-misunderstanding-ep-29/ #OffGridPod #BlatantOpportunism #DontCare

Okay, that's a mod I wasn't expecting. 🎸🥁
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RT @shirasd1
PUNSUCAさんに撮っていただいた年内ラストの抜刀！バッチリ納めてきました #BOURGEOISKILLS #ブルジョワキルズ #ブルキル #garagepunk #garagerocknroll #diyguitar #handmadeguitar #samuraisword #抜刀 #日本刀 #自作ギター #ハンドメイドギター #ギター動画 #ギターソロ
https://twitter.com/shirasd1/status/1603200624161480704

Reasons for our choices on #OffGridPod are many and varied. #trivia #quiz #podcast #words not-really-about-#CrypticCrosswords

@skirwingle As long as we all take turns, I think we can get by. :-D

@JonS @skirwingle 👍

@skirwingle See, told you I was being thick. I’d even considered that as an answer. D’oh. *slopes off*

@skirwingle I must be being thick, but why?

But the B52s sang "Throw that beat in the garbage can"...
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RT @TerribleMaps

https://twitter.com/TerribleMaps/status/1632497224767643653

@TheVoidTLMB @JonS @bbcnews And "chrism" definitely doesn't rhyme with anything, oh no. :-)