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We've just tested the technology and it seems to be cooperating, so paws crossed it'll all go smoothly! Won't be long before we tackle the latest MyCrossword puzzles by @postmarkcryptic.bsky.social and Henri...

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Any port in a storm? Well, the #CrypticSunday Replacement Stream Service is relatively weatherproof, and it can offer puzzles by Ozpiper, Henri & Ouroboros (yes I know the Henri has ~shenanigans~ that's part of the appeal). See you at noon round my place: www.twitch.tv/pantherapuzz...

submitted 33 days ago • 1 comment

Show us the last four albums you listened to. #last4albums

submitted 48 days ago • 0 comments

While I can't offer birthday cake, I can provide a #CrypticSunday Replacement Stream Service, which looks like it'll feature puzzles by Henri, Longyfan & @cranberryfez.bsky.social in his Blancheflower hat. Just pop on over to my place at noon to join the (probable) fun: www.twitch.tv/pantherapuzz...

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Now that it's no longer the current Inquisitor, I've uploaded my livesolve of Fez's Transformers to YouTube. It's an unedited, fairly low-quality stream (including ten minutes silence while I make a cup of tea), but if you've ever wondered what a barred cryptic solve entails... youtu.be/YqoOIV_1ggg

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Right, I've decided I'm mad enough to actually do it: at 2:30pm GMT, I'm gonna start solving the current Inquisitor, Transformers by Cranberry (a.k.a. Fez), live on stream. I may not finish solving it, and I can't guarantee a quality experience, but let's see, eh? twitch.tv/pantherapuzzles

submitted 114 days ago • 0 comments

Update: after some encouragement to pursue asymmetry from @juffowup.bsky.social, I think the first grid here is the one, bar some tweaking to perfect the fill. And then, because I'm me, I wasted another few hours proving that I could fit everything I wanted into the symmetric second grid. Whoops!

submitted 116 days ago • 0 comments

I'm at that point in the thematically-dense gridfilling process where I'm staring listlessly at HOO-OO and wondering whether or not I *really" have principles...

submitted 121 days ago • 1 comment

Me, some unknowable amount of time ago: hmm, this would be a hilarious theme for a crossword. Oh, and I could start with these two fourteen-letter entries along the top and bottom! That's pretty neat - I better write them down... Me, three minutes into solving today's Indy: well FUCK

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In which case, sending my best wishes, have a nice recuperative rest and let this cat do their thing! At noon, the #CrypticSunday Replacement Stream Service will do battle with some subset of Fudgeller, Chlorine, Gumboot & Dingo, depending on how awake I am by then... twitch.tv/pantherapuzzles

submitted 145 days ago • 0 comments

Hey, @skirwingle.bsky.social & @wyrd.systems, seems like Cigogne had the same idea as you two had vis-a-vis a (then) upcoming puzzle number... keep your eyes peeled for a nina! mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/2001

submitted 151 days ago • 1 comment

Nobody has tried to stop me, so for this #CrypticSunday Replacement Stream Service, at noon I'll be tackling Inquisitor 1873: Construction by Chalicea... and since I keep solving its clues as I type them up, there might be time to do a MyCrossword puzzle (Alf/ALP?) too! twitch.tv/pantherapuzzles

submitted 166 days ago • 1 comment

So this weekend's Inquisitor is by Chalicea, whose puzzles tend towards the gentler side, and thus I reckon I can finally make good on my threat to stream one. Question is, would folks like to see it for tomorrow's #CrypticSunday Replacement Stream Service, or in a pop-up sesh sometime in the week?

submitted 167 days ago • 0 comments

After the success of #CrypticSaturday, the #CrypticSunday Replacement Stream Service's here to give Matt & Rachel their well-deserved rest. Swing by at noon for MyCrossword puzzles by Baldur, @coot.bsky.social and new-to-me Shane, maybe even a fourth if we have the time? twitch.tv/pantherapuzzles

submitted 180 days ago • 1 comment

bursts through door Earlier today, I finally finished and uploaded the puzzle I'd originally intended for May 4th. It starts with: Rock star's really bold to replace line in song (8) ...and ends with: I don't have the answer to hand (4) Get smart on MyCrossword: mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/1907

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It's been a bumper week for new faces on MyCrossword (four debutants and one who I thought was too but has actually published three puzzles in the last fortnight!) so my evening so far has just been catching up with them all and trying to add another supportive comment alongside the usual suspects.

submitted 210 days ago • 1 comment

May have to rename my stand to "Guess The Weight Of The Cake Before Its Filling Damn Well Melts"... but then that wouldn't have fit on the envelope...

submitted 216 days ago • 0 comments

Here comes the #CrypticSunday Replacement Stream Service! It'll be the three most recent MyCrossword puzzles, by Filatore, Bluejacket & thepoisonedgift, and if Jack's not as hard as I anticipate I might squeeze a quick by Mallimack in too. You'll have to see come noon! www.twitch.tv/pantherapuzz...

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this weekend, I came the closest to streaming my Inquisitor solve that I have in a long while, but I backed out when I saw clashes and an unfamiliar setter - Serpent and Ferret in a trenchcoat, turns out. but, of course, it would be the week the puzzle has a queer history adjacent theme. of course.

submitted 229 days ago • 0 comments

The #CrypticSunday Replacement Stream Service continues its holiday coverage come noon: not the three most recent puzzles this time, but ones from the past week by setters I haven't streamed recently: Gumbo, @juffowup.bsky.social & Amoeba. Shaking things up, you see? www.twitch.tv/pantherapuzz...

submitted 229 days ago • 1 comment

Anyway, now that I've got all that politics out of my system, it's crossword time! At noon, the #CrypticSunday Replacement Stream Service will take on the latest MyCrosswords, from @coot.bsky.social, Ozpiper, and Henri... that last one's an election puzzle, isn't it... www.twitch.tv/pantherapuzz...

submitted 236 days ago • 0 comments

for what it's worth, the Patent Pending Panthera Poll Predictor (read: vibes and a calculator) also had Labour on 410, through the well-considered reasoning of "I'm not giving them the weed number, they don't deserve it" (John Curtice hmu)

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In which case, the #CrypticSunday Replacement Stream Service will come online at noon; as well as the latest MyCrossword puzzles (by Bombe & Cigogne), I'm thinking I might tackle @skirwingle.bsky.social's June puzzle as my third, just to shake things up: www.twitch.tv/pantherapuzz...

submitted 243 days ago • 1 comment

Today's #CrypticSunday Replacement Stream Service will feature MyCrossword puzzles by Gennaro, Tug @matttheshirt.bsky.social & Cigogne, two of which have ~special instructions~ to grapple with! So, if you wanna, swing on by at noon, you too can tax yourself with 'em: www.twitch.tv/pantherapuzz...

submitted 257 days ago • 1 comment

From this week's Inquisitor, set by Arcadia: Bond missing even openings for zygotes (8) (it also has the funniest sentence in a preamble I've ever seen: "All thematically adjusted entries are unique and in Chambers, though heaven knows why." honestly, yeah. now I know what you mean... just, yeah)

submitted 293 days ago • 0 comments

It's almost time for another #CrypticSunday Replacement Stream Service - I'd like to do the four most recent MyCrosswords, by @juffowup.bsky.social, @danjdavison.bsky.social, Amoeba & sirdakka, just maybe in reverse order? But yeah, feel free to join me at noon: www.twitch.tv/pantherapuzz...

submitted 313 days ago • 2 comments

Last weekend's Inquisitor solve included the utterance "oh of course, it's the coq I saw earlier", and today I've just unthinkingly said aloud "there's my sperm across the middle". Either the puzzles need cleaning up or I need to stop talking to myself while I do them... possibly both...

submitted 327 days ago • 0 comments

I swear it comes round quicker every week... but sure enough, the #CrypticSunday Replacement Stream Service is due to depart at noon, taking in the latest MyCrossword puzzles by Tug, Dave & juff. Anyone's welcome to come along for the ride! www.twitch.tv/pantherapuzz...

submitted 341 days ago • 1 comment

I can offer something marginally less impromptu in the form of the #CrypticSunday Replacement Stream Service, though it'll still feel off the cuff... if you fancy it, you can join me at noon to tackle MyCrossword puzzles by Gennaro, Longyfan & Iguess (fka Roach)! www.twitch.tv/pantherapuzz...

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