Jack Shepherd 🦑
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I have a newsletter about words, a podcast (@BSCCPodcast) about romance and more words on Medium. Formerly Editorial Director @BuzzFeed. jackashepherd @ gmail
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Joined February 2008
Today I am launching a newsletter about words, word games, and especially #cryptic #crossword puzzles!
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Extremely dangerous Wordling out there today, folks. I've never seen a percentage this low.
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I have a fun new themed #cryptic #crossword puzzle up on MyCrossword today! 🧐🏁🤯 Sample clues: ‣ X may be tearing us apart? (9) ‣ Faux fact? Orwell describes it (1-6) ‣ Answer: "X" is one! (4) https://t.co/DhiAI0Z0dJ
mycrossword.co.uk
Solve Cryptic crossword No 1,962 on MyCrossword. 15x15 grid with 29 clues by Samsa. Published Sat 7 Sep 2024. Features annotated solutions and special instructions. Free to solve online.
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Count me in either way obviously, but someone needs to sort this out.
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"What can be, unburdened by what has been" is literal coconut tree talk. You exist in the context of what came before you.
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Hi #cryptic #crossword people! I have a new puzzle in dire need of a quick test solve before I release it into the world. If you're feeling generous and in a test-solvey frame of mind, my DMs are open. Thank you! 🙏
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I set today’s cryptic crossword in the Independent. https://t.co/QNMUZ0x9r2 I hope you enjoy!
puzzles.independent.co.uk
Play The Independent's Cryptic Crossword instantly online. The Independent's Cryptic Crossword is a fun and engaging Online game from The Independent. Play it and other games from The Independent.
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Checking in to see if we're all having a treasured monocultural moment about the big Cloud Nothings album drop today.
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I have a fun new themed #cryptic #crossword puzzle up on MyCrossword today! 🕺🪩🥳 Sample clues: ‣ A man used a potty too much (2,7) ‣ Cases and cases of tofu burritos (4) ‣ Elon's first social network to retweet piece-of-s*** bullies for money (7) https://t.co/IeoVq50jOU
mycrossword.co.uk
Solve Cryptic crossword No 1,577 on MyCrossword. 15x15 grid with 37 clues by Samsa. Published Sat 27 Jan 2024. Features annotated solutions. Free to solve online.
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Our new book, The Truce, is coming next week. It’s generated some news, and I’m confident it’ll make some more. But you’ll never get what we wrote from news summaries. I hope you’ll read it. Preorder: https://t.co/ur3XrLC5fu Or come to the launch event:
wwnorton.com
An inside story of the Democratic Party at a moment of great peril., The Truce, Progressives, Centrists, and the Future of the Democratic Party, Hunter Walker, Luppe B Luppen, 9781324020387
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Here's one for the Oxford Comma-heads. I'm going deep on serial comma history and controversy on the newsletter this week.
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I'm back in the game with a fun new themed #cryptic #crossword puzzle up on MyCrossword! 🎉🥳 Sample clues: ‣ Tests acrobatic sex in the morning? On the contrary! (5) ‣ Obscure British lads undersold records initially (4) ‣ Shy performers (4) https://t.co/rqtwxAGzVV
mycrossword.co.uk
Solve Cryptic crossword No 1,466 on MyCrossword. 15x15 grid with 30 clues by Samsa. Published Sat 2 Dec 2023. Features annotated solutions. Free to solve online.
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Goblins. They're everywhere, it turns out. I've uncovered a few for this week's newsletter. https://t.co/EuCunCtXRC
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A truly monumental day. I'd like to thank my mom, the Academy, and I guess Josh Wardle.
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Absolutely crazy that they're called The Spice Girls but Ginger is the only spice.
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This week – Ben Franklin's greatest accomplishment: "The Drinker's Dictionary."
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It is still April and still #AutismAcceptanceMonth. Here is this week's puzzle: https://t.co/sitePLvHfF I hope you enjoy! Top 40 on the radio (5) Lying about new Independent cryptic setter's activities (9) Iron Man, Captain Marvel or Scarlet Witch, maybe (6)
mycrossword.co.uk
Solve Cryptic crossword No 1,125 on MyCrossword. 15x15 grid with 32 clues by Liari. Published Thu 27 Apr 2023. Features annotated solutions and special instructions. Free to solve online.
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One of the most dangerous Wordles all time today, I believe.
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I paid for Twitter Blue but I got this frightening squid instead of a verification. Can someone help me?
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