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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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Jack Shepherd 🦑
3 years
Today I am launching a newsletter about words, word games, and especially #cryptic #crossword puzzles!
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Jack Shepherd 🦑
1 year
Extremely dangerous Wordling out there today, folks. I've never seen a percentage this low.
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Jack Shepherd 🦑
1 year
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
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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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1 year
Count me in either way obviously, but someone needs to sort this out.
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Jack Shepherd 🦑
1 year
"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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Jack Shepherd 🦑
2 years
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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Jack Shepherd 🦑
2 years
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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2 years
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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2 years
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:
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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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2 years
lol x1000
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Jack Shepherd 🦑
2 years
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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Jack Shepherd 🦑
2 years
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
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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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@NickLutsko
FBI Deputy Director Nick Lutsko
2 years
Taking accountability
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Jack Shepherd 🦑
3 years
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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Jack Shepherd 🦑
3 years
A truly monumental day. I'd like to thank my mom, the Academy, and I guess Josh Wardle.
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Jack Shepherd 🦑
3 years
Absolutely crazy that they're called The Spice Girls but Ginger is the only spice.
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Jack Shepherd 🦑
3 years
This week – Ben Franklin's greatest accomplishment: "The Drinker's Dictionary."
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3 years
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)
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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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3 years
One of the most dangerous Wordles all time today, I believe.
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Jack Shepherd 🦑
3 years
I paid for Twitter Blue but I got this frightening squid instead of a verification. Can someone help me?
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