from Fudgeller: Every so often, Texas golfer hits this, and is delighted (5) from Suspicious_Door: Weaken at first signs of the exquisite nuts you audibly swallowed (9) [N.B. unclear if the risqué surface was intended, but it's why I like it so w/e]
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.
oh, that 8d... *chef's kiss*
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...
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.
no worries I have some Americans on hand
Anyway, now that I've got all that politics out of my system, it's crossword time! At noon, the #CrypticSunday@coot.bsky.socialwww.twitch.tv/pantherapuzz...
Twitch is the world
once that single issue is no longer relevant, you gotta deliver on stuff that'll keep your new seats on-side, keep your core from bolting, *and* juggle all the big unexpected events that'll inevitably strain your government. anyway, time to take a big sip of tea and look at labour's winning strategy