I'm in this month's 1Across, with a puzzle I expect the setter Alf doesn't know he inspired. #cryptics #crosswords #CrypticCrossword

I'm in this month's 1Across, with a puzzle I expect the setter Alf doesn't know he inspired. #cryptics #crosswords #CrypticCrossword

Hey, Ian, if you mean "the 1900s", say so, but 2000 is in the C20th! 😛 #CountyCricketMatters #cricket

@skirwingle Ha! 🙂
#GardenNews #insects The last chap seems a bit fighty.




Ooh, someone owes me money, cool. Going to go wild and buy a few second-hand books.
@skirwingle @archelina Yeah, fair. "Early C20th", & tho' only "chiefly" Am/Aus, an indic might've helped. But I liked the short surface! 🙂
@archelina Thank you! 🙂
@TheVoidTLMB ^Sample clue:
Perfect cowboy nickname: "Shot Bot Jake" (8)
No spoilers here, please.
I set today's @Independent #cryptic #crossword, at https://puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/cryptic-crossword-independent?puzzleDate=20230618#!202306 (Select June 18th – It's a repeat!) #cryptics #CrypticCrossword
@Sh41 🙂