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Google the longform word and symbol and you get pages and pages of the letter

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Longley-Farm-Full-Cream-Cheese/dp/B07TNH414B

i think using the hint is more cheating than a letter. you get letters in real crosswords so its more realistic. but the game is the game and anyhting that keeps me engaged is good.

Root you can get 180-1 on so not sure many agree its the smart money option

Fallow?

thanks all. My goal for next year is sub 40min 10k (#Sub40while40)
I have a feeling it is a significant step up

Haha. It hurt! I was then ill for three days in bed so im looking forward to having another crack in a few weeks when not ill

I have spent the last few months targeting sub 20 5km with the goal of going out and running it the day before my 40th. Managed to mess up by not actually booking the Battersea 5k to do it and was really quite ill but thought i had to have a go.

Didnt like it today

You can take multiple withdrawals each with a tax free portion.

Pondered it over breakfast then it hit. Enjoyed it being a bit different

i got into it exclusively from watching the videos on tiktok. before there was even a game to play. So you can definately just learn by trying and watching the video when you dont get it and it will slowly build up

Click on "our guide" on the website and it will take you through the overall format of a cryptic crossword as well as different worldplay indicators. The whole fun is parsing which part of clues is the definition and which are the wordplay indicators.

Then if you click on and watch the video each day you will get an idea of which ones they use and how and will build up knoweldge.

apologies if this is patronising

Few red herrings

Glad to hear im not the only one sticking up her them

Watch the videos!

Everyone could really learn from watching the videos....

Not especially relevant but i just bought a mushroom growing kit for my secret santa. Just under £20 if you ignore shipping

got our wish for more complexity. liked it

yeah not as satisfying as putting words together or pulling them apart

Very satisfying to work that one out.

that is so confusing. Perfect office secret santa gift

Took thinking of a few synonyms and back fitting but got there.

Three under. Feeling like ive hit my stride now. Havent managed to translate it into big puzzles yet though really

Two under. Took me a long time to get the wordplay. Now 73 under from a 73 streak.