Wordle 1,589 4/6*
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Minute Cryptic - 25 October, 2025 (got it the same as most people but didn't fully understand why I'd got until I watched the video. I think one learns less when it's an easy solve. Naturally I don't want to spend an hour on a single clue, and in a crossword would do other numbers if stuck, especially answers that intersect that clue. I was going to write about something but I have forgotten what it is and it will probably hit me mid way through breakfast. I'm going to get a book of cryptic crosswords and have to choose between The Times, The Telegraph, Daily Mail or Guardian's collection. I like that I live in a country with a diverse press, and cryptic crosswords, and they're all basically fine newspapers, if a person avoids the opinions and many of the editorials. I'm busy today and will go to Waterstones or TG Jones tomorrow. Amazon don't accept book vouchers. The nearest independent is in Wadhurst and I don't think they'll stock them. I'm not wedded to the idea independent always equals better or is inherently better but I think diversity is a good thing for choice. There is a tendency to publish stuff on niche publishers that won't be stocked in store elsewhere. For instance I bought "Revolutionary Tunbridge Wells: The remarkable role of Tunbridge Wells in the development of revolutionary politics in Britain 1884-1919" by Julian Wilson at Halls Bookshop Tunbridge Wells which was kind of a mind-blowing book because one wouldn't have expected Tunbridge Wells to have been so interesting at the turn of the century. The local museum is overseen by Mrs* Bucket or maybe Mrs Buckets go there; but point stands that anything scandalous or political or grubby or industrial is minimized. And I've spotted To Bardo or Not To Bardo by Antoine Volodine at a bookshop in London, published by Open Letter Books - a translation from French, which is a great book which I'm surprised hasn't been adapted for TV by a network or steaming service. Currently I'm reading The Quantum Thief by Hannu Rajaniemi, which I bought second hand but was originally from the HMS Sultan Library. Periodically libraries shed books. Not quality checked because I'm trying to emulate TEMU.)
"Room for kids, yes? Run back to grab second-grader" (7)
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🏆 0 hints – 1 under the community par (33,725 solvers so far).
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* Richard was basically alright.