Wordle 1,596 4/6*
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Minute Cryptic - 1 November, 2025 (I was dreading this one because I am in acute pain and as a final insult a little bit of a cold, luckily the clue wasn't the kind I find difficult. I don't consider this much pain debilitating but it clearly is a bit because every idea for what write is punctuated by it. At the same time while I'm not enthusiastic about it I'm not depressed by it either. The pain is like an annoying younger brother. It's a literal pain in the arse, in this case and ribs, neck, and breathing, AxSpA, but is unlikely to kill a person immediately and some degree of humour can be derived from it. I am also yet to stand up, which initially will resemble Wilfred Bramble's Albert Steptoe with a bad back, but will, hopefully, be OK by lunchtime. It responds well to movement. In fact movement is essential. It is tiring though, but not in an especially bad way, in some ways it's the kind of tiredness that is quite relaxing and aids reading. The cold doesn't feel like COVID and is just a little bit of a sore throat and feeling a bit under the weather. I've never understood sadomasochism‡. I understand masochism because nothing would get done.)
"Seductive, romantic guy dumped after ‘mid’ sex" (6)
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🏆 0 hints – 2 under the community par (29,698 solvers so far).
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‡ https://youtu.be/GcS3ds09ztQ