Wordle 1,562 4/6*
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Minute Cryptic - 28 September, 2025 (I'm still too slow at certain puzzle things. I suspect I have a cold or COVID. Or At least the early stages of either. Last time I had COVID was the 16th of October 2023 to the 18th of October 2023, positive to negative. That was the third, and least severe, having been repeatedly infected and vaccinated, by that time. The first time I had a tremendously bad sore throat - the worst sore throat I've had in adulthood. The second time wasn't that bad - a week of feeling a bit odd and unwell, however the sting in the tail was about a week later I had my first ever bout of Actual Flu. I've capitalised Actual Flu because IYKYK - very unpleasant, I couldn't stand, pain levels concomitant with a full arthritic flare-up, a day of feeling so unpleasantly ill I thought I may die. The one thing that has united each bout of COVID is hyperosmia - the opposite of what COVID is generally associated with and a massive, virtually bonkers, craving for meat. I did my self a bacon, eggs and black pudding every day with a throat of razor blades. All of which sound like bullshit but a quick search reveals a similar theme for some on some vegan forums and I am mostly vegan, very omnivorous, so it's not some misguided meat flex. Nature rolls dice so I'm not confident COVID will always be like that for me and I won't relish having it again. It's not trivial. Any virus, maybe especially a relatively novel one like COVID, carries a risk of post viral complications. I'm not sure I'd notice because I already have an auto-immune disease. If I'm found in Tunbridge Wells' M&S gorging myself on black-pudding, steak & kidney pudding and assorted animal meat products you'll know it happened again. I'd maybe get some pastries or cake for afters. I wouldn't do that because I wouldn't want to infect other people. I'd be there in spirit and someone else will have a shopping list, maybe the person who infected me. I wouldn't discuss this on ordinary social media because of people in general having Opinions.)
"Ballpark teams’ tie-breaker" (8)
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