Minute Cryptic - 11 March, 2026
"Caretaker watching ‘Scrubs’ with nurses starts to take inspiration" (6)
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🏆 0 hints – 2 under the community par (43,013 solvers so far).
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Unauthorised overdraft?
Minute Cryptic - 10 March, 2026
"Consequence of misusing debit card!" (3,6)
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🏆 0 hints – 1 under the community par (54,270 solvers so far).
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Minute Cryptic - 9 March, 2026
"Fabled beauty of chameleon dropping camouflage briefly" (5)
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🏆 0 hints – 1 under the community par (52,675 solvers so far).
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'I Spy' is a work of absolute genius.
Minute Cryptic - 8 March, 2026
"Blemish turning part of white rose yellow" (7)
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🏆 0 hints – 2 under the community par (71,470 solvers so far).
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Minute Cryptic - 7 March, 2026
"No hiding from dinosaur rampaging halfway across the globe?" (6)
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🏆 0 hints – 1 under the community par (106,838 solvers so far).
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1. Giant Step - Boo Radleys
2. Soul Mining - The The
3. Bandwagonesque - Teenage Fanclub
4. Heart of Saturday Night - Tom Waits
5. Long Black Cars - The Wave Pictures
#fridayfive
Minute Cryptic - 6 March, 2026
"Highbrow couple to start breakfast, digging into Froot Loops, perhaps" (8)
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🏆 0 hints – 3 under the community par (64,078 solvers so far).
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Minute Cryptic - 5 March, 2026
"Early plea entered, charge overturned & case dismissed for plot involving axes" (5)
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🏆 0 hints – 2 under the community par (45,405 solvers so far).
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Minute Cryptic - 4 March, 2026
"Otto (your second cousin twice removed) crushed audition" (6)
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🏆 0 hints – 2 under the community par (48,028 solvers so far).
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Minute Cryptic - 3 March, 2026
"Bluebeard selecting squares for patch" (3)
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🏆 0 hints – 2 under the community par (49,998 solvers so far).
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Minute Cryptic - 1 March, 2026
"I’m bald, clutching wobbly cane, and prone to falling over" (10)
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🏆 0 hints – 2 under the community par (51,798 solvers so far).
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Minute Cryptic - 28 February, 2026
"“Let him bleed!” - prisoner. “Prick!” - guard." (7)
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🏆 0 hints – 2 under the community par (121,293 solvers so far).
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Minute Cryptic - 27 February, 2026
"You, me and everyone possibly in favour of love among nuns" (8)
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🏆 0 hints – 3 under the community par (91,925 solvers so far).
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Minute Cryptic - 26 February, 2026
"A follower starts to lose faith about UFO crop circle hoax?" (5)
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🏆 0 hints – 2 under the community par (45,923 solvers so far).
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Minute Cryptic - 25 February, 2026
"Gorilla's face broke out from allergy - bananas, in fact" (6)
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🏆 0 hints – 1 under the community par (54,640 solvers so far).
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Same. I was nowhere and then it suddenly hit me.
Minute Cryptic - 24 February, 2026
"Maybe uniform eater eats uniform eater?" (5)
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🏆 0 hints – 4 under the community par (76,555 solvers so far).
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Minute Cryptic - 23 February, 2026
"Apparel store discounting item of clothing with odd scent?" (6)
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🏆 1 hints – 1 under the community par (127,223 solvers so far).
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Minute Cryptic - 22 February, 2026
"Looks without blinking end in tears tears tears" (6)
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🏆 0 hints – 1 under the community par (58,220 solvers so far).
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Minute Cryptic - 21 February, 2026
"Love initially absent from prom dance" (7)
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🏆 0 hints – 1 under the community par (79,903 solvers so far).
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Minute Cryptic - 20 February, 2026
"Dropped Jacksonville's latest quarterback after non-pass?" (4)
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🏆 0 hints – 2 under the community par (93,470 solvers so far).
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Minute Cryptic - 19 February, 2026
"Broadcaster’s question: “Is Jamie Oliver completely naked?”" (2,1,4)
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🏆 0 hints – 1 under the community par (56,028 solvers so far).
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Minute Cryptic - 18 February, 2026
"He's into splattering paint - quite the scene-maker!" (8)
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🏆 0 hints – 2 under the community par (50,550 solvers so far).
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Minute Cryptic - 17 February, 2026
"Package returned in Wednesday’s post" (4)
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🏆 0 hints – 1 under the community par (54,818 solvers so far).
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Minute Cryptic - 15 February, 2026
"Rich, 6'6", with dreamy face" (5)
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🏆 0 hints – 2 under the community par (59,193 solvers so far).
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1. Miss You -The Concretes
2. Hit - Wannadies
3. SOS - Abba
4. Poor Leno - Royskopp
5. The Sun Always Shines on TV - A-ha
#fridayfive
My latest for Tes on why variability is an important element of retrieval practice:
Absolutely. This piece will hopefully prompt some lesders to move away from prescriptive and reductive approaches to retrieval.
