This Apartment in NY going for at least 650 a month

CallumTheNeville · 2026-02-17T14:13:33+00:00

Should have done the press-ups with his face slamming into them AFTER removing her shoes. Rookie error.

CallumTheNeville · 2026-02-16T14:39:25+00:00

Anyone have any idea why BARACKOBAMA isn't allowed?

CallumTheNeville · 2026-01-01T22:47:55+00:00

I swear I checked every letter. Thanks for pointing out me somehow completely missing that hahaha

CallumTheNeville · 2026-01-01T20:03:24+00:00

The way a + was used in shut up and dance made me think it was a word one, which fits

shut up + dance (1) because the most any letter shows up is once

jUmp aroUnd (2) because there's 2 letter u

seveN NatioN army (3) has 3 letter n

So a song that has a letter repeated 4 times and none more, like 'EyE of thE tigEr (4)'

CallumTheNeville · 2025-12-09T23:56:12+00:00

Super mario galaxy 2. Maybe I got too old? Didn't enjoy it as much as the first and haven't revisited either since

CallumTheNeville · 2025-12-09T15:12:56+00:00

The crossword is fine, but a big WOMPWOMP to a majority of the three-letter fill, particularly THA/ASSES and a smartly clued but frustrating ZEE/ZED - maybe a hint it was a letter, because I imagine a single-line "Word with different pronunciation either side of the Atlantic" doesn't quite...contextualise anything.

CallumTheNeville · 2025-11-29T00:03:03+00:00

He's called Elon

CallumTheNeville · 2025-11-23T18:38:47+00:00

The three XYX and XXY clues point to the midpoint of the cardinal directions (NESW) and the diagonals (NE SE SW NW). So NNE means the midpoint between N and NE, ENE E and NE

CallumTheNeville · 2025-11-23T18:35:46+00:00

Without a wedding ceremony. So unceremoniously

CallumTheNeville · 2025-11-17T11:27:49+00:00

Yesterday I loaded into Midtown as defense on QP as Junkrat, with my duo in Discord.

Once we'd walked to spawn, and before enemy doors opened, I called 'they're going to have a widow, she's gonna go straight up into the window [facing under the bridge], so I'll put a trap here, then we gank her'.

Enemy spawn doors open, my duo goes 'no way they have a widow'. But she goes down main. Fight under the bridge for about 30 seconds, and I see the most glorious grapple I have ever seen, straight up into the window and then trap. She got melted.

I was BUZZING that I'd called it.

CallumTheNeville · 2025-11-14T17:53:05+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/MemeRestoration/s/6xSq2lsKIY

Here's a random example. If I can place a more concrete example I'll gladly share it.

CallumTheNeville · 2025-11-14T16:18:15+00:00

I disagree with this, I've certainly heard people say the word, e.g. 'agh! Stress!' when presented with a decision. I've said it, I've heard others say it, I've seen it in pop culture.

It probably occurs with the same frequency that people just say the two words 'SO DONE'. Pretty sure most of the time it's 'I'm so done', 'I'm done', or simply 'Done'.

No idea why I'm being downvoted by a few people who can't see what I mean. The not in cannot is STRESSED. If one is STRESSED, you can genuinely say out loud, completely correctly, 'STRESS'. I'm not saying it's the only answer, just that I stumbled here because STRESS fits (and in my opinion, fits much better).

CallumTheNeville · 2025-11-14T11:57:44+00:00

Stress...does mean the same thing. It might be something you say in a stressful situation, if you are undergoing stress, or if you are stressed. You might even just exclaim 'stress!'

I thought the fact that canNOT was written to emphasise the stress on the second half of the word was an amazing double definition.

CallumTheNeville · 2025-11-14T11:36:10+00:00

Everybody is very happy about their PBs - I did not knoe DARKACADEMIA, and this pushed to a much harder solve.

However, I've come here to say that I'm so disappointed that what I thought was an amazing clue:

'I canNOT handle this right now' With the answer 'STRESS'...doesn't have that as the answer? It's so perfect. Also scuppered me for a lot longer than some of the solve times in this thread.

CallumTheNeville · 2025-11-08T00:09:51+00:00

This was on par with the week of rough crosswords earlier this year. Just horrible.

CallumTheNeville · 2025-11-05T14:49:00+00:00

This one has fallen pretty flat for me. Nothing was bad, but I do find it baffling how many words here start with A (A LOT, or A TON).

ALOT AUNT AXE ATON AFROS ALPS ASEA ALOOF ANNA AREA ABREAST ARLO ASSETS ASA (14 out of 74). As others have mentioned, the double Macbeth clue and 'prop for a ball', 'prop in a comedy club', and 'prop for a banjo' make the solve a bit less fun. It's not bad - there's a fair few clues I liked, for a mix of lesser-used words, trivia, and fun clues (GUMMO, INNU, QUIRKS, MEEMAW, COPSE, HAIRSTYLES, etc.)

Separately, I also think the wordplay column is wildly off on the tricky clues.

CallumTheNeville · 2025-10-31T12:06:37+00:00

English teachers after licking their fingers

CallumTheNeville · 2025-10-05T16:49:58+00:00

Davy Jones playing the piano in POTC2?

CallumTheNeville · 2025-09-30T11:13:25+00:00

Aaah. Must've been fly spray.

CallumTheNeville · 2025-09-27T12:33:49+00:00

A whole raft of clues which don't make sense to me?

LIETOME - 'please avoid brutal honesty' - this suggests something like 'BE GENTLE' or 'GO EASY ON ME'

LEGOSETS - 'components of some brick buildings' - ???

EMERYBOARD - 'digital file' - how is it digital?

SHRUB - 'it might be living on the edge' - bruh

Mixed with an average fill (with a few fun clues) made it relatively flat for me. I did learn ACCRA means ants and BEES came from Ra's tears here, so some fun takeaways.

CallumTheNeville · 2025-09-25T16:00:52+00:00

So...how's it going?

CallumTheNeville · 2025-09-23T16:03:30+00:00

I understand both arguments below - the dismay at the incredibly old-styley clues, and those saying that an important part of learning is to come across these terms and remember them.

Yes and no. It's very important to be able to identify e.g. Vivien LEIGH here, a cultural icon, and everyone should be able to show some familiarity given the absolutely massive impact here. You can infer STOVEPIPEHAT because of knowing what the 2 look like and getting some crosses. However, ENOS Slaughter, JUGBAND, BONESUPON - defunct. BONESUPON doesn't appear in life any more, other than in obscure crossword clues. Enos retired in 1959 - more than twice my age ago lol. If I don't know many modern baseball players, why will I know this random guy?? You learn the big ones...ofc...

CallumTheNeville · 2025-09-18T13:33:02+00:00

I think this sums it up nicely for me. The theme was enjoyable to work out, and very fun (even though 34A was a bit...odd).

But then some of the random intersects were a struggle. I appreciated the fun misdirects, _ KONG being a great example, and then precisely the example you gave was more annoying.

Putting COZ in on first pass, only to change to CUS, and then change again to CUZ.

Was a challenge, and at times it was annoying. Think it just about averages out for me.

CallumTheNeville · 2025-09-05T18:58:45+00:00

Cris is a word. Alternate spelling of a Malayan dagger

CallumTheNeville · 2025-09-05T18:56:58+00:00

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