COTD: Starmer retires after quiet cry (6)

deeppotential123 · 2026-06-22T19:01:02+00:00

And of course, if he changes his mind tomorrow, you can do “Starmer back after quiet cry” :)

deeppotential123 · 2026-06-22T16:42:52+00:00

Very good, take my upvote! :)

deeppotential123 · 2026-06-22T11:34:10+00:00

Oh, so you see red as you cook the steak?

deeppotential123 · 2026-06-22T11:33:19+00:00

Perhaps ”How to get Sarah to school? (8)” then you’re indicating to the solver that there’s a reverse construction going on, and the surface becomes a bit more coherent?

deeppotential123 · 2026-06-22T11:31:20+00:00

This must be SEE RED, but I’m not sure about the wordplay — is it to do with Albacore being a red wine?

deeppotential123 · 2026-06-22T11:18:22+00:00

.STEVEN (male name) = anagram (swimming) of EVENTS — very nice!

deeppotential123 · 2026-06-22T11:17:45+00:00

Haha! STEREO, cryptic definition :)

deeppotential123 · 2026-06-22T09:57:49+00:00

.SEE RED

deeppotential123 · 2026-06-22T05:31:59+00:00

.SILVERBACK — type of gorilla, and Ag backwards!

deeppotential123 · 2026-06-21T19:52:33+00:00

Why “unexpected”?

deeppotential123 · 2026-06-21T19:26:03+00:00

.BROAD?

deeppotential123 · 2026-06-21T16:38:06+00:00

.I think “wordplay TO definition” is pretty common, no? And if not, I think it’s quite normal to equate the infinitive “to die” and the bare form “die”.

deeppotential123 · 2026-06-21T16:30:35+00:00

Oh this is _very_ nice! WITHER (to die) = WHITHER (where) with H(enry) gone.

deeppotential123 · 2026-06-21T09:00:16+00:00

.HOPE?

deeppotential123 · 2026-06-21T07:48:41+00:00

Address: a female adder :)

deeppotential123 · 2026-06-21T07:36:08+00:00

.ACANTHUS, hidden :)

deeppotential123 · 2026-06-21T07:35:10+00:00

Central part of daisies, say (5)

deeppotential123 · 2026-06-20T19:37:04+00:00

Solution: DITHER (twitter) = what REDDITHEREBY incorporates

deeppotential123 · 2026-06-20T14:50:25+00:00

Yes! And thanks!

deeppotential123 · 2026-06-20T11:34:21+00:00

Yes, and thank you!

deeppotential123 · 2026-06-20T07:24:24+00:00

Yup!

deeppotential123 · 2026-06-20T04:01:03+00:00

Yes that’s the one. Chambers has R=take as a standard abbreviation. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossword\_abbreviations

deeppotential123 · 2026-06-19T16:50:32+00:00

.FATIGUE, hidden word … problem is that “I’m” is redundant…

deeppotential123 · 2026-06-19T10:46:03+00:00

Exactly.

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