Charlie Methven
@charliemethven
I set cryptic crosswords as Methuselah and Chameleon and write questions for Only Connect • charliemethven.com • he/him
While I've got you... I read and loved The Door after you bleeted about it, but can you explain why Odessa is mentioned on page 90? At first I thought this was a sort of mid-novel reveal that we'd been in a different country the whole time
Eatable cutlery is an unusual concept, so let's check in with this cartoon man, who will surely explain everything without appearing to endorse self-cannibalism
@rayscotchcoulton.bsky.social Guess what animal this is (Around the World in 80 Days)
Most people in the UK probably walk past this abbreviation every day! I'm not sure I ever knew this H was for hydrant before, but now I see it as something crosswords have taught me, and I like knowing that a bit of crossword trivia was in plain sight all along
This might be that my phone is too old, but I keep meaning to send you this screenshot showing the curvy corners can be a bit too aggressive
Beware the careless Find and Replace. I'm writing something crosswordy and decided that a set of examples using "one" as the example fodder would be better if they used "egg" instead
Another extra old Methuselah back in the i Paper today. 4d feels significant...
Items of sports equipment whose names are made up of two things which can fly
@thevoidtlmb.social.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy Greetings from Canterbury (don't worry, I haven't fallen over)
Well it doesn't look like anyone's going to discover this authentically...