Smylers

@smylers.uk

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Ilkley Christian geek board-gamer puzzle/quiz/crossword fan and parent

The puzzle with the path going L3, U7, L5, D1, R3, D4, R3, D1, L3, D1, L4, U4, R2, U1, R5, U2, L2, U1, L6
6-9 Gargee Banerjee v NZ at Cuttack, 1985 5-25 Jhulan Goswami v ENG at Delhi, 2005 5-33 Jhulan Goswami v ENG at Taunton, 2006 5-17 Kranti Gaud v ENG at Lord’s, 2026 5-45 Jhulan Goswami v ENG at Taunton, 2006
“The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has been forced to allow gambling sponsorship deals in The Hundred after teams were facing the prospect of unsponsored shirts this year.”
Cover of ‘The Lion Above the Door’ featuring a child looking at an ornate door and seeing a lion cared above it
Cover of ‘Ember Spark and the Thunder of Dragons’ by Abi Elphinstone, illustrated by Kristina Kister, featuring a girl riding on a dragon over a purple lake, with the strapline “Meet Ember Spark, vet to magical beasts ...”
Screenshot of Channel 4, on the My4 watching page, showing I am watching 6 shows: ‘Help! We Bought a Village’ (2 episodes), ‘Countdown’. ‘The Marlow Murder Club’, ‘Married at First Sight Australia’, and ‘The Great Celebrity Bake Off for SU2C’
The image from the question with some curved green lines drawn over it, grouping together 3 in an arc top-left and bottom-right, and 3 in a triangle bottom-left and top-right, leaving 1 in the middle not in any of those
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OUR WHOLE MENU IS SERVED SHARING STYLE - GET STUCK IN! SMALL PLATES BARBACOA PULLED BEEF EMPANADAS Golden and crisp Argentinian empanadas packed with slow-cooked beef in rich barbacoa, finished with chilli salt and BBQ dip MAC & CHEESE BITES Little pockets of pasta glory, crispy bites stuffed with mac & cheese. Rich, creamy and loaded with smoky bacon, parmesan, and a hit of baconnaise KOREAN BBQ CAULIFLOWER BITES (VG) Crispy cauliflower bites tossed in sticky Korean BBQ sauce, topped with spring onion, crispy onions & toasted sesame, finished with a punchy salt and chilli kick CRISPY COCONUT PRAWNS Skewered prawns in a crunchy coconut crust, fired up with sweet chilli, red chilli, and fresh spring onion THREE-CHEESE & JALAPEÑO EMPANADAS (VE) CAJUN CORN RIBS (VG & GF) Crispy Argentinian empanadas oozing with a three-cheese blend and jalapeño heat, finished with spring onion, pickled red onion, fresh chillies, and chipotle mayo CHICKEN A loaded line-up of our fried favourites BONELESS BITES GOLDEN CHICKEN TENDERS JUICY CHICKEN WINGS (GF) Tossed in chilli salt Tossed in chilli salt and drizzled with golden syrup SIDE KICKS FRIES (VG & GF) Tossed in chilli salt SWEET POTATO FRIES Tossed in chilli salt and drizzled with golden syrup
Screenshot of stats labelled ‘What Order Did People Find Categories In?’, showing that losing games included 40% of people not finding any categories, 7% found just blue, 4% just purple, 3% just yellow, 3% blue then purple, and 2% purple then blue — labelled ‘you’; and the 3 high-est winning games orders were found by just 4%, 4%, and 3% of players, all starting with purple and blue in some order
Number of users in queue ahead of you: 2721 Your estimated wait time is: 33 minutes Expected arrival time on the website: 10:36 Status last updated: 10:03:21
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Screenshot of part of the Kickstarter page, showing the bottom of the Isle of Penguins box and Kickstarter's ‘Similar projects to check out’, of which the first is a stack of Tupperware-style tubs, pale grey with blue lids, labeled ‘Misenware: Everything-Safe Food Containers’
A long thin baked item, iced and covered in red and blue sprinkles
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11,419 – The crowd of 11,419 was the highest attendance for a women’s cricket match at Headingley.
A survey question on a page with the ICC Women's T20 World Cup logo (twice), and the heading ‘Tell us what you think’: “ncluding yourself, how many people did you attend the ICC Women’s T20 Cricket World Cup 2026 match with? *”
Photo showing “Brighton ‘84”, with the symbol for the abbreviated year being an left single quote mark
The Coral, playing their instruments
A few rows of people in front of Amy Macdonald on stage, lit in red this time
Amy Macdonald and band performing in front of a blue screen with “RUN” in large letters and a script saying “no longer run no more”
Amy Macdonald with an acoustic guitar, singing into a microphone; her band include another singer and guitarist, a drummer, and a keyboardist; the stage background is a massive screen, displaying a bright red design with yellow stars on it and a blue patch, possibly with some unreadable writing
Guy: “—F*** no! My son kept telling me he couldn’t afford a house like I did at his age, and he told me the prices! I didn’t believe him, so he told me to walk past here and take a look! I can’t believe you people! How can you sleep at night charging so much?!” Boss: “As I said, sir, these prices reflect the current housing market. They’re influenced by a lot of factors, such as inflation, supply—” Guy: “—It’s because you’re f****** selling to all the immigrants! [Non-current president] let millions of illegals in here and let them take up all the houses! Houses that should have gone to my American son!”
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Screenshot of the Metro journey planner powered by Moovit, with the start set to ‘Your current location’ and the map view showing in a pin in the middle of large body of water, near other bodies of water and roads labelled Huxter Well Drain and Rakes Lane
List of the best UK rewards credit cards American Express Preferred Rewards Gold Credit Card American Express Preferred Rewards Gold Credit Card Reward offer: Earn 20,000 Amex points if you spend £3,000 or more in the first 3 months Rewards rate: 1 point for every £1 spent, 2 points per £1 for purchases made directly with an airline, 3 points per £1 for spending with American Express Travel Representative APR: 85.8% variable Representative example: When you spend £1,200 at a purchase rate of 29.1% (variable) p.a. with a fee of Year 1 - £0, Year 2 onwards - £195 per annum, your representative rate is 85.8% APR (variable) Annual fee: £195 (£0 in the first year) Why we like it: Although it has a high APR and annual fee, this American Express card offers a great deal of flexibility as you can use the points with numerous air miles loyalty schemes, as well as with a wide range of retailers. You can read more on the Amex website. John Lewis Partnership Credit Card John Lewis Partnership Credit Card Reward offer: Earn double points (10 points for every £4 spent) on your eligible spending at John Lewis and Waitrose in the first 60 days from account opening Rewards rate: 5 points for every £4 spent at John Lewis and Waitrose and 1 point for every £10 spent elsewhere Representative APR: 29.9% variable Annual fee: £0 Why we like it: If you regularly shop for groceries at Waitrose or spend at John Lewis, it's a great way to earn extra points. The introductory 60-day double-points window gives you a fast-track route to your first batch of shopping vouchers. You can read more on the John Lewis website.
A bright red London double-decker bus; the poster along its side isn't readable, but the TFL roundel can be seen in its bottom-right corner, and some roundel-based artwork in the middle
Cover of ‘Dexter Proctor, the 10-Year-Old Doctor’ by Adam Kay, illustrated by Henry Paker, showing a cartoon child in scrubs and a white coat, surrounded by a mixture of medical equipment and toys
Avatar for Caroline Wheeler Caroline Wheeler Political Editor boo share Andy Burnham has vowed to keep the state pension triple lock untouched, insisting Labour must honour its manifesto promise to millions of pensioners at a moment of collapsing public trust.
Screenshot with the Royal Mail and ParcelForce logos, saying “Service used: Royal Mail Tracked 48™” and a tracking history of Thursday 11 June 2026 at 07:17 “Sender has despatched item” and 08:09 “Item Received: Ilkley DO”
Sales of the whistleblowing memoir Careless People increased by more than 300% in the UK the week after its author was “silenced” during an appearance at Hay festival following legal action by Meta, the subject of the book. Sarah Wynn-Williams – who between 2011 and 2017 served as the director of global public policy at what was then called Facebook – sat on stage but did not speak during her hour-long appearance on 31 May on the advice of her lawyer. She appeared alongside the journalist Carole Cadwalladr and academic Tim Wu. The sales boost – 304.5% week-on-week – has nudged the book, published last March, to the number one spot in the paperback nonfiction chart.
Screenshot from a webpage: “In this discussion room, we'd love to ask you some questions on the World Cup! [A banner saying Get Match Ready in Morrisons' font, blue with white stars and some red stripes towards a circle with hexagons and pentagons in it.] We would love to know the following; 1. Do you plan on watching the World Cup this year? Why? 2. If you’ll be watching, where do you plan to watch the game(s)? Why? 3. Have you seen anything for the World Cup at Morrisons, or any other supermarkets? If so, what did you see? 4. Do you plan on buying anything specifically for the World Cup? If so, what do you plan on buying? [Reply from a user called] Tangram - 7 minutes ago 1. Yes — looking forward to the first match this evening. 2. The teenager and I are going to watch England v Scotland at Headingley next week. We'll hopefully be able to watch the other England games and the final; Sky have said those will be available free, though it's on a combination of apps and channels we haven't used before, so we aren't sure if we can. Otherwise I'll follow live Over-by-Over Coverage in ‘The Guardian’ and listen to Test Match Special. 3. No; women's cricket seems to be largely neglected and doesn't have the profile it deserves, especially given that England are hosting this time. 4. We might pick up a programme at Headingley.”
Michaela Coel peering sceptically at a disheveled Ian McKellen, standing in a doorway
an arctic tern
Screenshot of the Currys webpage for a Samsung Memory Stick, with a box under the product name saying “Free next day delivery”
Bright rainbow laces in black leather shoes (with yellow stitching around the edges), partially covered by the bottoms of dark grey or black trousers
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Paul Heaton with special guest singer Rianne Downey plus special guests Lightning Seeds UK Tour 2026 Performing songs from throughout his career including classic tracks from The Beautiful South and The Housemartins All tickets £39·50 October Thu 29 Newcastle Fri 30 Glasgow Sat 31 Leeds November Mon 2 Cardiff Tue 3 Plymouth Fri 6 Sheffield Sat 7 London Tue 10 Nottingham Wed 11 Liverpool Fri 13 Birmingham Sat 14 Manchester
A table headed ‘Price Details’ with lines for 2 Day(s) at £73.02, Unlimited Mileage “Included”, Redemption Credit 2 Day(s) at 1500 Pts, Tax & Fee Details for £10.94, Damage Waiver “Included” ... and an Estimated Total of £9.38
cover of ‘Three Bags Full: A Sheep Detective Story’ by Leonie Swann, featuring silhouettes of different shapes and sizes of sheep, mostly white but one black, all on a bright blue background; the sheep are also numbered, though it isn't apparent why
A board game in play with dinosaurs, a volcano, and treasure
Asked about HS2, McEwan said that there would be a “huge gain in cutting our losses” and investing money in local services instead.
Cartoon of a tour guide saying “In some places, the bay is more than 128·8 metres deep” and one of the party thinking “‘More than’? Why would the use that for such a precise ... Aha! 100 Fathoms!”, with the caption: “My hobby: reverse-engineering original units”
19c: What do many Swedish people watch every Christmas Eve as a tradition? Mamma Mia! Mr Bean Christmas Special Bjorn Borg vs John McEnroe Wimbledon Final Donald Duck cartoons
Some Acorn computers, with a row of red function keys clearly visible on one of them
90% change of rain 10:00–13:00, then gradually dropping to 30% from 17:00
Recent Tracks: ‘Alibi (Joel Corry Remix featuring Rudimental)’ by Ella Henderson
“The research found that sandwiches bought out-of-home (OOH) were generally saltier than those sold in supermarkets. Published: 13/05/2026 by Radio NewsHub”
HP sauce bottles
“YouGov Scottish Parliamentary Constituency (not Westminster) 2026 boundaries” then a list of radio buttons, starting with “Not a Scottish pcon”, then continuing with “Aberdeen Central”, “Aberdeen Deeside and North Kincardine”, and so on through the alphabet
Screenshot from the linked page, showing 3 Green Party councillors elected for Holme Wood & Bierley
“Saturday Key battlegrounds: Bradford, Croydon, Lewisham, Tower Hamlets The final declarations arrive on Saturday afternoon, including Bradford, Lewisham and Tower Hamlets. These elections are unlikely to produce one”
Diagram of a train carriage showing most seats taken, but 8 seats in 4 pairs at the top-left; highlighted in blue are 4 single seats, each next to another passenger, all several rows apart from each other
The Connections Bot ‘What Order Did People Find Categories In?’ display of winning games, highlighting 3% of solvers with purple-blue-green-yellow, but showing the most common orders also both started with purple (17% purple-yellow-green-blue and 15% purple-green-yellow-blue) and that yellow-green-blue-purple was only 1%
“Everyone’s Guesses on Turn 2 Based on data from 226,514 hard mode Wordles. Share for solution includes guesses from previous turns.”, then a chart showing 3·8% of players made the most common guess, down to 1.1 making the 10th most common, which was the right answer, 0·6% making the 19th most common, and my bar a fraction of the width of that one and ranked 2996
Screenshot of a web-page including the caption “I'd like to donate” and then a large bold “£5”, with no styling to make it look editable; at the bottom is a web inspector panel with an <input> element selected, showing it has a disabled attribute at the end
Your Ratings for Wordle No. 1774 The uniqueness of your game, based on your color grid: 1 in 821 Skill Did you minimize the expected number of turns it would take to solve the puzzle? You scored: 82 Out of 99 The New York Times average is: 89 Luck Did your guesses eliminate more solutions than expected? You scored: 37 Out of 99 The New York Times average is: 51 Steps How many turns did it take you to find the solution? It took you: 3 guesses — Impressive! The New York Times average is: 4.0 guesses Based on my analysis of 13,978 hard mode Wordles