Thom

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This is the official BlueSky account of beloved TV writer Thom Phipps

Holiday by Ifor Silvered rows contain answers to non-standard clues. In each of these the first clue comprises a definition of a short word to which a letter-string must be inserted or added to form the real-word entry given by wordplay. The second comprises wordplay to a longer word from which a letter-string has been removed to form the defined entry. Enumerations refer to wordplay outcomes; all strings are different. A five-word phrase suggesting these changes must be written under the grid. Remaining clues each contain an extra word; these words appear in clue order in the source of the
A mouse in a trap
disney plus synopsis for an episode of punisher: "Frank gets involved in illegal activities once again"
punisher one last kill
a horse hospital named 'st elmer's medical center'
Undercover Interpreterby eXternal First and last letters in extra words in fourteen down clues give two works! Words from a related work are identified by extra words to be removed from twenty across clues, in the order they appear in the work but with nine omissions. The omitted nine are identified by unclued entries; solvers should use each one of these (approximately) to portray the subject of the work, appropriately positioned around a key figure, in the final grid.
Simpsons. The supplicants door
vampire crawlers
Debenhams selling a load of horrible tat
Mummified mouse on a spoon
Crossword
big mistakes
Screenshot from slay the spire; with the help of a clutch reaper form from a power potion and a corrupted Bury+ with several lethalities, the Necrobinder and her mate Osty have applied an overwheming amount of doom to the test subject, sending it off to hell and thus completing A10 on all characters
A cat. His name is Morris
old Soviet joke for our times: Guy stops by the newsstand every day, scans the front page, doesn't buy the paper. One day the vendor asks what he's up to. Guy says: "looking for an obituary." Vendor says "those are towards the back of the paper, comrade." Guy says: "not the one I'm looking fo
the regent, about to kill the hourglass dickhead
A lovely ginger cat sitting on a table overlooking gold hill in Shaftesbury (where they filmed the hovis advert)
Grave wax leaking from a door in leyendell. Eden ring. You know
a load of sts2 cards and relics. what did it in the end was a combo big bonk/vulnerability run, aided immeasurably by a sneko Uppercut+ and multiple Crimson Mantles. i'm feeling giddy
it's slay the spire 2, it's the ironclad, i have +13 strength and the test subject only has 13 hp
R ؟ Road trip by Elpenor Solvers must produce an itinerary by highlighting in the completed grid the initials of the six most populous cities of a European country. The initials, laid out in their true geographical relations, are not used elsewhere in the grid. Solvers must draw 6 arrows to form a cyclical tour of the initials in an order specified by corrections to misprints in 23 definitions, although the initials have also been omitted. Finally solvers must title the itinerary by overwriting cells with the name of the country, leaving only real words in the grid. 23 29 3 36 40 48
Can you ever forgive me
the little floor one nautilus dickhead
Starmer
ian_mighty on twitter: an image of tim farron serving a pint caption Here you go, friend, enjoy. I tell you, that'll be better for you than the water around here, which is full of chemicals, and we all know waht that means - no, Gavin, let me say my piece... you know about the chemicals don't you? £3.50 by the way
No new major policies or spending decisions until new PM appointed, No 10 says
chalmers. ITS JUST A DAMN POPULARITY CONTEST WITH YOU KIDS
INQUISITOR No 1965 Shock Appearance by Skylark An extra letter, which has made a shock appearance in each clue, should be removed before solving. In clue order, the extra letters spell what should be highlighted (32 cells in total), and the work’s creator.
starmer dressed up like a soldier
maximum pleasure guaranteed
Surfer rosa
But he goes on to say - as we reported earlier: "If there is a contest, then yes I will run, I will stand, and I've said repeatedly I'm not going to walk away from that."
Rescheduled Appearance by Phi • In the initially completed grid, nine cells will be blank and nine will contain a clash. Each clash can be resolved into real words in both directions by only one of the letters. The other letter can reschedule its appearance to one of the blank cells, where it will form a new word, and must be highlighted. The rescheduled letters, read left to right and down the grid, spell a title. In each clue to a word with neither a clash nor a missing letter (plus one other), the wordplay leads to the answer with an extra letter not entered in the grid; these letters in clue order spell out a description of the (much-rescheduled) title. C c Enumerations for each clue refer to the space available. The answer at 1dn may be confirmed online.
Starmer: Leadership challenges are 'wrong'
PM warns Burnham against immediate leadership challenge if he wins by-election
Englishman’s rarebit
A dead mouse in a Nutella smeared trap
goldneye-era brosnan, in suit, with a machine gun, on a tank
Viewfinder by Luxor Sixteen cells must each contain two letters; numbers in brackets give space available for entries. Solvers must remove a consecutive pair of letters from each clue (often resulting in non-words) before solving. When read in order these give two instructions solvers must follow to reveal the viewfinder. Finally, solvers must amend one normal cell to contain three letters, then highlight the theme in the grid (7 cells).
google docs suggeting i change 'conflict averse' to 'conflicted'. which ISNT THE SAME THING
Mouse hunt
Cornish octopus, chorizo, pink firs (literally just potatoes) & pickled lemon
A small gate constructed of rodent proof metal mesh
sts. necro vs test subject
miniature tent and regal pillow
Lasagne and chips
sts2. the regent, with three huge swords, just after skewering the giant lizard and emerging victorious in A9
A shot from spider noir where cage’s head is inexplicably the same size as his torso
A senior serving police officer tells me: "A history of racism in policing is something we’ve had to look at and react to. But perhaps we’ve gone too far the other way? At the heart of what we do is treat everyone the same - and we need to make sure we’re doing that.”
me and the wife
Face Time by Hedge sparrow Single extra letters in across clues (to be removed before solving) suggest a source of information which solvers may find helpful. Crossing entries clash in eight cells: the retained letters, which give real words across and down, can be arranged into a thematic two-word phrase. Four down clues include an extra word (of four or more letters), to be removed before solving. Each shares a single letter with its associated entry: reading clockwise in the grid. these letters spell a thematic name. In the filled grid. , solvers must: (i) highlight twelve thematic names (in straight lines, 69 cells in total, one comprising two words); (ii) draw a closed shape passing through the four cells to represent the remaining thematic - and topical - name 2 2
a mouse who set off the mousetrap but didnt get caught in it, sending the vital chorizo flying across the floor
How to make a killing
Some flour on the floor with mouse footprints in it. I’m going to have to tidy this up now
Patricia in widows bay
what do you love about yourself? (two lines) what don't you love about yourself (seven lines)
QEFby Arcadia The grid contains a representation (in 28 cells) of a geometrical construction expounded by the unclued individual, recorded by another (three cell-pairs, linked at corners), under whose name the quotation appears (with the first individual's name mis-spelled) in the latest (eighth) edition of ODQ. Solvers must highlight the representation and the recorder.
Homer looking in the window of moes