?‍? I have been trolled by the Daily Express cryptic crossword ...

[SteveStrummerUK]

.... by 20 across to be more specific 

 

 

Puerile? Extremely naughty is Straummy ?

[Wibbles]

That's what you get for going any where near the Daily Express. 

[craigb]

Now that's revolting! ?

[paulo]

I'm trying to see the positive side of this

 

....at least it wasn't the guardian crossword.

[SteveStrummerUK]

15 hours ago, Wibbles said:

That's what you get for going any where near the Daily Express. 

Speaking as a self-confessed tight-wad, the Daily Express provides the only free online cryptic crossword of note I've come across (see what I did there).

Hence my daily patronage thereof. 

 

[SteveStrummerUK]

5 hours ago, paulo said:

I'm trying to see the positive side of this

 

....at least it wasn't the guardian crossword.

As per my reply to Wibbly, the free-ness of the crossword outweighs the editorial bent of the newspaper itself ?

 

[JoeGBradford]

46 minutes ago, SteveStrummerUK said:

As per my reply to Wibbly, the free-ness of the crossword outweighs the editorial bent of the newspaper itself ?

 

That's how they reel you in. You'll be reading Mein Kampf next and forecasting arctic blasts in June ? 

[craigb]

2 hours ago, JoeGBradford said:

That's how they reel you in. You'll be reading Mein Kampf next and forecasting arctic blasts in June ? 

"My Strummage?" ?

 

?

 

[57Gregy]

On 11/25/2023 at 10:59 AM, SteveStrummerUK said:

Speaking as a self-confessed tight-wad, the Daily Express provides the only free online cryptic crossword of note I've come across (see what I did there).

Hence my daily patronage thereof. 

 

I didn't know you are Scottish.

[SteveStrummerUK]

5 minutes ago, 57Gregy said:

On 11/25/2023 at 3:59 PM, SteveStrummerUK said:

Speaking as a self-confessed tight-wad, the Daily Express provides the only free online cryptic crossword of note I've come across (see what I did there).

Hence my daily patronage thereof. 

 

I didn't know you are Scottish.

??

[paulo]

1 hour ago, 57Gregy said:

I didn't know you are Scottish.

Pictured below... Wee Jock Dougal McStrummer who  along with his cousin, Wee Hamish William McStrummer, are credited in 1876 with the invention of copper wire during a dispute over the ownership of a penny.

 

[SteveStrummerUK]

48 minutes ago, paulo said:

Pictured below... Wee Jock Dougal McStrummer who  along with his cousin, Wee Hamish William McStrummer, are credited in 1876 with the invention of copper wire during a dispute over the ownership of a penny.

 

I still have his sporran ?

[Wibbles]

On 11/25/2023 at 4:02 PM, SteveStrummerUK said:

As per my reply to Wibbly, the free-ness of the crossword outweighs the editorial bent of the newspaper itself ?

 

The easiness of the crossword has nothing to do with it then?