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Collaboration #1: Movie Stars

  Teamwork Makes the Scheme Work      Hello all! I have only clued the down clues in this grid. The ever-clever  Travisty  clued the acrosses, and the brilliant  Jack Keynes  gridded and edited this puzzle. Have fun! - GAIS, 26/06/21

Cryptic #19: Finally, T.W.O.

My Nineteenth Crossword Another normal one this week. Nothing too extraordinary, but still some very fun stuff, I hope. Thank you to Jack Keynes for test solving. I apologise for 30-across.  Have fun!  - GAIS, 21/06/21

Cryptic #18: Our Feet Are Saying Goodbye

  My Eighteenth Crossword Hello hello hello! It's the end of year 11, the start of the summer holidays and here is a commemorative cryptic crossword to crack at your convenience. It is dedicated to the many friends who have left my school and that I may well never see again (but hopefully will). Bye guys. I'll miss you all.  Now that school's over, it's time for... terrifying provincial nothingness. If it wasn't for you all I think I'd be going insane. Anyway, there's a theme. After a few mean themes I felt I should get back to basics. This theme is structured like my #3... check that out if you enjoyed the logic here. Have fun! - GAIS, 17/06/21

Cryptic #17: The Right Women

  My Seventeenth Crossword Hello, everyone. It's back to school - but only for two weeks. I'll be out of year 11 next Thursday, and it's full-time cruciverbalism from then on. Anyway, here's a grid, which I hope is rather good. Thank you to Agnijo Banerjee and Jack Keynes for test solving. Not much more to say, apart from props to Jack for the stroke of genius that is 26-across, and apologies for 10-across. Have fun! - GAIS, 09/06/21

Cryptic #16: Emo Clew

My Sixteenth Crossword Hello everyone. Welcome back. (See what I did there?) Exams are over, and there's now nothing for me to do for 3-ish months apart from crosswords. Not much to say about this one, except... I'm sorry. Thank you to Jack Keynes for test solving. Best wishes, - GAIS, 22/05/21

Cryptic #15: Latin Homework

My Fifteenth Crossword Sorry for the radio silence, everyone. I haven't been feeling very cruciverbal lately, what with more exams coming up, trying to get *some* exercise into my life, and, erm... God, my life is so dreary nowadays. In Latin, we have been studying Virgil's Æneid , and the moving tale of the fall of Troy. We were briefed to make a "creative response", several months ago, so here you go. It has also worked its way into the school classics magazine, with a few strings having been pulled. (Also, should I do Latin A-level? I really like the subject... but instead of what would I do it? Decisions, decisions.) Hope you can understand some Latin. If not, you may want to move along.  Have fun! - GAIS, 30/04/21

Tidbits: Plastic Waffles (Spiral #1)

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 As promised, here is a puzzle that is not a crossword - of any sort. Or is it? I don't know: it has 100 characters, which form words both when the entire string is read from the outside in, and from the inside out, with American-style clues to aid you. Thank you to Steve Mossberg for the inspiration, and to MentalPlayground, Jack Keynes and TeamCrazyMatt for test solving. Have fun! - GAIS, 06/04/21