David Astle

@dontattempt

Crossword maker, DA. Author of Wordburger, Riddledom, Cluetopia & Puzzled. Wordplay columnist. Verbaholic.

Australia
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Joined December 2012
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  1. Pinned Tweet
    12 Nov 2017

    Puzzles, riddles, quizzes & lots of curious words. For that wordy kid in your life or heart, my gargantuan gift is here.

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    9 hours ago

    Blood moon 12:38am AEST Victoria Australia DSLR 300mm

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    Jan 20

    Coward (adv.): in the direction of the cows

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  4. 3 hours ago

    My safe word is hapax legomenon

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    24 hours ago

    I helped a girl write a cryptic crossword clue for her Tinder profile last night: Romeo, hug, kiss and happy ending for me! (4)

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    Jan 27

    grief dumpling der Trauerkloß mope / wet blanket

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    5 hours ago

    The Beautiful, Forgotten Color Language of 19th Century Naturalists

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    16 hours ago

    Missed on Catalyst last night? Catchup on iview 📺👩🏾‍🔬

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    13 hours ago

    Word of the day: EUNEIROPHRENIA – the peaceful state of mind that comes from waking up after a lovely dream.

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  10. 20 hours ago

    Sorry. That's not a hill of beans I'm prepared to die on

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    21 hours ago

    I don't give a damn for a man that can only spell a word one way.

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  12. Retweeted
    Jan 29

    Flu info from a literal Doctor...who is funny.

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    Jan 30

    A cartoon showing a walrus in the hospital and a doctor saying “he thinks he’s the eggman.”
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    Jan 30

    As a verb, PARLIAMENT can be used to mean ‘to chatter like birds’.

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  15. Jan 29

    Moving forward, we need to create a space for the stakeholders to reach out to unpack the conversation around the issue

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  16. Jan 29

    SPAMOUFLAGE - tactics used by junk mailers to make their mail seem legitimate.

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    Jan 26

    With apologies to graphic designers everywhere, we've mocked up five book cover clichés - alongside some real-world

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  18. Retweeted
    Jan 29

    brace yourselves

    comparative uses of the phrases "ten items or less" (way more popular) and "ten items or fewer" (lagging behind badly)
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    Jan 29

    'Morning kid, that looks like a fun game... laters'

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  20. Jan 28

    Sexist language is malevolent. Sorry. Personvolent.

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    Jan 28

    Etymology data sketch by . 📚✏️

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