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Don’t let these words get iced out, I can’t (polar) bear it.

Another casualty of the climate crisis? Our coolest words

Don’t let these words get iced out, I can’t (polar) bear it.

  • David Astle

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Did Jay-Z move the needle on the zee-drift?

Jay Zee or Jay Zed? I can tell your age by your answer

Z has always been trouble, and Gen-Z is just the latest to claim the letter.

  • David Astle
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When getting cross comes to nought

Baking off the grid.

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Holiday closure, in black and white

While the Beeb is left to carry the can.

Forever a tadpole, never a toad.

Could this be the best science story of 2025?

Put it this way: if I said “Peter Pan tadpole” would you like to know more?

  • David Astle
Meet Rum’un, the Tasmania Devils’ new club mascot.

What’s a Rum’un? How this new AFL mascot got its name

Meet a monster with meaning in every snarl.

  • David Astle
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Putting paradise to the sword

When ratings are the last resort.

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Good diplomacy, or just papering over the cracks?

While in Dubbo, the uke prevails over the ute.

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The crossword clue is poetry to pore over and savour.

Feeling puzzled? This is how crosswords soothe us in hectic times

I can monster a cryptic before my beer goes flat, but what’s the hurry?

  • David Astle

Original URL: https://www.smh.com.au/topic/wordplay-1n37