Lowdown Cryptic

Behold! @lowdowncryptic.bsky.social has outdone himself with another fantastic Scrabblegram (which includes a "reverse transcription" piece of DNA inside). 🧬🏆

Thanks, Dave! 😀

For those unaware, I was inspired to make sort of a "sequel" to Dave's DNA Scrabblegram (below) and post it on Feb 28 for the anniversary of the discovery of DNA's double helix structure

See Dave's profile and check out his spectacular collection of 400+ Scrabblegrams!

Known as a loved feature of Hooters (5)

A #clue from this week's new #cryptic #crossword #puzzle at Ben's Cryptics "Laissez-Faire":
ibendr.github.io/xwd/bendr/pu...
www.mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/3184

I solved the whole puzzle this time! Nice grid and lots of clever clues 👏

Congratulations! Cryptic Crossweird is awesome 🤘

@boatmancryptics.co.uk, see thread above, as well as Dave’s DNA Scrabblegram that I reposted yesterday

Sort of. Really, I just wanted to have DNA hidden backwards in the ‘gram (not as a cryptic clue). But “revolutionary” is used as a reversal indicator in cryptics, so the allusion is there!

Thanks, Dave! I looked up Feb 28 events, recalled your DNA ‘gram, and was inspired to make a sequential sequel!

My initial drafts included the word DNA, but then I decided to have a “twisted” DNA string hidden in the text instead. Can you find it?

#cryptic #turnaround

Nice! I solved it with some letter reveals to speed up the process 😁

Since you post a Cryptick clue most days anyway, couldn’t you just have that one automatically show on the homepage?

It could be a trial for now and maybe later you’d develop it to include clues from others somehow? (I realize they’re not stored, so it might be a separate process)

Abstract, molecular dot image of human form arising from DNA double helix. Text below: The Human Genome Project It sequenced pairs and revolutionized biology, working as if a saliva swab extracted your life Scrabblegram (100 tiles, including title) Blanks: C, S

My February #Scrabblegram is sort of a sequel to Dave's #DNA 'gram (see my previous post)

The #HumanGenomeProject determined the base pairs of human DNA, mapping and sequencing our genetic code 🧬

#Scrabble #Science #Biology

Can you find the revolutionary DNA in this Scrabblegram? 🤓 #cryptic

Dave's Scrabblegrams Welcome to my Scrabblegram collection. Follow at twitter.com/dc_scrabblegram to see the Scrabblegram of the Day. A Scrabblegram is a message (a kind of freestyle poem, really) that uses each of the 1...

Thanks! I usually use the Scrabble tiles, but you can also use this simple online tool: quuxplusone.github.io/Scrabblegrams/

I was inspired by @dcscrabblegram.bsky.social who used to post a daily ‘gram on Twitter. Visit davesscrabblegrams.com for his amazing collection of 400+ Scrabblegrams!

Tricky but topically fair! 👏

(I'd say "As might indicate conflict here?")

Abstract, molecular dot image of human form arising from DNA double helix. Text below: The Human Genome Project It sequenced pairs and revolutionized biology, working as if a saliva swab extracted your life Scrabblegram (100 tiles, including title) Blanks: C, S

My February #Scrabblegram is sort of a sequel to Dave's #DNA 'gram (see my previous post)

The #HumanGenomeProject determined the base pairs of human DNA, mapping and sequencing our genetic code 🧬

#Scrabble #Science #Biology

Can you find the revolutionary DNA in this Scrabblegram? 🤓 #cryptic

Rosalind Franklin’s Role in the Discovery of DNA’s Structure | HISTORY Franklin's work paved the way for Watson and Crick.

James Watson and Francis Crick got the credit for discovering the double-helix structure of #DNA (see above)

#RosalindFranklin played a key role and was unfairly overlooked

#Science #WomenInScience #WomenInSTEM

www.history.com/articles/ros...

DNA Scrabblegram (with diagram of DNA molecule) Various enzymes pair adjacent nucleotides by group, give a sequential framework of code within a rotating double helix. Blanks: C,U

Feb 28, 1953, is recognized as discovery date of DNA's double-helix structure (but there's a twist - see post below) 🧬

Enjoy this amazing #Scrabblegram by the master,
@dcscrabblegram.bsky.social

#Scrabble #Science #DNA #Feb28

Visit davesscrabblegrams.com for his collection of 400+ Scrabblegrams!

"We're not gonna take it!" they shouted. "Resist!" (7,6) #crypticclue 🤣

cryptick.wildvale.co.uk/clue.html#Il...

Solve it, and create your own!

How to make cheap platter? Spoiled things (5,3,5,4) #crypticclue

cryptick.wildvale.co.uk/clue.html#SG...

Solve it, and create your own!

Choose ages for run-around? (4,5,5) #crypticclue

cryptick.wildvale.co.uk/clue.html#Q2...

Solve it, and create your own!

Sorry, but scull isn’t c---e and pat definitely doesn’t mean c------e!

Something tangentially related may appear in a thesaurus listing, but only use it if the meaning makes sense in the real world

Thanks for the mention and sharing the story in your Out of Left Field update! They're always educational, cryptically and otherwise!

Why athletes at the 2026 Winter Olympics are finally being given more power to monetise their performances It’s a big shift from the IOC, which has kept a tight rein on the rights to footage.

INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE (29)
earns billions in TV rights while most of the athletes earn a
PALTRY INCOME (12)

#Letterbankism 29:12 ratio (2.4)
#WinterOlympics #MilanoCortina2026 #IOC
#letterbank #wordplay #media #commentary

Why athletes at the 2026 Winter Olympics are finally being given more power to monetise their performances It’s a big shift from the IOC, which has kept a tight rein on the rights to footage.

INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE (29)
earns billions in TV rights while most of the athletes earn a
PALTRY INCOME (12)

#Letterbankism 29:12 ratio (2.4)
#WinterOlympics #MilanoCortina2026 #IOC
#letterbank #wordplay #media #commentary

I solved a clue by @wildvale.co.uk on Cryptick!

Snoop picked up gold in Milan, perhaps? (6)

cryptick.wildvale.co.uk/clue.html#U2...

Clue below from this week's Out of Left Field #cryptic #crossword (if you're not a subscriber, maybe you should be?)

This URL is a hint, but tapping the link is a spoiler: www.cbc.ca/kids/article...

Once you've solved (or not), read the article for a great bit of history/trivia! 🇨🇦

It’s a great bit of transatlantic ursine literary history - look it up!

Did you know the bear was named after the city? (Or rather the character was named after a real bear who was named after the city)

Yes, words with exactly two of each letter are second-order isograms (INTESTINES is great)

Of course, there are many reduplicative words (TSETSE, MURMUR, BERIBERI) and others that happen to repeat (TESTES, TARTAR, HOTSHOTS)

A #letterbank (no repeats) is called a heterogram or (first-order) isogram

Nice! Were you aware this is a “letter bank” cryptic clue?

Well done to come up with a nice clue from your unfortunate condition! Feel better soon