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Puzzle Solutions – Edition 82

Crossword

Across:

6 Flies (sOARs) without outer letters (out of bounds) = OAR (stroke),

7 Obvious influence (CLEAR SWAY) containing (adopting) A (suggestion of attaché) = CLEARS AWAY (removes),

10 Secret (COVErT) minus (to be abolished) (r)ule = COVET (want),

11 Mess (POO) surrounded by (in) trifle (TOY) + (with) outer letters (extremely) of D(istastefu)L & E (conclusion to soiree) = TOY POODLE (dog),

Zeitgeisters – Carissa Véliz

If you are feeling overwhelmed or exhausted by the debates raging over the power of Big Tech and the seemingly impossible task of reversing the intrusions of surveillance capitalism, the work of Carissa Véliz will come as a welcome blast of courageous common sense.
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The Upside Down – Moonstruck

The moon loomed large in my Christmas, hanging above the frozen fields like a luminous icy disc.
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