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New Bruno Fernandes · Saturday, 10 January 2026 · Ahhhh!
January 2026
Saturday,
10 January 2026
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Elevenses after it got a Slack status and a talent for overrunning (6, 5)
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What the commuter holds, or what a rant goes off (4)
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What a coffee estate is measured in, when it isn't measured in gossip (4)
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Sound you make when the barista is ready and your mouth is not (2)
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British hospital doors, or the two letters hiding inside cafe (2)
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McKellen, McShane, or the uncle who splits the bill to the rupee (3)
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Mapmakers' shorthand for a coastline that runs from Marrakesh to Muscat (4)
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Cartoon channel of your childhood, before the coffee habit replaced Saturday morning (2)
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Avenue of ads, capital of Wisconsin, or the friend who orders for the table (7)
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Newsroom the remote shortens, or juice the brunch slate does (2)
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City that chose canals over traffic and spritz over small talk (6)
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Standing room only: a sold-out gig, or this cafe at nine on a Saturday (3)
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Cafe regular who never pays, has four legs, and judges your croissant (5)
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Pizza's green confetti; the herb that makes a la carte smell like a decision (7)
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The two letters that blue, true and queue can actually agree on (2)
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Storm, Bird, or what you threaten the cafe with when the wifi is a rumour (3)
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Nineties for cool, still used by uncles who will not say fire (3)
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Where a batter wants to stay, and where the cat already is (2)
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What the coffee was hired to prevent, and what this crossword did anyway (8)
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Like January, like the leaf, like the version of you that lasted until Thursday (3)
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A tribute band, if we are being honest; a joke wearing someone else's shirt (6)
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The other half of tea-or-coffee, masala optional, opinions mandatory (4)
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Bruno's other half; United's late-goal merchant; the surname that turns a first name into a rumour (9)
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Mars, Fernandes, or the friend who said just one espresso (5)
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C.V. who taught light to scatter, and whose effect your neon sign still owes rent (5)
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Diphthong in weigh and neighbour; also the prefix on an Irish tail number (2)
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French for from the card; Indian for we will also get the dosa (1, 2, 5)
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What the waiter did, what the bill did, and what January did (4)
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The only instruction printed on the cup that anyone actually follows (5)
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Jordan, Caine, or the one who said he would be here at four (7)
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Compass hedge for people who find east too committed (3)
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Princess once, or the two letters you glue onto et to start a diet you will ignore (2)
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The smallest argument in the orchestra, or a busker's entire business plan (6)
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Where the album happens, or the flat that is also your office and your gym (6)
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Peninsula that sent kimchi, K-pop, and the side of the menu you actually wanted (5)
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Van Sant, or the regular whose mug lives on the second shelf (3)
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The month that opens with fools, and the rate your card hides in tiny print (3)
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Nebraska on a jumper; also how a Bangalore coming is usually oriented (2)
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Longer than a single, shorter than the album you swore you would finish (2)
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Notre Dame, North Dakota, or the two letters that turn a into and (2)
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What a resolution adds to m, and a sandwich adds to ro (2)