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Poseidon Hates Litter · Saturday, 21 March 2026 · Ahhhh!
March 2026
Saturday,
21 March 2026
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Apply paint with the gentlest of taps (3)
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Message in a bottle, if the castaway has a way with verse (4)
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Little word that keeps your options open (2)
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Like water after a bar has been working on it (5)
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The 'Fine, I'll do everything' type (6)
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Rodents, or a disappointed 'Oh, bother!' (4)
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T-shirt enjoying retirement as a cleaning cloth (3)
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Sound of a brain buying another second (2)
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Beach outing with bin bags instead of a picnic basket (7)
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French water on a perfume label (3)
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'If nobody else will pick it up, I'll do it ___' (6)
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Eggs, to a biologist (3)
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What a fin beside your surfboard might give you (5)
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Dutch city whose pottery has a lifelong case of the blues (5)
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Word that turns two and three into six (5)
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"Pick '___ up!" (them, informally) (2)
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What books have instead of name tags (6)
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What 'no littering' is, however politely the sign puts it (4)
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The Pacific, for one — never a bin (5)
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'Ask your dad,' says this parent (3)
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Off course, like the bottle that missed the bin (6)
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Dutch inventor giving sea litter its marching orders; his surname belongs in a window blind (5,4)
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A phoenix's launchpad (4)
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Where yesterday's cutting edge becomes 'Please don’t touch' (6)
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Complain bitterly, or something to grip on deck (4)
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Turn 'whose turn is it to wash up?' into a debate (5)
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'We ___ all in this together' (3)
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Creamy soup that gives clams a starring role (7)
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Message that crosses the sea without a bottle (5)
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Material whose 'single use' can have a very long sequel (7)
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Environmentally minded, or still learning the ropes (5)
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Give credit in a footnote (4)
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Tart Indian gooseberry, often pickled (4)
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Letter at both ends of 'seas', spelled out (3)
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Australian runner who'll never catch a flight (3)
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Price of entry, even when the exhibition is rubbish (3)
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Half of a restless '___ and fro' (2)