Smugle or Strugle? – Dispatches From Smegle

[Flap Jack]

Howdy doodly do, folks! As we’ve now had 2 weeks of the Difficult Daily, I thought it might be prudent to move discussions of the day’s puzzle and our scores to a dedicated thread, so we’re not just bloating the comments of the “Reintroducing Smegle” post all the time. Let that be for more general feedback (or bug reports).

And of course, if you get any share-worthy frames in Casual Continuous, feel free to post those here too!

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To start us off,

01/05/2022

5/6

Somewhat tricky, but once I’d got the right series I felt confident I could narrow it down enough not to fail.

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Also, what do you think: should this thread be spoiler-free, or not? I’m leaning towards not – because I generally prefer to do the Difficult Daily myself before hearing about others’ scores anyway, and it would be cool to speak openly without having to wait until the next day – but only if there’s consensus on it.

Topic

[RunawayTrain]

18/02/2026 

3

#RedDwarf #Smegle 18/02/2026 

Demons & Angels, backwards down the Reds

I almost guessed D&A too.  (And did the same as you with the Reds.)

[Ben Saunders]

#RedDwarf #Smegle 19/02/2026 

⬛🟩

Skipper

10

[Moonlight]

#RedDwarf #Smegle 19/02/2026 

It’s not my fault like 70% of Series XI is someone in scrubs in the science room.

[FutureEchoes]

19/02/2026 

M-Corp, G&T, Krysis, Samsara, Can of Worms 

[Unrumble]

19/02/2026 

Everything but Twentica

[Quinn: Clochebusters World Champion]

#RedDwarf #Smegle 19/02/2026 

M-Corp

[Dave]

#RedDwarf #Smegle 19/02/2026 

M-Corp

19/02/2026 

Ditto.

[cwickham]

#RedDwarf #Smegle 19/02/2026 

M-Corp

[RunawayTrain]

19/02/2026 

4

[Ben Saunders]

#RedDwarf #Smegle 20/02/2026 

🟨🟨🟨🟩

I was about to start sweating

11

[FutureEchoes]

20/02/2026 

[Quinn: Clochebusters World Champion]

#RedDwarf #Smegle 20/02/2026 

Thanks for the Memory

[Unrumble]

20/02/2026 

Stasis Leak 

[Dave]

20/02/2026 

Parallel Universe, Thanks for the Memory. 

[clem]

20/02/2026 

Missed a day yesterday. 

[RunawayTrain]

20/02/2026 

5

[Unrumble]

21/02/2026 

Cassandra, Pete 1

[FutureEchoes]

21/02/2026 

BitR Part III, Pete Part II 

[Ben Saunders]

#RedDwarf #Smegle 21/02/2026 

Officer Rimmer, The Promised Land, Back to Earth: Part III, Fathers & Suns, Only the Good….

In my defence, I was doing it on my phone so thought it was 16:9 😭

[Dave]

21/02/2026 

Demons & Angels, Epideme, Pete I, Cassandra. 

[cwickham]

#RedDwarf #Smegle 21/02/2026 

Part 1

[Quinn: Clochebusters World Champion]

#RedDwarf #Smegle 21/02/2026 

With each guess I k ew I wasn’t right because the colour pallet wasn’t right. But I was trying to think where we might see a shot up through a ceiling

Inquisitor, Beyond a Joke, Justice, Bodyswap, Cassandra

[clem]

21/02/2026 

Inquisitor, Tikka, Krytie TV, Pete 1

[Unrumble]

22/02/2026 

Marooned, Timeslides 

So, not a snowscape or a Nazi rally then… 

[FutureEchoes]

 22/02/2026 

Stoke, Marooned, Timeslides, Backwards 

Up until the last guess I thought I was looking at a snowy backdrop

[clem]

22/02/2026 

Marooned. Looked like snow, then I realised what it was. 

[Dave]

22/02/2026 

[Quinn: Clochebusters World Champion]

#RedDwarf #Smegle 22/02/2026 

BTL

[cwickham]

#RedDwarf #Smegle 22/02/2026 

Marooned (didn’t actually think that but didn’t know what else to put), oh right

[Ben Saunders]

#RedDwarf #Smegle 22/02/2026 

🟩

back on top

[clem]

23/02/2026 

Back to Earth 1, TPL

[FutureEchoes]

23/02/2026 

Lemons, Mechocracy 

[RunawayTrain]

Missed a couple of days 🙄

23/02/2026 

1

[Dave]

23/02/2026 

TPL, Twentica, Officer Rimmer (oops).

[Ben Saunders]

#RedDwarf #Smegle 23/02/2026 

⬛🟩

the other vending machine episode

2

[Quinn: Clochebusters World Champion]

#RedDwarf #Smegle 23/02/2026 

Fathers and Sons, Timewave, Cured

[Unrumble]

 23/02/2026 

[cwickham]

#RedDwarf #Smegle 23/02/2026 

F&S, TPL

[Unrumble]

 24/02/2026 

Timeslides, Terrorform 

[Ben Saunders]

#RedDwarf #Smegle 24/02/2026 

⬛⬛🟨🟨🟨

Beyond a Joke, Bodyswap, Terrorform, Quarantine, The Inquisitor

I don’t fucking remember Back to Reality apparently

[FutureEchoes]

24/02/2026 

Epideme, Terrorform, Back to Reality 

I nearly got it in one and second and third guessed myself

[clem]

24/02/2026 

Bodyswap, Terrorform, Quarantine

[Moonlight]

#RedDwarf #Smegle 24/02/2026 

Psirens, Marooned (both thinking I was looking at Lister in a puffer jacket outside of Starbug), The Inquisitor, then I thought of the correct guess but decided to pitch Quarantine instead.

[Quinn: Clochebusters World Champion]

#RedDwarf #Smegle 24/02/2026 

Psirens, Backwards, Inquisitor

[Dave]

24/02/2026 

Beyond a Joke, Krytie TV.

Weird one.

[cwickham]

#RedDwarf #Smegle 24/02/2026 

Terrorform, Inquisitor

[Unrumble]

25/02/2026 

Better Than Life, Waiting for God, Me²

[FutureEchoes]

25/02/2026 

[Ben Saunders]

#RedDwarf #Smegle 25/02/2026 

🟨🟩

The End

[Moonlight]

#RedDwarf #Smegle 25/02/2026 

I got lucky.

[Author]

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