Putting the words to lights – crossword clues explained in plain English
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment **
You’ll like this puzzle if you enjoy anagrams because my anagram counter reached double figures. Whatever happened to the Telegraph rule of no more than six anagrams per puzzle?… Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Good morning from South Devon.
I know a lot of you look forward (as I do) to your fortnightly battle with the “Thursday maestro” and although the difficulty can vary the quality of the puzzles is inevitably high Continue reading “DT 29818”
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Stick Insect provides a fairly friendly Toughie Continue reading “Toughie 2738”
BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
Kia ora from Aotearoa.
A bit of extra challenge to put this together. Colin, who usually does all the technical stuff, has had another eye injection a few hours ago and so has very limited blurry vision for a while. However we will cope and beg forgiveness for any glitches.
All the usual Wednesday puzzle fun, with some tricky clues in the bottom half which took us into 3 star time.
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This puzzle was published on 17th October 2021
BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
Dada upped the difficulty level this Sunday Continue reading “ST 3130”
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Golly bongs, this little beauty from Robyn took some sorting. Thanks for the tussle Robyn and please come back soon Continue reading “Toughie 2737”
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Hello, everyone. I thought today's puzzle was just excellent. Lots of humour, tight cryptic grammar, smooth surfaces, a topical reference, fairly straightforward general knowledge requirements, and a nod to the compiler's boss. Does that feel familiar? I'd like to see more puzzles like this on a Tuesday, if the puzzles editor can arrange that. Continue reading "DT 29816"
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Greetings from Ottawa, where overnight temperatures are now edging below the freezing point. We had a lovely weekend but rain is forecast for the entire coming week.
I tore through the top half of today’s puzzle from Campbell but found the bottom half put up more resistance.… Continue reading