Putting the words to lights – crossword clues explained in plain English
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A very good Sunday morning from Winnipeg, where in several jurisdictions, as in the UK, liquor stores (off licences) have been declared essential businesses, cheers everyone, hic! 
Seriously, and once again, wherever you are in our cruciverbalist world, stay safe everyone – it’s going to get a lot worse before it even starts to get better. … Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment ****
*As the Prize Puzzles have been paused, this review follows on from Tilsit’s Hints and Tips earlier on today. I have left the solutions hidden and not given full explanations in case people still need just a little bit of help with clues for which Tilsit had not provided a hint so that they can finish off the crossword.… Continue reading
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Good morning from a sunny Warrington.
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment *****
Did you notice? I didn’t see it coming, which I think makes it all the more clever of Osmosis. A superb grid fill, with two symmetrically-placed names, using reasonably normal words and avoiding words like SYZYGY.… Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ***
Good morning from an eerily quiet South Staffs. I hope the coronavirus is keeping its distance from you all.
It’s not often that I award **** for difficulty to a back page puzzle, but this one took me into that time bracket.… Continue reading
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This puzzle was published on 21st March 2020
BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment ****
A lovely, enjoyable and friendly Saturday Prize Puzzle, apart, of course, from 19d. The setter resolved our queries with that one (see below) but I do wonder whether the solutions to 6a and 8a were a message from him to the World’s Best Crossword Blog? Continue reading “DT 29317”
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ***
This Firefly crossword was well and truly on my Toughie ‘spectrum’ – parts of the LH side were particularly tricky to solve and working out/and writing the hints for some of the clues took a while too.… Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Good morning from the ghostly quiet of lockdown L I. Where not a creature is stirring as I write. No schoolchildren, no walkers, no horse riders, nobody fetching the daily paper. It’s blissfully quiet. Long may it continue. Continue reading “DT 29321”