Putting the words to lights – crossword clues explained in plain English
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Toughie No 3356 by Sparks
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
Thanks to Sparks for what I thought was relatively straightforward for a Friday Toughie. It’s a pangram.
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BD Rating - Difficulty **** - Enjoyment **
Hello, everyone, and welcome to Friday. A couple of clues in this nice puzzle resisted parsing for a while, which bumped the difficulty rating up to 4*. Continue reading "DT 30742"
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This puzzle was published on 5th October 2024
BD Rating – Difficulty */** – Enjoyment ****
Toughie No 3355 by Silvanus
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Silvanus is being fairly gentle with us today but as entertaining as ever. Thanks to him.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30741
Hints and tips by Shabbo
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
Good morning from a very wet and grey Welwyn Garden City. The classic “calling cards” of Queen and sweetheart indicate that this is by the master of brevity, RayT. There are no fewer than six double definitions, which help to get the average word count down to a miserly 5.2 words/clue.
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BD Rating – Toughie Difficulty * – Enjoyment ****
BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
Kia ora from Aotearoa.
We have once more been away in Wellington for a few days and missed out on our regular crossword pattern. Home now and catching up with things again.
A few tricky clues that required a bit of head-scratching for us this week.
Sunday Toughie No 140 by
Robyn
Review by Sloop John Bee
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This puzzle was published on the 29th of September 2024
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This puzzle was published on 29th September 2024
BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Greetings from Kolkata. A nice, friendly puzzle from Dada this Sunday that I enjoyed solving and thereafter writing a full review of his puzzle for your kind perusal and essential feedback.… Continue reading