Putting the words to lights – crossword clues explained in plain English
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***/****
Another excellent puzzle from Notabilis with his trademark precision cluing – I enjoyed the down-specific indicators, exact instructions, clever definitions and clean anagrams. I was surprised it was all over for me in 2* time with 8d and 21d being the last to parse.… Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Good morning from South Staffs where there’s a dusting of overnight snow, but nothing to cause any great problems.
As usual, Giovanni requires us to have a certain amount of general knowledge to solve today’s puzzle, and there are some less common words.… Continue reading
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This puzzle was published on Saturday 7 January
BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment ***
Another Saturday, another Prize Puzzle, the only hold up for many of us being putting the wrong ‘underground deposit’ in 12d and then finding that 22a “wouldn’t work”