Putting the words to lights – crossword clues explained in plain English
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
This is a pretty gentle but enjoyable puzzle which shouldn’t take solvers too long, giving them plenty of time to carve their pumpkins. Thanks to Messinae.
Please leave a comment telling us how you fared and what you thought of it.… Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Good morning from a cold but sunny Downtown LI. I am standing in for The Two Kiwis today as Kiwi Colin has been away in India. Hopefully we have some nice photos to look at when they make their welcome return next week.… Continue reading
Update – 01-11-2018
Well, it was good while it lasted. The gremlins hit this afternoon, so the site is now back under the protection of Cloudflare!
In an attempt to resolve the current problems with caching I have changed the site so that it no longer uses Cloudflare. It takes up to 24 hours for this change to propagate through the internet. … Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty **/*** – Enjoyment ***/****
Kitty is busy today, but she’ll be back blogging the Notabilis on Friday – we’ve just swapped. It’s been a while since I’ve blogged a Giovanni. I knew only one of the islands today but I had come across everything else previously.… Continue reading
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BD Rating - Difficulty ** - Enjoyment ***
Hello, everyone. Today we have a solid, enjoyable puzzle that I thought was just right for the Tuesday back-page slot. In the hints below most indicators are italicized, and underlining identifies precise definitions and cryptic definitions.
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Good morning from Downtown LI. In MPs absence the village have unveiled a new War Memorial to commemorate those who fell during the first and second world wars.… Continue reading
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A very good Sunday morning from Winnipeg, where, yesterday, we completed the suite of November weather in October with FOG!
With the usual superlatives, Virgilius is somewhat benevolent this week, but a couple of clues required a little head scratching, for solving and hinting – about average for anagrams, two lurkers, and one partial homophone.… Continue reading
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