Putting the words to lights – crossword clues explained in plain English
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment *****
It was a joy to solve this clever pangram from Osmosis. The clues are exquisitely crafted – lovely misleads throughout and beautifully disguised definitions. I did struggle with the two long down clues as I wasn’t familiar with the names – a question of guessing the answer from the parsing and checking.… Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Good morning from South Staffs on a blustery autumn day.
Plenty of General Knowledge in today’s Giovanni, with mathematicians, philosophers, biblical figures and astrological signs, but the wordplay will enable solvers to reach the answers.… Continue reading
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This puzzle was published on 6th October 2018
BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
I solve this late on Saturday afternoon after a horrible rainy journey back from Oxfordshire – there was so much to enjoy, apart from (as a solver) the homophone in 21a that didn’t work for quite a few of us (there’s a big NO written by this one on the newspaper) and (as a reviewer) the number of times you notice that you are doing something with individual letters, whether abbreviations or otherwise.… Continue reading