Putting the words to lights – crossword clues explained in plain English
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A very good Sunday morning from Winnipeg, where we have been enjoying temperatures in the high 20s and low 30s as we get ready for Canada Day tomorrow (“get ready” means to stock up on beer, burgers, hot dogs, etc).… Continue reading
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Howdoo!
It’s that time of the month again when the boss goes for a wander down the local Farmer’s Market and I pop in and do the honours.
A very enjoyable and reasonably straightforward puzzle from our regular Mysteron, I’d guess. Not too much to hold you up although a couple of slightly oblique definitions, 6 down being the main culprit and was almost my last one in. As usual, a thanks to the lovely Crypticsue for putting my pictures in as my iMac won’t allow me to for some reason. Continue reading “DT 29090 (Hints)”
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***/**** – Enjoyment *****
Beautiful clueing by proXimal. After some initial staring at the grid, I found a foothold after which I progressed at a reasonable pace. No obscurities, thank you setter, though I hadn’t heard of the valley (21d)
Identifying the definition in the clue is half the battle.… Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
Good morning from South Staffs, where the sun is breaking through early morning cloud and a warm day is in prospect.
There were a couple of, I thought, rather stretched synonyms in today’s Giovanni, and some interesting all-in-one clues, which stretched my solving time towards *** difficulty.… Continue reading
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This puzzle was published on 22nd June 2019
BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment *
Another Prize Puzzle from our ‘wordy’ setter which I solved while a Grandpa/Grandson light sabre fight was going on around me.… Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***/****
There’s always a danger with this kind of grid that there will one corner that you have difficulty getting into. With me today it was the NW corner which is hard to understand because there are a couple of gimmes that I ought to have spotted instantly.… Continue reading
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BD Rating — Difficulty ***/**** — Enjoyment ****
Hello everyone. Well, I obviously don’t know about the rest of you yet but I thought this was jolly difficult. It’s not by Ray T – I suspect the setter is proXimal but we’ll have to wait and see.… Continue reading
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This puzzle was published on 16th June 2019
BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment ***
Nice and straightforward – although I did wonder if I’ve been doing these crosswords for far too long as there did seem to be a lot of things I’ve seen many times before
Please leave a comment telling us what you thought.… Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
I thought that this was a pleasant but fairly straightforward puzzle which for the most part would not have been out of place on the back page. Thanks to Samuel.… Continue reading