Putting the words to lights – crossword clues explained in plain English
Toughie No 2705 by Chalicea
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
A more straightforward offering from Chalicea today which makes reviewing the puzzle a lot easier than some. Continue reading “Toughie 2705”
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BD Rating - Difficulty ** - Enjoyment ***
Hello, everyone, and welcome to Tuesday. I enjoyed today's puzzle, in part because several clues presented wordplay that required a little thought to untangle everything, without requiring any visits to the dictionary. I wonder if our compiler is one of those who might comment here. Perhaps we'll find out later today. Continue reading "DT 29768"
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Greetings from Ottawa, where we are enjoying a brief respite from a record-breaking string of 30+ C temperatures.
Campbell has given us a gentler workout than usual today.… Continue reading
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We find from Dave Hennings’ Crossword Database that Ranunculus has been setting crosswords for the Enigmatic Variations series since 2014, and that this one is his tenth..
Preamble: The eight unclued entries are thematically linked and each must be entered in an appropriate style.… Continue reading
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A very good Sunday morning from Winnipeg where, after the heatwave, we seem to be having an early ‘taste’ of Autumn with ‘high’ temperatures in the high teens and low twenties plus some welcome rain.… Continue reading
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Tilsit has been called into work at very short notice this morning so I’ve been called off the bench to provide a few hints to get you started.
There’s nothing very frightening in today’s puzzle so I don’t expect most solvers will have too many problems.… Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***** – Enjoyment *****
17d was included as a reference to Elgar’s Telegraph Toughie number 181 – not that anyone would be expected to notice that. I was specifically asked not to mention this to Gazza, so let’s not tell him.… Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
Good morning from South Staffs. My thanks to LetterboxRoy for filling in last week while I was otherwise engaged.
Something of a mixture this morning, with some easy clues to get you started, and others which are more convoluted, and in some cases I’m not convinced that the parsing works properly.… Continue reading