Putting the words to lights – crossword clues explained in plain English
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BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment ***
Chalicea sets a Tuesday Floughie. This is a perfect entry into Toughieland for those who are hesitating to dip a toe into the water. The only type of clue that back-page solvers might not have previously encountered is the compound anagram at 14 Down. Continue reading “Toughie 2685”
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The Kiwis are away this week so I am stepping in. Fortunately there was nothing too tricky in this, yet another excellent Wednesday puzzle. Continue reading “DT 29733”
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Another excellent Toughie from Donnybrook. All those mentions of food made me feel ready for lunch! Continue reading “Toughie 2677”
Another (inferior) crossword site has today posted this notice:
“Recently there has been a noticeable increase in off-topic comments on puzzle related posts, many of which would better be posted elsewhere, for example on the General Discussion page, or not at all. Please be circumspect when posting a comment. I do not want to limit input to the site but equally I do not want it to be cluttered up with off-topic asides.” Continue reading “Comments”
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Robyn is a new (female?) Toughie setter and this is an excellent, if not too difficult to solve, debut.
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I’m deputising for Pommers today as he is travelling around southern Spain.
A good start-of-the-week puzzle i.e. not too difficult!
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This is Moeraki’s third Toughie (the last one was back in March). It contains several words that may not be in the vocabulary of many solvers, but all answers were easy enough to derive. Continue reading “Toughie 2661”
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Dutch is unavailable today. I hadn’t anticipated the problems of the last two days when I agreed to cover for him, which is why this review is so late. Continue reading “Toughie 2660”
Update 11th Jun 2021
I have managed to post Miffypops review of DT 29698, due yesterday, and will endeavour to add Rahmat’s DT 29694 [✓] and my review of Toughie 2660 [✓] later today. All other reviews have been posted
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