Putting the words to lights – crossword clues explained in plain English
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BD Rating — Difficulty **/*** — Enjoyment ****
Hello everyone. The first Ray T crossword of 2020, at least I’m almost certain that it’s one of his even though a few of his trademarks are missing.… Continue reading
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BD Rating — Difficulty *** — Enjoyment ****
Hello everyone. I hope you all had a very good Christmas Day and are about to enjoy Boxing Day, whatever you’re doing and whoever you’re going to be doing it with!… Continue reading
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BD Rating — Difficulty *** — Enjoyment ****
Hello everyone – definitely a Ray T crossword today. I thought that it was probably somewhere in the middle of his range of difficulty and had most of his trademarks.… Continue reading
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BD Rating — Difficulty ** — Enjoyment ***/****
Hello everyone. Brrrr – it’s nippy in Oxford this morning! No, it’s not Thursday but Miffypops is busy today so I’m doing the hints instead of him. I thought this was a very enjoyable and fairly straightforward way to start the crossword week with no real problems – all very nice short clues and only a couple of anagrams.… Continue reading
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BD Rating — Difficulty *** — Enjoyment ****
Hello everyone. I’m fairly sure that this crossword is by proXimal if only because, apart from the ‘X’, it’s a pangram and that’s his trademark. I found it tricky in places but maybe not quite as much as some of his.… Continue reading
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BD Rating — Difficulty **/*** — Enjoyment ****
Hello everyone. The last few Thursdays seem to have been a bit out of sync so I wasn’t sure who or what to expect today but this crossword is definitely a Ray T.… Continue reading
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BD Rating — Difficulty *** — Enjoyment ***
Hello everyone. I thought there were some sneaky clues in today’s crossword – certainly sneaky enough to fox me anyway. I don’t know who set it – it’s definitely not Ray T and it doesn’t quite feel like proXimal either.… Continue reading
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BD Rating — Difficulty *** — Enjoyment ***
Hello everyone. I haven’t quite made up my mind about this one yet so I’ll just tell you a few general thoughts. The style felt unfamiliar; the clues are admirably brief; the setter is not Ray T; there was a slightly odd mixture of some very straightforward ones and a few that completely floored me for ages.… Continue reading
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BD Rating — Difficulty **** — Enjoyment ****
Hello everyone. I thought this was a jolly difficult Ray T Thursday. He seems to have thrown all his tricks at us in one day but maybe it’s just me.… Continue reading
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BD Rating — Difficulty **/*** — Enjoyment ***
Hello everyone. This is definitely a Ray T crossword – I didn’t think it was quite as straightforward as the one two weeks ago but it’s far from being his most difficult.… Continue reading