Toughie No 3178 by Robyn
Hints and Tips by crypticsue
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Putting the words to lights – crossword clues explained in plain English
Since the beginning of 2010, Wednesday’s regular setter is Jeremy Mutch who has visited the blog as Jay. During 2009, Jay set almost all the Thursday puzzles.
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Kia ora from Aotearoa.
We have been rather lax with our crossword solving lately while we had guests staying. They went home yesterday so are back into our usual routine and able to give our full attention to putting this together.
Lots of good clues here and a pleasure for us to solve.… Continue reading
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BD Rating – Toughie Difficulty */** – Enjoyment ***
BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
Kia ora from Aotearoa.
All go here at present. Family guests have arrived with their motor home and will be with us for a few days. Have sent them off to do other things for a couple of hours so we can pay full attention to putting this blog together.… Continue reading
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BD Rating – Toughie Difficulty * – Enjoyment ****
A most enjoyable Wednesday Toughie from one of my favourite setters; always a good start when the first clue makes you smile!
BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
Kia ora from Aotearoa.
After rather indifferent weather for most of the past week, today is a beautiful fine clear day. We could do with plenty more of this as we move towards summer.
Our biggest problem with this puzzle was picking a favourite out of so many contenders.… Continue reading
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BD Rating – Toughie Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
A ‘just right for a Wednesday’ Toughie from Gila
BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
Kia ora from Aotearoa.
The winner of the New Zealand bird of the century poll was announced this morning. It is the pūteketeke or Australasian crested grebe. We have put a photo of one at the end of this blog. It is not a bird that many people are familiar with and the story of how it came to win the election is quite long and complicated so we
won’t go into details here.… Continue reading
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BD Rating – Toughie Difficulty */** – Enjoyment ****
Another Toughie treat from Hudson – the extra 0.5* for difficulty has a lot to do with the time it took me to ferret out how 27a worked
BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
Kia ora from Aotearoa.
This is the time of the year when New Zealanders have the chance to vote for their favourite Bird of the Year.
This year the organisers, NZ Forest & Bird, are celebrating their centenary by making it Bird of the Century.… Continue reading