Putting the words to lights – crossword clues explained in plain English
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The instructions said: Nine solutions, most of them partial, provide terms used in a game. What is that game? Continue reading “MPP 096 – Review”
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Ten solutions share a connection but which one lacks the X-Factor?
The theme of American presidents was obvious fairly early on in the solving process – the one lacking the X-Factor was, of course, President Ford, who wasn’t elected (so no-one put an X by his name on a ballot paper!)… Continue reading
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A Caesar cipher encodes words by shifting the letters by a set number of places.… Continue reading
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This month’s winner of a Telegraph Puzzles Book of their choice is Roland Rance.
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Why not have a go at our latest Monthly Prize Puzzle?
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A review will follow after the closing date (18th May 2019).
The competition is now closed
The instructions said: A number of solutions contain a common feature and a smaller number of solutions have the opposite feature. What is the total number of solutions in question? The clues give an additional hint about the feature that you are looking for.
The consonants in 15 solutions appear in alphabetical order or reverse alphabetical order .… Continue reading