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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Ray T is back! I thought this was one of his easier puzzles, but feel free to disagree. Just a little bit of innuendo and a brief visit from the Queen this time
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BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment ****
Before I start getting comments from people who think I have reviewed the wrong crossword, can I just remind everyone that, because Telegraph Puzzles have extended the end date for Sunday puzzles from five days after publication to eleven days after publication, this, if you can remember that far back, is the crossword which appeared on Sunday 29 April.
Once again, Virgilius provided us with a splendid treat of a puzzle – it was almost a shame that it was so straightforward as it was over all too soon. Lots of entertainment as usual and I hope everyone enjoyed it as much as I did.
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***– Enjoyment ****
We have a very entertaining puzzle from Elkamere, but with one clue which is bound to infuriate half of the solvers (to be fair Elkamere has made its wordplay about as easy as he could). There is a mini-theme relating to alcohol. I enjoyed it a lot – how about you?
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Hola from the Vega Baja and welcome to my 50th blog – not exactly Sachin Tendulkar but a half century ain’t bad!
We have a rather unusual grid today with twelve sets of ‘double unches’ but it didn’t spoil my enjoyment of another excellent Wednesday puzzle.
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment *****
I’m not used to getting puzzles this good on a Tuesday! This was a real tour de force from Warbler – with a number of traps for the unwary (me!) in clues like 11a, 14a and 17d, to name but three.
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** - Enjoyment **
Firstly thank you to Gazza who cleverly noticed that if I had chosen yesterday from one of two options for my lovely walk, then I must still have a day off today and therefore suggested that I might like to undergo the scary experience of an on-the-day blog once again.
Thank you to the Tuesday Mysteron for one of those crosswords where starting with the downs would have paid dividends, but in the end was completed in a straightforward time. I have awarded ** for difficulty because it took me a little longer to ‘see’ the wordplay of a couple of clues.
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** - Enjoyment ***
This entertaining Rufus puzzle is a typical start to the crosswording week.
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As is usual for the weekend prize crosswords, I will select a few of the more difficult clues and provide hints for them.
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Starting from today, all puzzles will be available in interactive format right here on the blog
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As is usual for the weekend prize crosswords, an assortment of clues, including some of the more difficult ones, have been selected and hints provided for them.
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
We’ve had a game of musical chairs this morning and I’ve ended up in Tilsit’s seat while he’s detained in hospital – get well soon, Tilsit!
I wasn’t overly impressed with this for a Friday Toughie. There’s not too much sparkle and some of the clues seem a bit forced. A basic knowledge of French helps.
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***/**** – Enjoyment ***
A bit of a re-shuffle in Bloggingland, unfortunately caused by Tilsit being detained at the NHS’s pleasure, affords me another turn in the Hot Seat. My first effort at blogging – back in the balmy days of January – was a Giovanni puzzle. I commented then that “We have a nicely balanced puzzle today from Giovanni. A good mix of difficulty and clue construction (including a couple of “old chestnuts”) that should please everyone”. Déjà vu all over again?
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Morning All! We have a pretty standard Saturday puzzle here. I liked it although it lacked a bit of bite in my opinion.
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
MynoT continues to work his way through the alphabet in this puzzle and has now reached the letter L. It was a fairly gentle solve with the four 13-letter anagrams and the presence of the L’s adding to the gentleness.
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
As this is definitely not one of Ray T’s puzzles, the sporting and music references (and the slightly harder-than-usual Quick crossword) suggest that Petitjean is today’s setter. Let’s hope he chooses today to leave his second comment on the blog, then we’ll know for sure.
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