Putting the words to lights – crossword clues explained in plain English
John Halpern has been the regular Sunday setter since he took over from Brian Greer on 18th November 2018. He is also known as Dada.
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A very good Sunday morning from Winnipeg where, while it may be the last full day of Winter today, Old Man Winter does not seem willing to allow the change of season to take place. … Continue reading
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A very good Sunday morning from Winnipeg where, while it was snowing at 2:00am this morning, we endured the biannual nonsense of changing our clocks and other timing devices by one hour, ‘springing forward’ in this case. … Continue reading
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A very good Sunday morning from Winnipeg where, as elsewhere, meteorologists would have us believe that Spring started on Wednesday. Personally, I go along with the idea that (true, astronomical) Spring begins on the day of the Vernal Equinox, in two weeks and one day time, when it is more likely that Winter will be over.… Continue reading
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A very good Sunday morning from Winnipeg where we have been back in the deep freeze for most of the week but the forecast is suggesting a few days of minus single digit highs which of course means that it will be warm enough (a relative term) for some more snow.… Continue reading
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A very good Sunday morning from Winnipeg where our Winter Festival – le Festival du Voyageur – started on Friday with appropriate temperatures to ensure that the ice and snow sculptures will not ‘disappear’ during the course of the festival and our river skating and skiing trail has been in operation for several weeks (sorry Falcon).… Continue reading
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A very good Sunday morning from Winnipeg where we have continued to enjoy above seasonal normal temperatures with very little new precipitation.
For me, and I stress for me, Dada still quite friendly but with a soupçon of quirkiness today and, perhaps, an uncharacteristic error, with six anagrams (no partials), two lurkers (one reversed), and three homophones, all in an asymmetric 28 clues; with 14 hints ‘sprinkled’ throughout the grid you should be able to get the checkers to enable the solving of the unhinted clues.… Continue reading
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A very good Sunday morning from Winnipeg where, six years ago to the very day, and 314 Sunday blogs ago, I started my Sunday blogging ‘career’ and I have never looked back.
Assisted by a Speyside Glenlivet – none of that Western Isles ‘Jeyes fluid’ for me!… Continue reading
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A very good Sunday morning from Winnipeg where, with the end of January in sight, the un-seasonally warm two or three weeks we have enjoyed has already come to an end and we are back in the deep freeze with a high temperature (using the term loosely) of minus 23 degrees yesterday with a similar forecast for today.… Continue reading
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A very good Sunday morning from Winnipeg where the un-seasonally warm January continues although more seasonal temperatures are forecast to return in three or four days time.
For me, and I stress for me, Dada not so friendly today, with a not too friendly grid, with five anagrams (three partials), two lurkers, and no homophones, all in a symmetric 30 clues; with 15 hints ‘sprinkled’ throughout the grid you should be able to get the checkers to enable the solving of the unhinted clues.… Continue reading
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A very good Sunday morning from Winnipeg where we have continued to enjoy warmer (a relative term) than seasonal temperatures, so much so that today is forecast to be a tee-shirt and shorts minus one.… Continue reading