Putting the words to lights – crossword clues explained in plain English
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment *****
A lovely puzzle from Osmosis with the usual cleverly-disguised definitions. And another near pangram, this time the Z is missing.
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Toughie No 3027 by Kcit
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment **
I’m afraid my enjoyment of this puzzle was reduced a lot by the number of clues requiring the insertion and/or deletion of single letters.
Thanks to Kcit.
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BD Rating – Toughie Difficulty */** – Enjoyment ****
Another splendid crossword from Hudson Continue reading “Toughie 3026”
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****/*****
Hello everyone from a bright and breezy South Devon coast.
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***** – Enjoyment *****
Not the easiest of puzzles … Continue reading “Toughie 3024”
Toughie No 3023 by Beam
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Beam makes his regular appearance in the Thursday Toughie slot – thanks to him for today’s enjoyable puzzle. The absence of anagrams in his puzzles does sometimes make the parsing easier – I would probably have tried to make an anagram of 8d, for instance, if the setter had been someone else.… Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
Hello everyone from a very mild (for now at least) South Devon coast Continue reading “Toughie No 3021”
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BD Rating – Difficulty **/*** – Enjoyment ****
Oh no! My heart sank as I saw the Nina. Our condolences Sparks. How do you give an enjoyment rating for such a sad message? Many of the across answers apply to 12a Continue reading “Toughie 3020”
Toughie No 3019 by proXimal
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
Thanks to proXimal for today’s Toughie which I enjoyed deciphering.
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Across Clues
1a Go over city crime arrests (5)
RECAP: a slang word for a crime contains the postal area of the City of London.… Continue reading