Putting the words to lights – crossword clues explained in plain English
Firefly is Geoff Oxley. He is also known as Glow-worm
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BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment ***
Solved in a time which placed this puzzle on the cusp between a hard back-pager and an easy middle-of-the-paper crossword. We are a Q and an X short of a pangram.… Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
I was quite happy to have a none-too-difficult puzzle today. There were no major hold-ups and very little head-scratching. Continue reading “Toughie 2353”
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment **/***
I had no problems in solving this (a few old chestnuts helped) but I did find it somewhat lacking in sparkle. Continue reading “Toughie 2337”
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
Those who accessed the puzzle online early today (as I did) may be surprised to find that five of the clues have been changed (I don’t know why – the original ones seemed just as good).… Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
A pleasant and entertaining puzzle from Firefly with some great definitions. A couple of new words were clued fairly and easily. I was lucky to get the long clues straight away, speeding up my solve
Definitions are underlined as always.… Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
A thematic puzzle containing 9 examples of a 13 across, 5 of one kind and 5 of another. I assume that the puzzle was scheduled to mark tomorrow’s opening night of the comeback tour of a certain pop combo (minus 21 across).… Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
I’ve had a complete break from my usual Thursday routine today and it wasn’t until 1.30 that I discovered that it was Thursday and that I had a blog to write.… Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***/****
The SW corner caused the only real hold-up in what was a perfectly acceptable puzzle.
Please leave a comment telling us what you thought. Continue reading “Toughie 2193”
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
A pleasant enough puzzle from Firefly with a nod to today’s date. It caused no problems except perhaps in the NE which was the last corner to yield
Please leave a comment telling us what you thought.… Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
Seasonal felicitations to all you lovely setters, bloggers, solvers and lurkers. I hope you are having the kind of time that you wish. If not, it’ll be over soon.
Firefly has served up a feast of a puzzle with all the … well, that will become clear.