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 ***
Stephen L is lucky to have some sun in South Devon because here in the North of the County it’s a horribly wet, cold day.
It’s Firefly on duty today (thanks to him) and he’s given us a reasonably gentle puzzle including a fairly high anagram count.… Continue reading
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You’ll like this puzzle if you enjoy anagrams because my anagram counter reached double figures. Whatever happened to the Telegraph rule of no more than six anagrams per puzzle?… Continue reading
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There’s a theme in this Toughie with a number of synonyms of the answer to 8d. Thanks to Firefly.
Please leave a comment telling us how you fared and what you thought of the puzzle.… Continue reading
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Firefly has given us a themed puzzle based on 10a where all the themed entries (except 9a) have something extra in common, as explained in 28/17a.
Please leave a comment telling us how you fared and what you thought of the puzzle.… Continue reading
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No anagrams, no obscurities with the ‘toughness’ coming from the wordplay (although there are also some ‘gimmes’ to get us started) – what’s not to like?
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For the most part this is pretty straightforward but for me it didn’t have a lot of pizzazz. Thanks to Firefly.
Please leave a comment telling us how you fared and what you thought of the puzzle.… Continue reading
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Pinch, punch, the first of the month – and Firefly provides us with a suitably themed crossword Continue reading “Toughie 2619”
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Firefly’s turn to provide the Thursday crossword – most enjoyable while it lasted Continue reading “Toughie 2603”
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A proper Toughie and the most fun I’ve had solving a crossword for some time, but then I’m a fan of strange and wonderful words – I did know them all and the other things I’m sure some commenters will refer to as obscurities.… Continue reading
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Dutch seems to have gone awol today, so this was put together quickly. Continue reading “Toughie 100012”