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 ****
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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The SW corner caused the only real hold-up in what was a perfectly acceptable puzzle.
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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
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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.
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment **
I’m pushed for time today so I was glad that solving this puzzle didn’t detain me long. It helps to know your phonetic alphabet today
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7 down was the key to this puzzle. I solved the anagram early on which made the related clues much easier than they might have been. There were no major hold-ups and I enjoyed the exercise.… Continue reading >
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It all went swimmingly until I inexplicably stalled on the final few. Maybe it’s because I didn’t find it a particularly inspiring puzzle.
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This was of mixture of some pretty simple clues (e.g. 15a, 26a and 25d) giving toeholds for the solver and others requiring more thought and some GK. Thanks to Firefly for the puzzle.… Continue reading >
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There’s nought to rattle the thoroughbreds here today and, to be honest, the puzzle won’t last long in the memory. I’m not sure that I understand 26a – it seems to be a subtractive anagram (as discussed yesterday) but I can’t see the need for an anagram at all.… Continue reading >