Toughie No 3182 by Silvanus
Hints and Tips by crypticsue
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BD Rating – Toughie Difficulty * – Enjoyment ***
Putting the words to lights – crossword clues explained in plain English
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BD Rating – Toughie Difficulty * – Enjoyment ***
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This puzzle was published on 16th October 2022
BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Definitely a day to ‘start with the Downs’ but once I got going, this Sunday Prize Puzzle didn’t take that long to solve Continue reading “ST 3182 (full review)”
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A very good Sunday morning from Winnipeg where, with some cool-ish temperatures, we have been enjoying ‘mixed’ precipitation.
For me, a slow start, a quick middle, and a slow finish not helped by a senior moment trying to make 9a (2,7) instead of its (3,6) – seven anagrams (four partials), two lurkers (one reversed), and no homophones – all in a slightly asymmetric 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