Putting the words to lights – crossword clues explained in plain English
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BD Rating - Difficulty ** - Enjoyment ***
Hello, everyone. It's Tuesday again and unsurprisingly we have a pretty standard Tuesday puzzle. No idea who might have set this one. Any suggestions? Continue reading "DT 29403"
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BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment ***
Greetings from Ottawa, where the weather remains unsettled. While I solved this puzzle, a violent thunderstorm raged outside dumping torrential amounts of welcome rain on my parched garden.… Continue reading
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A very good Sunday morning from Winnipeg, where the heat and humidity are ‘on’ with heat warnings for ‘combined’ temperatures of 38 degrees or more.
On Wednesday, I commented about my photograph of a Blue Jay and a Bald Eagle. … Continue reading
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Morning all from a damp Warrington. Bit of a rush job as I am helping run a Brain of Football quiz at 11:30. Continue reading “DT 29401 (Hints)”
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***/****
Slow to start but then progressed smoothly as the checkers started coming in. Some lovely clues made this an enjoyable solve
Please leave a comment telling us what you thought. … Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
Good morning from South Staffs, where the temperature was still over 20° when I solved this crossword after midnight last night. This morning we may have a thunderstorm.… Continue reading
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This puzzle was published on 20th June 2020
BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
It was obvious fairly early on to guess which setter was responsible for this Saturday Prize Puzzle, Continue reading “DT 29395”
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ****
A slightly friendlier proXimal Toughie than some, presumably why we find him in the Thursday Toughie spot, which suited me because I quite often struggle with his more difficult Toughies.… Continue reading
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BD Rating — Difficulty ***/**** — Enjoyment ****
Hello everyone. A Ray T Thursday. I found it pretty difficult but a couple of silly mistakes early on, the scarcity of anagrams and the very hot weather probably contributed to that feeling so I’ll wait to see what everyone else made of it – could be that I’ve got it totally wrong.… Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****/*****
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This was a thoroughly enjoyable puzzle with a number of chuckle-inducing clues (including one at 10a which I would have expected to find in Private Eye but probably not in the straitlaced Telegraph). |