Putting the words to lights – crossword clues explained in plain English
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
You can always rely on Shamus to set a challenging crossword, but one that is solvable with a little patience. One or two trickier answers and some even trickier wordplay made this another very enjoyable puzzle.
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
I had a sense of déjà vu when doing this puzzle since many of the answers seemed to have cropped up recently! It’s a typical Tuesday puzzle – nothing too complicated or tricky.
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I have had a message from Tilsit to say that at the moment he is feeling much better, but it looks like it is going to be a week or so before he is allowed home.
Any comments left on this post will end up in his mailbox, so feel free to pass your message on to him.… Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Tilsit is still in hospital, but hopes to return next week.
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
For the weekend prize crosswords I will select a few of the better clues and provide hints for them. A full analysis of this puzzle will be available at 12.00 next Thursday, 2nd April.
Some hints to get you started: Continue reading “ST Cryptic No 2477 – Hints”
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment **
We will get Peter Biddlecombe’s view on this puzzle, in his full review – to be published at 12.00 on Thursday, 2nd April
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ****
Tilsit was due to review today’s Toughie, but he was rushed into hospital on Monday. He had still hoped to be able to do this review as he didn’t want to disappoint his new fans. I am sure you will all be joining me in wishing him a speedy recovery.
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ****
A hardish crossword, but the improvement in the Sunday puzzles continues.
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
Another strange grid – if you don’t get the 15-letter answers, this is four separate crosswords, with uneven checking – the 9-letter answers are underchecked (4 of 9) and the 3s and 15s are overchecked – 3/3 and 9/15. And of course, the 4/5/7/8/10/…-letter words can’t come out to play.
Lots of the clues seem like gentle puns rather than really cryptic clues, and several of the more cryptic ones use words/definitions so close together that the clue is very easy or might lead to more than one answer Continue reading “DT Cryptic No 25882 – Review”
