Putting the words to lights – crossword clues explained in plain English
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ***
I struggled with this one and it took me far longer than usual. Perhaps I wasn’t on form today! I wasn’t familiar with a couple of words used in the wordplay but otherwise I had no problems understanding the clues.
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment **
When I had finished this crossword, taking twice as long as usual to do so(but still relatively quickly), I wasn’t sure whether I had really enjoyed the process or not. It turned out that I wasn’t the only one – comments ranged from ‘lacklustre’, ‘no pleasure’, and ‘boring’ to it being a ‘typical Saturday puzzle’. I tend to solve the puzzle on a sort of automatic pilot as, if I think about analysing what the type of clue is, I have trouble concentrating on the solving process; so don’t think about this until I do the review and my conclusions about this puzzle are given at the end.
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
It’s mystery setter day again! I found this comparatively straightforward.
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment *****
We have a real treat today from Notabilis. It’s not as difficult as some of his can be, but it’s a good challenge which provides a real sense of satisfaction when you finish, and it has a whole host of excellent clues.
Let us know how you saw it, and please remember to click on one of the stars below to register how much you enjoyed it.
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
The usual entertaining puzzle from Jay, although I do have a few minor niggles.
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment **
Fewer Marmite© clues than usual, and there are no complaints about the grid this time.
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
As with his previous puzzle this one from Shamus is a pangram. I thought that it was a bit easier than his usual standard and was torn between two and three stars for difficulty, so I’ll be very interested to read your comments as to whether I’ve got it right.
If you want to see an answer highlight the space between the curly brackets under the relevant clue.
Continue reading “DT 26357”
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
A bit more difficult than normal? Or was it just me who had to look up and check 2d? Regardless, its still the usual entertaining stuff from Rufus.
If you want to reveal the answer just highlight the space between the curly brackets.
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A reminder that Brian Greer, today’s setter, will be joining myself and Peter Biddlecombe in the Bree Louise, Euston next Sunday from 2.00pm onwards. If you are able to meet us there, you are more than welcome.
If you are interested, there is an excellent video of an interview with Brian here:
Brian Greer (aka Virgilius) – Clues to Social Justice, May 16, 2010
As is usual for the weekend prize crosswords, I will select a few of the better clues and provide hints for them.
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Welcome to the thirty third in our series of weekly puzzles.
This week Prolixic entertains us again.