Putting the words to lights – crossword clues explained in plain English
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Once again I don’t expect many of you to need the blog, but for some reason I found it a bit harder to write the blog than normal. Some of the silky smooth readings cleverly hide some of the word play, and I needed Gazza to dig all of it out properly. (I hope).
The full answer can be found hidden 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 today 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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Five weeks ago Brian Greer, who has been setting the Sunday Telegraph Prize puzzle for the past 18 months, left the following comment on the blog:
“I expect to be in London on Sunday, October 3, and would love to meet with BD, Peter, and anyone else interested, in a suitable pub.”
Well, tomorrow is the day and we are meeting in the Bree Louise, 69 Coburg Street, Euston, London, NW1 2HH at 2.00pm. I’m not sure how long Brian will be able to stay, but Peter and I will do our best to hold on to him for as long as possible. Drop in and have a drink with us if you can.
Full details can be found here, just click on the picture:
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Welcome to the thirty fourth in our series of weekly puzzles.
This week we have another excellent puzzle from Bufo.
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Don’t forget that tomorrow Peter Biddlecombe and I will be meeting with Brian Greer in the Bree Louise, Euston. Come along and join us from 2.00pm onwards.
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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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment *****
Greetings from one end of the Calder Valley, shortly to be hurtling up the other end of the valley to my second home. A splendid puzzle to start the weekend from Elgar with some lovely clues and laugh-out loud moments. Thanks to our setter for a really enjoyable solve.
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
This report will appear a couple of days before I meet Brian Greer for the first time since my first win in the Times Crossword Championship in 2000, which marked the end of his reign as crossword editor and the beginning of Mike Laws’s short spell in the job. So I’m pretty well guaranteed to be nice about this one.
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ***
I was somewhat perturbed this morning to find that CluedUp thinks that today’s puzzle is number 26, until I had confirmation that it is the same one that appears in the paper with the correct number. It’s trickier than Giovanni’s puzzle last week and I found it quite entertaining (especially since the rival attraction of watching the Ryder Cup has been temporarily suspended by the Welsh rain). Let us know your thoughts in a comment.
To prevent your seeing the answers by accident they are hidden between the brackets under the relevant clues. Just drag your cursor through the blank space between the brackets to reveal them.