Putting the words to lights – crossword clues explained in plain English
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
What a difference the extra hour makes. I did the crossword in nice bright sunshine this morning. Nowhere near as good as last weeks, but still relatively enjoyable all the same. Favourite clue 28a.
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As is usual for the weekend prize crosswords, I will select a few of the more difficult clues and provide hints for them.
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The prolific Prolixic returns with another splendid puzzle which I originally solved some weeks ago leaning on a sea wall on a lovely sunny morning. Apart from having a very dense moment with one clue (I am not saying which one!), I found this very easy going and as enjoyable as all puzzles by Prolixic tend to be.
Favourite clues are highlighted in blue.
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Welcome to the latest in our series of weekly puzzles.
This week we have another excellent puzzle from Prolixic.
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As is usual for the weekend prize crosswords, an assortment of clues, including some of the more difficult ones, have been selected and hints provided for them.
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***** – Enjoyment *****2
Greetings from the Calder Valley. Thanks for all the nice wishes and I am home from hospital, although feeling a little fragile, so our leader is going to assist with the Downs.
Today we simply have a thing of beauty. An absolutely stunning crossword from Notabilis, a ferociously tough struggle, but like the best meat when you dine, when you see the explanations for the clues, they fall apart beautifully in the brain. I know some of you will have probably given up but quite simply this is a puzzle by a setter at the top of his game, and I cannot praise Notabilis high enough for it. Thanks to Phil McNeill, the Telegraph Puzzles Editor, for publishing it.
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
Afternoon All!. We had a fairly standard (not to say that it wasn’t extremely high quality) puzzle from Virgilius this week – no frills or gimmicks but the usual solid cluing, a couple of &Lits and very solid surface readings.
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
I thought that this Giovanni production was an excellent example of how a puzzle doesn’t have to be difficult to be very entertaining. Your views, as always, are welcome.
If you want to see an answer just slide your cursor through the space between the curly brackets under the clue that’s giving you problems.
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BD Rating –Difficulty ** – Enjoyment */**
I thought I was going to be reviewing a Cephas puzzle as usual but this one was from a ‘new’ Saturday Mysteron, ie not the one I am expecting to review next week. I turned to the back page of the paper, keen to see what was in store, only to find …
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
I had no real problems with this one. I stalled briefly on the top half but soon got moving again.