Putting the words to lights – crossword clues explained in plain English
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ***
I thought this was another pleasant puzzle of genuine Toughie standard. I did struggle on the bottom half because the long answer wasn’t obvious and I decided to wait until I had a fair number of intersecting letters before attempting to solve the anagram.
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Yet another excellent puzzle from Ray T – keep ’em coming! I thought this was a tad easier than usual, but feel free to disagree.
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ****
Another Wednesday and we have another fine Toughie to enjoy, this time from Notabilis. Personally I prefer this style of Toughie, where there are no very obscure words and the “toughness” is in the wordplay. He does take a few imaginative liberties with the anagram indicators.
Please let us know how you got on and take the time to register your enjoyment factor by clicking on one of the stars below.
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
Hola from the Vega Baja. Another enjoyable offering from Jay which raised a few smiles and had a few d’oh moments as well. If I’ve counted right there are 4 anagrams and 2 partial anagrams so that should keep some of you happy! Also the usual quota of ‘take the first and/or last letter’ type of clue.
Unfortunately limited opportunities for pictures of scantily clad ladies!
Continue reading “DT 26789”
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
Today Warbler has given us another delightful puzzle. Several of the down clues are topically themed.
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
I was half-expecting a themed puzzle today but instead we have one which is a bit more of a challenge than the usual Tuesday fare. I got off to a very bad start by writing in (m)ARCH for 9a, then, having recovered from that, got a bit bogged down in the SW corner. Let us know how you got on.
If you want to see an answer just highlight the spaces between the brackets under the clue.
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
Digby has other engagements today and Libellule is still on nursing duties so I have grabbed the opportunity to review a Rufus puzzle. This one contains a fair number of Rufus’s signature cryptic definitions, a couple of which require you to think out-of the-box.
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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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After three crosswords published on the DIY COW site, eXternal makes a welcome debut in the NTSPP series. This was an excellent crossword and I hope that it will be the first of many from him. I have highlighted my favourite clues in blue.
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Welcome to the latest in our series of puzzles, which have now been running every week for over two years.
He’s been cutting his teeth on the DIY COW clue-writing competition, and today you can tackle his first NTSPP puzzle. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.