Putting the words to lights – crossword clues explained in plain English
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
A pleasant puzzle which was slightly more difficult than I thought it was going to be. There were no major hold-ups though a bit of thought was needed to unravel some of the wordplay.
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BD Rating – Difficulty **/*** – Enjoyment ****
This very enjoyable puzzle is possibly compiled by the “other” setter (i.e. not Ray T) who frequently uses musical and motoring references in his clues, but I’m not sure. Perhaps he will confirm or deny this later! I solved this in two-star time, but if you don’t know the marques used for Lotus cars it might take a little longer.
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment **/***
This is the review of the crossword which appeared on Saturday 2 June, the closing date for which was extended because of the two Jubilee Bank Holidays. I had to award this 3* difficulty because of a very dozy moment I had in the SW corner. I don’t know whether that made me a bit grumpy, but I didn’t seem have quite as much fun as I usually do with a Cephas puzzle.
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Morning All! We had a very pleasing solve this week from Virgilius which didn’t seem to cause too many troubles on the day but was just a thoroughly satisfying puzzle.