Putting the words to lights – crossword clues explained in plain English
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment *****
With some setters it’s a relief to get to the end of a puzzle, but with Micawber I’m always left wanting more. Today we have another of his very entertaining puzzles to enjoy – let us know how you fared.
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BD Rating – Difficulty *+ – Enjoyment ***
A straightforward solve. Favourite was 16down, with its amusing imagery. About a 1.5* for difficulty and 3* for enjoyment, though over in a relatively short period of time. Thanks to setter.
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
When you see Warbler’s name as the setter you know two things – it’s going to be a very enjoyable puzzle and it’s not going to be too difficult. Strictly speaking there’s a bit of a theme going on as well, which is revealed when three of the down clues have been solved.
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BD Rating – Difficulty */** – Enjoyment ***
As well as the four colours round its periphery this puzzle has a mini-theme about horse-racing. I thought that it was quite pleasant without putting up too much of a fight; what did you think?
If you want to reveal an answer just highlight the gap between the curly brackets under the clue.
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
After last week, this was more standard fare from Rufus, I thought.
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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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A message from Brian Greer, who sets crosswords in the Sunday Telegraph,
the Guardian (as Brendan) and the Independent (as Virgilius).
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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 *****
Greetings from the Calder Valley!
Well, we have a Toughie by a mystery setter, or perhaps not? I’m not going to spoil it for you here and will try to keep things as much under wraps as possible. It’s a ferocious beast and you’ll need to know your music. Fortunately the key to this is one of my favourite tunes. I suspect some of you will not like this one bit, but I would encourage you to persevere and use a few hints, it is worthwhile. If all else fails, I’ll link to the music at the end of the blog.