Putting the words to lights – crossword clues explained in plain English
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ***
Firefly has given us an entertaining puzzle with a Shakespearean theme (explained at 5d). Let us know how you got on.
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
This went all right until the last two, which took some time, so I’ll give it a 2* for difficulty, and 3* for enjoyment. Thanks to Jay.
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Once again we start the Toughie week with a puzzle that is very much on the easy side.
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BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment */**
I don’t believe that anyone will need the answers today – I thought that it was just about the easiest back-pager I’ve come across. I didn’t find it terribly stimulating either – there seemed to be a sameness about a lot of the clues. Then again I may be feeling bad-tempered because it’s dark and miserable outside, so what did you think?
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
For me this was a return to normal for Monday, with a very enjoyable and typical Rufus offering.
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Congratulations to eXternal who is the winner of our sixth Monthly Prize Puzzle. eXternal’s name was randomly selected, by Mrs BD, from the correct entries received and his very nice prize is the choice of two of The Telegraph All New Cryptic Crosswords Books or The Telegraph All New Toughie Crossword Books.
Another excellent puzzle from Prolixic has a Nina in the form of a question around its perimeter, which I actually noticed for once, as adding the missing letters helped me solve the last few stragglers. I would be interested to learn who knew that the answer to “Who is the Director of Public Prosecutions?” is Keir Starmer QC without resorting as I did to investigoogling!
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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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Last chance to enter our monthly puzzle competition.
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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