Putting the words to lights – crossword clues explained in plain English
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The Independent on Sunday puzzle by Kairos, published in the newspaper last Sunday, is available online today. Kairos is the IoS alias of our very own Prolixic.
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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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 ***
A typical Osmosis Toughie with lots of initial letters, inside letters and outside letters punctuated by the occasional very clever clue.
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BD Rating – Difficulty */** – Enjoyment ****
The lovely Gazza is always keen that those of us whose day jobs mean that we can’t do on-the-day reviews should be afforded the opportunity to enjoy the frisson of slight terror that comes with undertaking such a blog whenever we can. I hadn’t even set off for the hospital before I had an email asking me to let him know when I would be recovered enough to do some hints and tips!!
You always know what to expect on the Friday DT back page and today’s very enjoyable Giovanni was no exception to the rule, apart from the fact that with this one, it would have helped to start with the downs (that’s where the slight terror comes in, as I got halfway down the acrosses with only a few solutions written in – fortunately the downs went in without any problems at all so the blogger’s panic was totally unjustified.
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
The Saturday Mysteron provided us with another of his typically straightforward Prize Puzzles, the main cause for celebration on the day being the fact that, for a change, the apostrophe was actually included in the enumeration for a clue – 27a .
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
A nice puzzle which wasn’t all that difficult. I was held up for a while after entering the wrong answer at 16 down and it wasn’t until I discovered MynoT’s underwear fixation that I changed it. I did think of adding a few pictures to the report but thought better of it.
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
Apologies for missing Monday, but we had another appointment at the vet. However it gave me a chance to blog this Ray T. production this morning, and good fun it was too.
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BD Rating – Difficulty **– Enjoyment ****
Morning All!. We had another excellent puzzle from Virgilius this week with the usual high standard of cluing and misleading surface readings.
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Shamus has given us a relatively straightforward Toughie today.
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