Putting the words to lights – crossword clues explained in plain English
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There’s a new Monthly Prize Puzzle available today – why not have a go?
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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Why not have a go at our tenth Monthly Prize Puzzle? The winner will receive their choice of any of the current Telegraph Crossword Books. As Franco, last month’s winner, declined his prize, the book donated by Tilsit has rolled over to this month.
Please note that, due to punitive postal charges, while the competition is open to all, the prize is only available to UK solvers.
A review will follow after the closing date (16th March 2013).
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***** – Enjoyment *****
To review an Elgar Toughie you need to be 100% fit and have all your cryptic grey matter in fine fettle. At the moment, Fred and Ginger combined just about fit this description so have collaborated once again in order to sort out this excellent Toughie.
The BD rating reflects our view that there was a nice range of clues from the fluffy to the positively impaling! Ginger ground to a halt with five clues needing cogitation; luckily Fred was on hand to help with two of them and some of the other wordplay that was a mystery to her.
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
When I printed off this puzzle the first thing that hit my eye was ‘look you!’ in 2d and I thought that we might have a themed puzzle based on today’s anniversary. Alas, it was not to be – instead Giovanni has given us a fairly gentle, but entertaining, challenge. Let us know how you got on.
Continue reading “DT 27114”
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment **
Morning All!. The rating for difficulty indicates my befuddled state come Saturday morning. The main problem I had was tthat many of the clues seemed a bit samey for me. It may well be that I do a bad thing by solving across and then down in the same way that I ‘Blog. In any case let us know what you thought.