Putting the words to lights – crossword clues explained in plain English
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Good morning from South Staffs, where it’s bright but chilly this morning, with lots of rain forecast for later. Did you enjoy the summer we had over the Bank Holiday weekend?
I found this comfortably inside ** time, with only a couple of clues which gave pause for thought.
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Its damp and drizzly today which may explain a little crankiness, I thought there were too many “double definitions” in today’s crossword and I am not sure that 15a works. Tant pis!
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Don’t forget there’s still time to enter our May prize crossword.
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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Don’t forget you can still enter our May Prize puzzle!
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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Choose any word you like. Pretend that you are the word and tell us all about yourself fairly concisely. You do not need to be accurate, but may wish to mention your origins, your greatest achievements, personality, vital statistics, and how you would contribute to word peace.
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment *****
An excellent puzzle to round off the Toughie week.
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BD Rating – Difficulty **/*** – Enjoyment ****
Giovanni has forsaken (most of) his usual classical and religious references to give us a flavour of (comparatively modern) popular music. I enjoyed it – how about you?
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BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment ***
A lovely straightforward inside backpager – just right for a busy Saturday Lots to smile at – I assume the setter was Cephas as there are a number of his inventively-indicated anagrams throughout.
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
I must really have been on the setter’s wavelength today because I rattled through this without a single hold-up