Putting the words to lights – crossword clues explained in plain English
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BD Rating – Difficulty *+*/2 – Enjoyment ***
Another enjoyable offering, with a similar difficulty level as last week, ie. 1.5*, though a couple at the end were trickier to parse than solve. Thanks to Jay.
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BD Rating – Difficulty */** – Enjoyment ***
Here’s proof that Wrong Envelope Day can work both ways. This one would have slotted neatly on to the back-page, and is certainly not a Toughie. There are some good points – the grid is very open and the clues are, as usual from Giovanni, immaculately constructed – so much so that although 4 down was a new word for me, it was easily constructed from the wordplay with the help of a few checking letters.
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment **
Good morning from South Staffs on another beautiful sunny morning. Fingers crossed that the fine spell lasts until the weekend, when Mrs DT and I will be celebrating our ruby wedding with a family party in the garden.
I finished this puzzle in ** time, but found it less enjoyable than usual. Several definitions would do just as well in a General Knowledge crossword, and some bits of wordplay also seemed to require more than could be gleaned from the clue.
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Another warm day south of the Loire, and a return to normal for the Maestro. Enjoyable but not taxing.
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Don’t forget to have a go at our July 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 to have a go at our Monthly 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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As Big Dave announced previously I got married last week and Anax made me a puzzle http://crossword.info/anaxcrosswords/flashling here’s my solution to it, thanks BD for letting me publish the solution here.
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
A Boy Wonder writes:-
Greetings from the Batcave! Zonk! Crash!! Pow!!! Holy Wobblybits! Something is wrong today, Batman. Normally I find today’s setter hangs out with the other nefarious villains like Evil Elgar The Enigmatist and Malevolent Myops, the Caledonian Crusher, but he’s come over all fluffy, Maybe he’s lulling us into a false sense of security, Batman!
A Caped Crusader writes:-
All had been quiet in Gotham City for the last nine months, suddenly an urgent call came from Commissioner Dave. Bleeding Gums Tilsit was unable to review today’s Toughie. Alfred rushed down to the Batcave and readied the Batmobile, and the Boy Wonder and I arrived just in time to rescue the day.
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ***/****
I was held up in the NE corner so I’ve given this one above average marks for difficulty, but as usual with Giovanni the clues are all very fair and the whole thing is enjoyable. Let us know how you fared.
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