Putting the words to lights – crossword clues explained in plain English
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment *****
It’s always a pleasure to have a Micawber Toughie to blog on a Wednesday and this is another very enjoyable one.
Continue reading “Toughie 1123”
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
A nice one from Jay, to whom thanks. About a 2* for difficulty and 3* for enjoyment.
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
A typical Tuesday Toughie – not too difficult but very enjoyable.
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BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment ***
If you struggled with the Rufus yesterday you’ll probably find Mr Ron’s puzzle today a bit of a relief. It’s pretty straightforward and it’s a pangram. Do let us know how you fared and what you thought of it.
Continue reading “DT 27392”
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
American customer: ” A gin and tonic please. Ice but no lime. I don’t like lime”.
Sophie keen to please. ” I’m sorry we don’t have any lime, would you like it without lemon”
Rufus has a touch of citrus about him today. I found this one most awkward.
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Reviewed by crypticsue
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Interesting that one of the simplest questions ever posed in the Monthly Prize Puzzle series, requiring no arcane knowledge, geographical, mathematical or language skills, just the ability to spot that the initial letter of each clue told you where to look, should prove so tricky for many solvers! If you didn’t ‘see’ it, I will let you have time to put your shin pads on (as it will hurt when you kick yourself), and reveal all in a grid at the end of the review.
Congratulations to Kiwi Colin who wins a copy of The Telegraph Centenary Crossword Collection, an extra special prize which BD will endeavour to get to him. The book was kindly donated by Phil McNeill, the Telegraph Puzzles Editor, and has been signed by Phil and six of the Telegraph setters who are featured in the book (Elgar, Roger Squires/Rufus, Micawber, Peter Chamberlain/Cephas, Notabilis and Don Manley/Giovanni).
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As is usual for the weekend prize crosswords, I will select a number of the more difficult clues and provide hints for them.
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Overnight I received a receipt from WorldPay to say that my subscription had been renewed.