Putting the words to lights – crossword clues explained in plain English
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Big Dave asked me to step in and do the blog for this typical Rufus crossword. I didn’t have any difficulties personally, but how did you get on?
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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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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 puzzle where the difficulty comes from the convoluted clue constructs, which, for me, reduces the enjoyment level. However, 22 across added one star back in!
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Good morning from South Staffs on a damp, grey morning.
I thought today’s puzzle from Giovanni was reasonably straightforward, certainly not as difficult as yesterday’s.
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Morning All!. I think that this was a Cephas production. The usual quality of clues that I found quite entertaining.
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
A lovely Toughie from the equally lovely Warbler. 6 down / 11 across had me puzzling and was my last one in, as well as my favourite.
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
Morning All! This was a typical Virgilius puzzle that was pretty tricky in places with some very concise and misleading surface reading in the clues. I just about stayed in 3-star territory on the last 5 clues in.
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
Good morning from Ottawa where the calendar claims it is spring but when I venture outside my front door I find a couple of feet of snow and a temperature in the minus double digits Celsius. Blame it on global warming!
When I signed on for today’s shift, I didn’t bargain on Britain not having switched to Summer Time. As North America has already made the shift, Ottawa is currently only four hours behind London with the result being that I get a later start on the puzzle and consequently work later into the wee hours of the morning.