Putting the words to lights – crossword clues explained in plain English
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
The Saturday Mysteron* in double definition mode this week, but with a couple of lovely &Lits too.
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ****
I expected this to be fairly easy, like most of Kcit’s puzzles, but I struggled more than usual. I entered several answers lightly, awaiting confirmation from checking letters and parsing of the clue, resulting in a solving time of around double my usual time for a puzzle by this setter.
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Good morning everyone. Today we have a more equitable division of labour than we had last week. Archy has done the across clues and mehitabel the downs.
Star ratings are from mehitabel, archy would have gone for **/*** but then he’s not such a big RayT fan.
24d is particularly apt in view of the England cricket team’s recent performances!
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BD Rating – Difficulty **/*** – Enjoyment ****
I found this tricky to unravel in places but that just added to the fun. A couple of clues were particularly fun for me!
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment *****
This is turning out to be an excellent Toughie week (so far) with the excellent Petitjean yesterday and today a Micawber on top form.
Continue reading “Toughie 1155”
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
A straightforward and enjoyable puzzle, between 1.5-2* for difficulty and 3* for enjoyment. Thanks to Jay.
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ****
I needed my “slightly mad” hat today as Petitjean returns to the Toughie fold after an absence of nearly six months. My clue of the day was the elegant 17 down with its superb definition – “like a reckless bargain-hunter”.
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment **
I thought that this was all pretty mechanical today with not a lot of laughs. Do let us know how you got on.
Continue reading “DT 27440”
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
I had doubts as to the setter today as there were fewer anagrams than usual and the double definitions seemed to be low in number. They were there as usual but cleverly hidden. I am sure it is Rufus though. Piggy Pics as promised.
Reviewed by Prolixic
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The instructions for this crossword told us that “Radler tried to construct a puzzle with all 26 letters around its perimeter. Unfortunately he didn’t quite succeed. However, after solving the puzzle you may notice that if he had replaced one of the answers with an anagram of itself, he would have achieved his aim. What is the word he ought to have used?” The denouement is at the end of the review.
Congratulations to StanXYZ whose name was drawn from the electronic hat. He wins not only a Hamlyn Telegraph Crossword Book of his choice but also congratulations from the runners up.