Putting the words to lights – crossword clues explained in plain English
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***– Enjoyment ***
Morning All! There were some fun clues that tripped me up on the day but I found this a fine solve. Continue reading “DT 27755”
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BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment ***
Another non-Toughie which wasn’t much of a challenge
Please leave a comment telling us what you thought.… Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
Hola from the Vega Baja where it’s nice and sunny but there is what my Grandad used to call a “Lazy wind”. It’s too idle to go round you so it just goes straight through you!
What put this puzzle into 3* territory is that some of the synonyms are really stretching things to the limit. To be fair though if you look up the answers in a thesaurus you’ll always find the definition from the clue listed as a synonym so one can’t really complain. I enjoyed the head scratching (nits perhaps?) but I’ll be interested in your comments. I don’t know who the setter is but I have my suspicions.
Continue reading “DT 27759”
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BD Rating – Difficulty ****– Enjoyment ****
Morning All!. This was an exercise in smooth clueing that made the solve tricky since it was hard to insert the mental crowbar between definition and wordplay. There were a number of shin kicking moments when I realised how easily I had been duped but absolutely no complaints here. Excellent stuff!
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ****
As crypticsue emailed me this morning “No-one can say Ray T hasn’t given us ‘innuendo’ in his puzzle today”.… Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
Tena koutou, tena koutou, tena koutou katoa (Greetings, greetings, greetings to you all). We thought it was about time that we introduced another Maori greeting. This is a somewhat formal one. Perhaps one that would be used if a group of visitors are being welcomed to a marae or meeting house.
Jay has kept us well entertained once again this week.
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
A puzzle that, in common with many Tuesday Toughies, would sit happily on the back page. … Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty */** – Enjoyment **
We crossword solvers are a demanding lot – we want a puzzle that puts up a bit of a fight, ideally gives us a couple of laughs but finally submits so that we get a sense of achievement.… Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Apart from hidden words all of our needs are satisfied by todays puzzle.… Continue reading