Putting the words to lights – crossword clues explained in plain English
Many of you will read of the Independent’s plans to produce an online, rather than print edition. At the time of writing, it is not clear where this leaves their crossword.
Under Mike Hutchinson’s editorship, a great many of Big Dave’s NTSPP setters have gone on to get their first published break, and losing this valuable resource would most certainly limit the options for newer setters to break into the field.… Continue reading
The instructions for this puzzle were:
All except one 28ac may be found in the completed grid (as whole or partial solutions). What is the missing member of the set?
Congratulations to Dutch who found eleven of the Houses of the Zodiac in the solutions. The missing one is Aquarius – the Water Carrier – the Radler Award for Particularly Observant Solvers goes to Beet for noticing the other water carrier at 15d
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As is usual for the weekend prize crosswords, a number of the more difficult clues have been selected and hints provided for them.… Continue reading