Putting the words to lights – crossword clues explained in plain English
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Greetings from tropical Warrington. Time for a Friday battle with the Don, although there were points today where it didn’t feel like one of his puzzles.… Continue reading
This puzzle was published on 20th August 2016
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BD Rating – Difficulty **- Enjoyment ***
Another Saturday, another fairly straightforward crossword – although I have to say that hoping it was going to be a pangram did help with solving my last one, 20a, as I’d never heard of this type of cover.
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
An enjoyable puzzle of average difficulty in which only 4 down caused any significant head scratching
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BD Rating — Difficulty ** — Enjoyment **
Hello everyone. I’m not going to make any wild guesses about who set today’s crossword – it’s definitely not Ray T.… Continue reading
This puzzle was published on Sunday 14th August
BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
Solving this enjoyable Sunday puzzle took me slightly longer than normal, with the Down clues falling into place quicker than the Acrosses. The highlight of the morning was, however, breaking off from solving to enjoy the Spitfire, Lancaster and Hurricane from the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, and then the Red Arrows, flying over our house as part of the local air show.
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
There are some good laughs here and I enjoyed it a lot.… Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty **– Enjoyment ***
One member of our team is away in the capital meeting up with a friend of many years so it is a solo flight for KiwiColin today.… Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
It must be autumn (despite the sweltering heat) because the mahoosive house spiders have invaded. … Continue reading
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Good morning everyone from a bright and sunny day in my part of Shropshire.… Continue reading
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BD Rating. (Nowt to do with MP) – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
To all Olympians, a heartfelt round of applause.… Continue reading