Putting the words to lights – crossword clues explained in plain English
This puzzle was published on Saturday 12th August
BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Morning All! I put this just at the end of two star territory.
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
A slight hold-up at the very top of the grid pushed this pleasant puzzle up to the average difficulty level.… Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
Morning all and welcome to a non-RayThursday. The weather here continues to be stonking hot and it seems to have fried what’s left of my brain because I had a bit of a struggle getting into this one. However, it all came together eventually after just creeping into *** time. It will be interesting to see how many of you thought it was a doddle.
Continue reading “DT 28508”
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This puzzle was published on Sunday 6th August
BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
The sun was shining, Virgilius provided us with another lovely Sunday prize puzzle – the East Kent courgette mountain was slowly being dealt with – a perfect day all round. I ‘really liked’ 11a, 28a and 1d, but the one I’d give the gold medal to has to be 22d
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
We continue to be entertained by puzzles from the late John Pidgeon over a year after his untimely death.… Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***– Enjoyment ****
Kia ora from Aotearoa.
Another rainy week here.… Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment **
MynoT starts off the Toughie week – the difficulty rating being a reflection of the fact that some of the clues definitely fell into the ‘took longer to explain than solve’ category
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BD Rating – Difficulty */** – Enjoyment **/***
[Jump to across or down hints, quickie pun, or comments] Hello, everyone, and welcome to another Tuesday Telegraph Cryptic. … Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
An easy solve but a tricky blog to write.… Continue reading