Putting the words to lights – crossword clues explained in plain English
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A very good Sunday morning from Winnipeg – where we had a pretty decent storm on Thursday evening/night with 40mm of rain in some parts of the city and very large hail with lots of damage in surrounding areas.… Continue reading
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As is usual for the weekend prize crosswords, an assortment of clues, including some of the more difficult ones, have been selected and hints provided for them.
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***** – Enjoyment *****
Another delightful puzzle from Elkamere, with impressively short clues.… Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
Hola from a warm and sunny Los Alcázares where I’m having a few days break and standing in for Deep Threat today. I’m not certain but I’ve a feeling I’ve blogged a Friday puzzle back in the days when Gazza was the regular Man Friday. Anyway it makes a pleasant change from my usual Thursday fare.
We have here a fairly typical Giovanni puzzle with a couple of tricky bits and a couple of religious bits but there’s enough gimmes to get you going. Overall I reckon it’s about average difficulty for a back pager and I really enjoyed it so it was ***/**** for me. It’ll be interesting to see if anyone agrees.
Continue reading “DT 28766”
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This puzzle was published on 9th June 2018
BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment **
I found this very tricky for an inside back pager, let alone a Saturday Prize Puzzle which people always assume will be on the straightforward side to attract more entries into the competition.… Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***/**** – Enjoyment ****
Bufo is otherwise engaged today so I’ve been drafted in for a second appearance this week (not a chore when Micawber is the setter).… Continue reading
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BD Rating — Difficulty *** — Enjoyment ****
Hello everyone. Although today’s crossword is missing a few of Ray T’s trademark clues I’m sure it is one of his.… Continue reading
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This puzzle was published on 3rd June 2018
BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment ****
Superb as per usual – if it wasn’t for the splendid 25a and 14d, I might raise my usual quibble about the number of clues in a row requiring something to be inserted into something else, but I’ll just content myself with awarding 4* for enjoyment rather than 5.… Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty **/*** – Enjoyment ***
Thanks to Shamus for an enjoyable workout. I thought it was fairly gentle on the whole but, as is usually the case for me, I had most trouble sorting out the two long anagrams.… Continue reading