Putting the words to lights – crossword clues explained in plain English
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***/**** – Enjoyment ****
A beautiful sunny day in Macclesfield. The puppies have shredded some paperwork; optimistically, I shrug it off as unimportant.… Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Good morning from South Staffs where, for a change, we have a sunny start to the day.… Continue reading
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This puzzle was published on 24th November 2018
BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment ***
This extremely gentle Saturday Prize Puzzle marks the very accomplished debut DT crossword of a new young lady setter – which has to be a good thing for Crosswordland as we need more female setters.… Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
I had to check the term for the police in 8 down but otherwise it was all plain sailing
Please leave a comment telling us what you thought.… Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
Greetings from Ottawa, where winter has set in early — although we have been granted a brief reprieve with temperatures hovering around the freezing point.… Continue reading
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This puzzle was published on 18th November 2018
BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment **
The first paragraph below is an edited version of my comment made on publication day
I tried very hard before I started solving to forget that it was Sunday, and that we had a different setter.… Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Today we have a pangram from Giovanni that’s not too tricky and doesn’t have too many religious obscurities.… Continue reading
BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Kia ora from Aotearoa.
We’re back to our full team again this week.
Rather unsettled weather recently. A series of active frontal systems have been moving across the country giving variable and changeable conditions.… Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment ***/****
A big warm fluffy welcome to you all. Today’s puzzle in the Toughie slot is one of those I’m happy to recommend to back page solvers. A couple of unfamiliar words for me didn’t slow down the gridfill or dent the enjoyment.
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BD Rating - Difficulty *** - Enjoyment ****
Hello, everyone, and welcome. Usually a puzzle containing eight anagrams would sit at the less-difficult end of the back-page spectrum. I did not find that to be the case today. Some very well-disguised wordplay in the other clues delivered a succession of penny-drop moments and left me feeling grateful that those anagrams provided footholds on which to build the grid fill. I'd be happy to see more puzzles like this. I do hope that today's setter will post a comment so we know who to thank for this fine piece of entertainment.