Putting the words to lights – crossword clues explained in plain English
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***/**** – Enjoyment ***
Firefly has set us what I found to be a proper Toughie crossword, with a double-unched grid and the need to solve 4d before you could get going on solving the Across clues. Continue reading “Toughie 2428”
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BD Rating — Difficulty ** — Enjoyment ****
Hello everyone. I think this was probably the most straightforward Ray T crossword that I’ve ever done – I was all hyped up for it to be a really tricky one like a couple of weeks ago and then it wasn’t!… Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment **
Last week I commended Serpent for giving us a Toughie where the difficulties came from tricky wordplay rather than obscure vocabulary but this week we have just the opposite.… Continue reading
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29350
BD Rating – Difficulty ****– Enjoyment ****
Kia ora from Aotearoa.
As of last Monday night we are in Level 3 (instead of the maximum Level 4) with Covid 19.… Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Today we have a superbly accessible but just tough enough Toughie from Chalicea. There is a lot of fun to be had here but the number of reversals in this puzzle have left Queequeg feeling quite queasy. Continue reading “Toughie 2426”
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BD Rating - Difficulty ** - Enjoyment ***
Hello, everyone. I hope you are all staying safe and well. Quite a cultured puzzle today, with classical music, painting, and fair bit of history sprinkled across the grid. But nothing too extreme, I thought. I can't recall meeting a puzzle with so many proper nouns as answers, but then again my memory's not that great and I haven't solved that many puzzles. Continue reading "DT 29349"
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
Hola from the Vega Baja where spring has sprung but the lockdown continues until May 9. Temperatures forecast to be in the mid to high twenties for the next week with plenty of sunshine so if I have to be stuck in the house and garden at least it will be comfortable.
Like the last puzzle I blogged I found this one about average for both difficulty and fun factor so ***/*** seems about right again. There’s a couple of bits of GK required and not many anagrams, but there’s a few gimmes to get you going so I think most of you will get on with it OK. I’ll be interested to see what you all made of it.
Continue reading “DT 29348”
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Until the Telegraph resumes the award of prizes for the Weekend puzzles, this post, and all other Weekend posts, will be just like the Monday to Friday posts, with hints for every clue and revealable answers.… Continue reading