Putting the words to lights – crossword clues explained in plain English
BD Rating – Difficulty **– Enjoyment ****
Kia ora from Aotearoa.
We’ve had a couple of very windy cold days lately. We were even persuaded that it was time to light the wood-burner last evening – the first for the season but suspect that it will become the norm from now on.… Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Good morning from the slowly beating heart of Downtown L I. If this is the most happening place in the village I dread to think how dull the outskirts and suburbs must be. Continue reading “Toughie 2418”
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BD Rating - Difficulty ** - Enjoyment ***
Hello, everyone, and welcome to another locked-down Tuesday. I found that filling the grid today took about the time that's become average for Tuesdays, but that parsing everything took a little longer than usual. There were a few clues where I had to scratch my head and ponder whether the wordplay was quite legal or if the clue was a double definition or something else. There are two setters I'm aware of that sometimes do that to me, and so I wonder if today's compiler is one of them. Of course the only way we'll know is if they comment below ... Continue reading "DT 29337"
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
Hola from the Vega Baja where pommers is getting a bit “stir crazy”. We had the flood last year and now we have the plague so I fully expect we’ll have a plague of locusts later in the summer. Biblical or what?
Today’s crossword was one I found about average for both difficulty and fun factor so ***/*** seems about right. There’s some tricky bits and some gimmes and only three clues involving anagrams so I’ll be interested to see what you all made of it. Continue reading “DT 29336”
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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
BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
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Until the Telegraph resumes the award of prizes for the Saturday puzzles, this post, and tomorrow’s, will be just like the Monday to Friday posts, with hints for every clue and revealable answers. BD
Greetings from Lockdown Central in Warrington. It’s the Bank Holiday weekend and I guess this is probably going to be the hardest period of the lockdown. I hope you are all coping well and staying infection-free. I have been out of my flat twice in the last seven days; once for leg dressings with my nurse and the other for a click and collect shop that I’d booked almost four weeks ago! Continue reading “DT 29335”
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***/**** – Enjoyment ***/****
As often happens, I gained further appreciation of the puzzle on writing up the blog, when I could savour all the clues again.… Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment **
Good morning from South Staffs this sunny Good Friday.… Continue reading