Putting the words to lights – crossword clues explained in plain English
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ****
A slightly friendlier proXimal Toughie than some, presumably why we find him in the Thursday Toughie spot, which suited me because I quite often struggle with his more difficult Toughies.… Continue reading
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BD Rating — Difficulty ***/**** — Enjoyment ****
Hello everyone. A Ray T Thursday. I found it pretty difficult but a couple of silly mistakes early on, the scarcity of anagrams and the very hot weather probably contributed to that feeling so I’ll wait to see what everyone else made of it – could be that I’ve got it totally wrong.… Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****/*****
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This was a thoroughly enjoyable puzzle with a number of chuckle-inducing clues (including one at 10a which I would have expected to find in Private Eye but probably not in the straitlaced Telegraph). |
BD Rating – Difficulty ***– Enjoyment ****
Kia ora from Aotearoa.
On our regular walk this morning, as well as having a ‘chat’ with our special friend the NZ dabchick, we also had the rare privilege of seeing two distant mountains.… Continue reading
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This puzzle was published on 14th June 2020
BD Rating – Difficulty */** – Enjoyment ****
MOrning All! We are back in the saddle with the Prize Puzzles so I am back too! This was a run of Sunday puzzles that were very much on the straightforward side for me but as usual there are some fine clues with amusing surface readings. Continue reading “ST 3060”
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
Good afternoon from the heart of rural Warwickshire where life in lockdown is pure bliss and great practice for our forthcoming retirement. Continue reading “Toughie 2458”
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BD Rating - Difficulty *** - Enjoyment ***
Hello, everyone, and welcome to Tuesday. Unusual puzzle today with the double definitions outnumbering the anagrams. Still, they say that a change is as good as a rest (or is it a holiday?), so I'm not complaining. Continue reading "DT 29397"
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
Hola from the Vega Baja where summer has finally arrived, the state of alarm is over and the nights are now drawing in. Just to make you all jealous here’s a link to the Vega Baja weather forecast for the next week:-
https://www.eltiempo.es/almoradi.html
Maybe it’s just me but I thought this was the trickiest Monday puzzle for some time but also the most enjoyable. I didn’t help myself by putting the wrong first word in 12a which made 13d impossible until the penny finally dropped. I wonder if any of you made the same mistake. There’s only one full anagram in this puzzle but there are five clues with an anagram involved in the wordplay and a couple of them are rather cunningly disguised. I hope you all enjoyed the tussle as much as I did. Continue reading “DT 29396”
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This month’s lucky winner is Continue reading “MPP 097 – Review”