Putting the words to lights – crossword clues explained in plain English
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
My parents said if we all took our problems to the common and told them to the crowd we would all be quite happy to take our own problems home. Continue reading “DT 29465”
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BD Rating – Difficulty */** – Enjoyment **
In her blog on Kcit’s last puzzle Crypticsue wrote that Kcit was in a very ‘kind to solvers’ mode.… Continue reading
BD Rating – Difficulty **– Enjoyment ****
Kia ora from Aotearoa.
A grey overcast day here. We have had a trailer load of firewood delivered this morning and have been busy getting it unloaded and neatly stacked so that it will be nice and dry when we get to use it next winter.… Continue reading
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This puzzle was published on 30th August 2020
BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ***
The majority of this crossword was very straightforward with some lovely surface readings to enjoy along the way. Continue reading “ST 3071”
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
I found this a very straightforward solve today. Possibly helped by using an iPad which makes everything about filling in a grid so much easier and neater. Hopefully the inclusion of The Toughie in the newspaper app will lead to more people attempting the Toughie puzzles. If you are new to Toughie solving please let us know how you are getting on with them. Continue reading “Toughie 2502”
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BD Rating - Difficulty ** - Enjoyment ***
Hello, everyone. I can't think of much to say about this solid Tuesday puzzle, so let's talk about the weather. We're in for a bumpy ride over here. Today's high was 34 C, but during Tuesday night the temperature is supposed to drop to 3 C, with a chance of snow above 3500 m. Wednesday will be warm again. Fun times. Continue reading "DT 29463"
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A message from Guardian setter Boatman: Continue reading “Autumn Masterclass (November 2020)”
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BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment ***
Hola from the Vega Baja where summer is coming to its end – the temperature hasn’t got over 30°C since last weekend and the humidity has dropped big time. It’s really very pleasant!
Either I’m on the top of my game today or this puzzle is the easiest for quite some time. It was my fastest solve ever when in the blogging seat which is the only time I solve against the clock. Still, it was enjoyable while it lasted. I’ll be interested to see if you found it the same.
Continue reading “DT 29462”
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This is the first of a series of gentle puzzles with hints and tips to help newer solvers.
Preamble: To show that THE BEAGLE HAS LANDED, solvers must 11, 20, 16 No. 1451 at 1 & 34 (seven words);
Chalicea’s puzzles are usually at the more generous end of the difficulty scale and this proves to be no exception. As there are unclued words in the grid, the clued ones will have to be relatively easy. We are told that there are seven words at 1a and 34a. Chalicea has been rather sneaky as the fifth of these words has been split between those two lines. Continue reading “EV 1451 (Hints)”