Putting the words to lights – crossword clues explained in plain English
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This puzzle was published on 28th March 2021
BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Our Sunday Setter was in a generous mood and gave us a reasonably straightforward puzzle this week. Continue reading “ST 3101”
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
Apologies for the lateness of the blog, but an overnight upgrade of Windows 10 nearly wrecked my laptop – I still have a lot to recover.
Another enjoyable puzzle from Donnybrook. Continue reading “Toughie 2621”
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BD Rating - Difficulty ** - Enjoyment ***
Hello, everyone. I had my second dose of Moderna earlier today, and I was happy to get the hints done before any side-effects appeared. Given that they are proof that the vaccine is doing its thing, I'm not sure if I want them or not. Anyway, we're here to talk about the crossword, so let's move on to that. The long anagrams in today's puzzle provided an early foothold from which I was able to make steady progress. I found a few of the surface readings rather odd. I'd grade it as a solid Tuesday puzzle with nothing super taxing. Continue reading "DT 29642"
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Hola from the Vega Baja where I know that Spring has sprung because the swallows are back form their travels. Unfortunately the weather forecasters don’t agree and say it’s going to go cold and wet for a few days from Wednesday before normal service is resumed next week. Oh well, they aren’t always right.
Today we have a pretty normal Monday puzzle. I thought it was going to be a bit tricky when I only got six of the acrosses on first pass but then the downs came to the rescue in a big way, yielding ten out of the fourteen clues. The missing answers just filled themselves in after that leaving me wondering why I missed them the first time. Just being a bit slow I guess.
Continue reading “DT 29641”
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The Numpties can make no preliminary comments on the compiler this week as the solver has to spend a few amusing minutes working out who he or she is and sorting out what the solver is required to do.… Continue reading
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A very good Easter Sunday morning from Winnipeg where on Monday, at 3:00 pm, we were enjoying a balmy and record high temperature, for the date, of plus 19 degrees when 24 hours of what is euphemistically called Active Spring Weather arrived – high winds up to 90 km/hr, snow, and, on Tuesday, at 3:00 pm, a high temperature of minus 7 degrees!… Continue reading
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Morning!
A very brief blog today as I am in work. Continue reading “DT 29640 (Hints)”
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Why not have a go at our latest Monthly Prize Puzzle?
The winner will receive their choice of any of the Telegraph Crossword Books.
Please note that, due to punitive postal charges, while the competition is open to all, the prize is only available to UK solvers.
A review will follow after the closing date (17th April 2021).
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