Putting the words to lights – crossword clues explained in plain English
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Greetings from Ottawa, where ghosts and goblins will be prowling the streets tonight.… Continue reading
Sunday Toughie 40 by Robyn (Hints)
Hints and Tips by Gazza
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SJB feared that he might be rather under the weather today after the jollifications in York so I’m standing in for him with the Toughie hints.… Continue reading
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I gather that our setter’s alias derives from the name of the block cipher (cryptographic algorithm) which came second in the contest to establish the Advanced Encryption Standard. Why not choose the name of the winner? Well, Rijndael doesn’t quite have the same ring about it, and anyway Serpent was arguably the hardest of the lot to crack – let’s hope that cracking this puzzle isn’t quite so tough…
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A very good Sunday morning from Winnipeg where on Monday with 30mm plus of, thankfully, rainfall from our first Colorado Low of this Autumn/Winter season, and with two months of the year left, 2022 became the wettest year on record with a total, so far, of 740mm.… Continue reading
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Good morning from an unseasonably warm autumn day here in East Kent. Continue reading “DT 30131 (hints)”
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Some things I didn’t know, but all fairly clued of course.… Continue reading
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A very good Friday morning from Winnipeg.
As he was on Toughie duty yesterday this is unlikely to be a Silvanus production; it can happen, we did have him for Thursday Toughie/Friday back pager 6 weeks ago but, according to the myth, lightning never strikes in the same place twice. … Continue reading
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This puzzle was published on 22nd Oct 2022
BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Greetings from Kolkata.… Continue reading