Putting the words to lights – crossword clues explained in plain English
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Good morning. A jokey, playful puzzle today that was good fun to solve, and which I suspect will go down nicely for most. Continue reading “DT 30169”
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Greetings from Ottawa, where a light blanket of snow over the weekend is finally making it feel more like Christmas.… Continue reading
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We really need a 1a here as our boiler has just broken down, I need a 22a to keep me going. I have hinted about half of an evenly balanced 14a/14d clues and a few bonus pics as well. If there are any problems with the remainder please ask and I will try and guide you to the right solution between bouts of shivering. I hope the shivering is due to being overcaffeinated, I have swapped from a Kenyan Wanjegi to a Brazilian Single origin but wonder if the capital city we need for 24d produces coffee.
Here we go…
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I’d like to tell you where the pseudonym Skylark comes from, but I can’t. Is she perhaps a diminutive songster, or someone who enjoys the occasional drop of a blithe spirit? Or could the fact that Chambers gives the verb ‘skylark’ as meaning ‘to trick’ be relevant? I’m hoping that our setter might come to my assistance…
…which she has very kindly done – see the first comment below. A much better reason for choosing the name than any of my suggestions!
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A very good Sunday morning from Winnipeg, where, at the beginning of the week, we ‘experienced’ our first (weakened) Polar Vortex of the season and, on Wednesday, we had a minimum temperature of minus 31 degrees and the maximum for the day, reached at 11:00pm, was minus 19 degrees. … Continue reading
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Good morning from a beautifully sunny frosty morning here in East Kent. It is very cold – as I type, the temperature has reached the dizzy heights of -1oC, it was -4 oC when I set off for Sainsburys at 8 o’clock.
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Only one letter of the alphabet omitted today (J).… Continue reading
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A very good Friday morning from Winnipeg.
proXimal was ‘on duty’ last Friday and based on my solving experience of this potentially being in the wrong envelope my five bob says that this is a Zandio production rather than a Silvanus production.… Continue reading