Toughie No 3314 by Prime
Hints and Tips by crypticsue
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BD Rating – Toughie Difficulty */** – Enjoyment ***
Putting the words to lights – crossword clues explained in plain English
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BD Rating – Toughie Difficulty */** – Enjoyment ***
BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Kia ora from Aotearoa.
Suspect that we are not the only ones spending a lot of time in front of TV watching what is happening in Paris.… Continue reading
Sunday Toughie No 130 by proXimal
Review by Sloop John Bee
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This puzzle was published on the 21st of July 2024
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This puzzle was published on 21st July 2024
BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment ****
Greetings from Kolkata.… Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment ***/****
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** Enjoyment ***/****
A very enjoyable puzzle today (from AP I assume) with some good surface reads.… Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Hola from Almoradí on an overcast and muggy morning. I do believe we might be in for some rather overdue rain! In view of the various different levels of heat we get here in the summer pommette has come up with a new scale: 25-29°C = warm, 30-34 = hot, 35-39 = bl’ot and 40+ = f’ot. I’ll leave it to you to fill in the missing letters! Just now it’s at the top end of warm but it’s forecast to get bl’ot this afternoon!
Here we have another splendid Monday puzzle which I don’t think will frighten many horses. The hints are below just in case they’re needed but I suspect not.
Continue reading “DT 30678”
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Not too tricky today, two of the trickiest letters in 1a made me think of a pangram but it wasn’t to be. I think my choice of music may raise a few 6d’s today but so many 15d-ing tunes came to mind I was spoiled for choice
We have 14a and 14d clues and as ever I have run out of hints before all the tricky ones are covered so I will provide a bonus nudge if required
Here we go…
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Pandiculation is ‘an instinctive movement, consisting in the extension of the legs, the raising and stretching of the arms, and the throwing back of the head and trunk, accompanied by yawning; it occurs before and after sleeping, also in certain nervous affections, as hysteria, and at the accession of a fit of ague.’ Continue reading “EV 1653 (Hints)”