Putting the words to lights – crossword clues explained in plain English
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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)”
A very good Sunday morning from Winnipeg – the Prairie Summer weather ‘mix’ continues although I think I heard mention of below seasonal temperatures in the weather forecast.
For me, and I stress for me, Dada reasonably friendly although his personal thesaurus may have been his preferred choice for some clues – two long ‘uns, eight anagrams (three partials), one lurker, and one homophone all in a slightly asymmetric 30 clues; with 15 hints ‘sprinkled’ throughout the grid, you should be able to get the checkers to enable the solving of the unhinted clues. … Continue reading