Putting the words to lights – crossword clues explained in plain English
Daily Telegraph Vintage No 21
Hints and Tips by Rossophile
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BD Rating – Difficulty **/*** Enjoyment ***
Back in the hot seat. Back to normality and forward gear after yesterday’s challenge. Big thanks to Deansleigh. A pleasant solve today with a few tricky parsings. I’ve had to guess a couple. Delighted to be enlightened
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Almost forgot a pre-amble, An even 14a and 14d clues and I have hinted half. I hope you find the checkers to finish.
I will provide a bonus nudge if needed, not that I expect you will. This tripped off the laptop in a rather brisk fashion.
Here We Go…
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I felt it was time to give ChatGPT a chance to shine, so I asked, “A themed crossword puzzle called Two Domains requires us to move letters from the main grid into a row above it and a row below, which, we are told, are the two domains, and contain ‘appropriate items’. What might these be?”
A very good Sunday morning from Winnipeg where wild fires continue across the country and most provinces have ‘outside’ fire bans in place. In Newfoundland, fines for violating the ban have been increased significantly. For example, for a first offence the fine has been increased from $75 (seventy-five dollars) to $50,000 (fifty thousand dollars) and prison time if the offender cannot pay.
For me, and I stress for me,© Dada at his friendliest with 6 anagrams (3 partials), 1 lurker, and 1 homophone all in what is probably the most asymmetric grid with 28 clues I have ever seen; with 14 hints ‘sprinkled’ throughout the grid, you should be able to get the checkers to enable the solving of the unhinted clues. And, remember, my electronic blue pencil is at the ready and the Naughty Step is OPEN!