A Puzzle by Chalicea
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A review of this puzzle will be added tomorrow (Sunday).
Putting the words to lights – crossword clues explained in plain English
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The puzzle is available by clicking on the above grid
A review of this puzzle will be added tomorrow (Sunday).
A fun challenge from Chalicea in which I identified a theme of ten elements. I did need e-help on 23a – not part of, and unlikely to become part of, my every day vocabulary!
Smiles for 10a, 11a, 19a, and 22d.
Thanks Chalicea and thanks in advance to CS.
My goodness, for once I spotted the theme early on. It hindered rather than helped as I then wanted 9a to be a thematic country, but once I unscrambled 1d it couldn’t be so. Like Senf, I also needed to research 23a, but I did solve it first by juggling given letters into the blanks between crossers to devise a potential word. I was also slightly hindered by reversing the answer for 26a as that was my reading of the clue, but that then didn’t fit with 22d or 14d. My pronunciation of 15a doesn’t quite fit with the homophone possibly intended, or perhaps I have missed something? The loitering in 9a and the herring boat in 24d were new to me, and I was interested to read the history behind the name of the boat. The clues I enjoyed most were 6a, 10a and 17d, the latter because it succeeded in sending a shiver down my spine – ugh!
My thanks to Chalicea for a fun puzzle, and I look forward to CS’s observations in due course.
My draft review mentions the fact that I too thought 26a was clued ‘the wrong way round’
A most enjoyable puzzle but, of course, I missed the theme despite having been warned there was one. I’ve never heard of 23a and, like Senf, am unlikely to remember it. I, too, got 26a the wrong way round and I didn’t know 1d was a word.
Thank you, Chalicea for a fun puzzle. Thank you, CS in advance.
This was good fun despite having my hackles raised by the dreadful “emcee” especially when MC would have done the same job.
I spotted the theme quite early on, and my unknowns today involved 9a, 23a & 24d.
I too initially got 26a the wrong way round.
Many thanks to Chalicea.