Putting the words to lights – crossword clues explained in plain English
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** Enjoyment **
A fairly average crossword from the Saturday Mysteron this week. Nothing to make me smile or grump too much when solving until preparing the review when, having typed ‘A from the clue’ for the sixth time, I scrolled back up the page and reduced the enjoyment factor to 2*. Continue reading “DT 27008”
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** Enjoyment ***
I had my suspicions that this was a Cephas puzzle, albeit a slightly trickier one than usual, when I solved it and this was confirmed by the setter himself when we met at the Convention on Saturday afternoon. Continue reading “DT 27002”
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***– Enjoyment ****
After the extra superb puzzle of the week before, it was an ‘average’ Virgilius this week, although of course, miles better in both entertainment and difficulty than many other setters ‘average’ crosswords. My particular favourite has to be 22d, which I liked even more after I had read Big Dave’s hint. Continue reading “ST 2661”
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BD Rating – Difficulty **/***– Enjoyment *****
I read the clues through once, got a couple, read them through again and thought ‘oh heck’ and then, suddenly and thankfully, light dawned and this splendid puzzle ended up being solved in a very reasonable time. Definitions Favourites
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** Enjoyment ***
A slightly trickier Saturday puzzle than some weeks but still on the straightforward side. A quarter of the clues were anagrams, which didn’t please some people but certainly helped others. Definitions Favourites
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***** – Enjoyment *****
Whodunit?? It was that Elgar, m’Lud, and he was wearing his full Vlad the Impaler outfit, complete with new hob-nailed boots and a large pointed stake, and he had the scariest wicked glint in his eye….!
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BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment ***
I didn’t think I could possibly solve a crossword quicker than a time I am not allowed to mention here, but Saturday morning proved that apparently I can. The perfect puzzle for what was supposedly the last nice day of the summer, a quick solve and then out to enjoy some lovely sunshine.
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BD Rating – Difficulty **– Enjoyment ****
Virgilius left out his trademark hidden words in favour of the fourteen letter solutions which made this crossword a smidge trickier than some Sunday puzzles, but still the usual great all round entertainment we have come to expect on Sunday mornings. As usual the definitions have been underlined. Continue reading “ST 2657”
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BD Rating – Difficulty */** – Enjoyment *****
Near perfection once again. So much so that I arm wrestled Big Dave, who was supposed to be blogging this one in return for my doing that Sunday’s hints, in order to be able to review it and enjoy it all over again. Definitions Favourites