Putting the words to lights – crossword clues explained in plain English
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***– Enjoyment ***
I seem to have spent a lot of time on this puzzle, first solving it, then giving the Hints and Tips on Saturday and finally (and unexpectedly) having to sit down and prepare the review. Thank you to Cephas for a trickier puzzle than we are used to with a much lower anagram count than usual. I seem to have had a lot more fun with it third time round!
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Don’t miss our Monthly Prize crossword – this one is by Gazza.
As is usual for the weekend prize crosswords, I will select a few of the more difficult clues and provide hints for them.
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Don’t forget there’s still time to enter the Monthly Prize crossword competition
As is usual for the weekend prize crosswords, an assortment of clues, including some of the more difficult ones, have been selected and hints provided for them.
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***/**** – Enjoyment *****
Today’s blog was supposed to be a joint Fred/Ginger production but sadly he is currently stuck in his ‘second home’ without access to the web. Notabilis quite often provides us with a tricky Toughie, but I found today’s puzzle on the ‘fluffy’ side of hobnailed, very enjoyable with some splendid d’oh moments. As far as I can see, there isn’t the usual Notabilis Nina, but I am sure someone will let me know if I am wrong.
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***– Enjoyment **
Some clues required a little more perservation than usual for a Saturday morning and only one ‘favourite’ which had more to do with its relevance to my private life than to this crossword from one of our Saturday Mysterons.
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***/**** – Enjoyment *
Having turned to the back page of the paper expecting to solve a Cephas puzzle, it was doubly disappointing to find that the puzzle was on the inside of the back page again, and that the crossword was a lacklustre puzzle from the ‘occasional Saturday Mysteron’ (as opposed to the regular Saturday Mysteron who alternates with Cephas).
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Another Sunday treat –not that difficult but very entertaining. I have indicated both definitions and top favourites.
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BD Rating – Difficulty */** – Enjoyment ***
The other day someone commented that some of BD’s blogging team seem more human than others. Well no-one has ever actually seen Gazza, but whichever planet he comes from, his powers of both observation, deduction and persuasion are second to none, as once again, when I have a day off, he is the one having the lie-in while I go off to the local shop at the usual time, today returning home to blog the crossword.
One of the Tuesday Mysterons has given us with a fairly straightforward puzzle with a nice mix of clues, which was enjoyable both to solve and blog.
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment *****
Near perfection on a piece of paper – well it makes a change from saying the Best Puzzle of the Week! All the Virgilius trademark clues, wrapped up in great wordplay. I do like starting Sunday mornings with a big smile on my face. Definitions Top Favourites
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Congratulations to Slartibartfast who is the winner of our third Monthly Prize Puzzle. Slartibartfast’s name was randomly selected from the correct entries received by Mrs BD and can now choose any two of The Telegraph All New Cryptic Crosswords Books or The Telegraph All New Toughie Crossword Books. This month there is a special additional prize – a copy of A Display of Lights (9) by former Telegraph Crossword Editor Val Gilbert, kindly donated by Tilsit.