Putting the words to lights – crossword clues explained in plain English
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I’m not overly au fait with Gila and, stymied by Hungary’s hour difference, I was fearing unfamiliarity might prompt a late night/early morning.… Continue reading
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This proved a welcome distraction from the horrors of easyJet packing, ie working out how to cram a week’s worth of clobber into a pencil-case.
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After another lamentable weekend of English sport I find myself sorely tempted to follow something we’re actually good at.
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I can’t be alone in fearing a professorial setter who based his pseudonym on a “cryptographic algorithm”.… Continue reading
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I always get Donnybrook and Giovanni (for obvious reasons) confused so I thought I’d best mug up before tackling this.
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After making it abundantly clear in yesterday’s Rookie Corner that I have absolutely no right to comment on a pro’s (or anyone’s) puzzle I am, of course, going to do just that!… Continue reading
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It is perhaps fitting, albeit daunting, for the not-so-young pretender to review his not-so-old predecessor, the mighty Stephen L Dharma.… Continue reading
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I hope you all braved Isha and are now safely braced for Jocelyn.… Continue reading
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Greetings from a frozen London. I realise such mauve talk will make our friends in the north (Canada, et al) snort but I’ve not been this cold since getting frostbite in two fingers whilst cycling the road (literally) to Damascus many years ago.… Continue reading
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Well, I’m as surprised as anyone. More so, probably.… Continue reading