Putting the words to lights – crossword clues explained in plain English
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
This is Moeraki’s third Toughie (the last one was back in March). It contains several words that may not be in the vocabulary of many solvers, but all answers were easy enough to derive. Continue reading “Toughie 2661”
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment *
Dutch is unavailable today. I hadn’t anticipated the problems of the last two days when I agreed to cover for him, which is why this review is so late. Continue reading “Toughie 2660”
Update 11th Jun 2021
I have managed to post Miffypops review of DT 29698, due yesterday, and will endeavour to add Rahmat’s DT 29694 [✓] and my review of Toughie 2660 [✓] later today. All other reviews have been posted
This site was down for most of yesterday (10th June) and was only restored after 3 plugins were deactivated.
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ****
Not a puzzle for the faint-hearted, but a real Toughie – and very enjoyable it was too. Continue reading “Toughie 2653”
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
This puzzle was certainly not a Tuesday Floughie! I enjoyed the challenge. Continue reading “Toughie 2645”
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
The late posting was due to a problem at the hosting site which caused an outage.
A typical Tuesday Toughie from Chalicea. Continue reading “Toughie 2629”
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This puzzle was published on 28th March 2021
BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Our Sunday Setter was in a generous mood and gave us a reasonably straightforward puzzle this week. Continue reading “ST 3101”
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
Apologies for the lateness of the blog, but an overnight upgrade of Windows 10 nearly wrecked my laptop – I still have a lot to recover.
Another enjoyable puzzle from Donnybrook. Continue reading “Toughie 2621”
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This puzzle was published on 27th March 2021
BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Gnomey is inundated with (fee-paying) work, so I will be sharing this slot with crypticsue for the foreseeable future in order to give him a break. Continue reading “DT 29634”
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
An excellent Tuesday Toughie – hope our setter can find time to drop in and say hello. Continue reading “Toughie 2613”