Putting the words to lights – crossword clues explained in plain English
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
Certainly not a Floughie, but an enjoyable Toughie. The highlight of this puzzle must surely be 3 Down. Continue reading “Toughie 2454”
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
I made steady progress with this puzzle, hence the *** rating. Once again a very enjoyable puzzle in which I particularly liked the image created by 4 Down. Continue reading “Toughie 2446”
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
Dada continues to demonstrate the Fluffy Tuesday is a thing of the past as far as he is concerned. Continue reading “Toughie 2438”
BD Rating – Difficulty **– Enjoyment *
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Until the Telegraph resumes the award of prizes for the Saturday puzzles, this post, and tomorrow’s, will be just like the Monday to Friday posts, with hints for every clue and revealable answers. BD
Sorry, but I didnt like this one at all. I know that some solvers will think it’s a great puzzle because they can finish it, but, for me, anagrams that were obviously signalled and poor cryptic definitions don’t create much of a challenge. Continue reading “DT 29365”
BD Rating – Difficulty**– Enjoyment **
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Until the Telegraph resumes the award of prizes for the Saturday puzzles, this post, and tomorrow’s, will be just like the Monday to Friday posts, with hints for every clue and revealable answers. BD
A workmanlike puzzle which, while not quite read-and-write, for me was not far off. Perhaps you think differently – if so please let me know with a comment. Continue reading “DT 29359”
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***/**** – Enjoyment ****
I found this to be an excellent Toughie with the only obscurity for me being the biochemical compound, which was easily derived from the wordplay and rang a bell in the back of my mind when I had solved it.
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
This puzzle required a fair degree of General Knowledge, but the composer was the only one I had not encountered before.… Continue reading
Congratulations to Roberta Coffer for winning this month’s prize competition. … Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment *****
I enjoyed the challenge so much that I have given this puzzle a rare (for me) enjoyment rating of five stars. 11a was new to me, but derivable from the wordplay and the checking letters. Continue reading “Toughie 2414”