Putting the words to lights – crossword clues explained in plain English
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
Good morning from South Staffs. Thanks to Sloop John Bee for covering for me last week.
I’m going to repeat my thanks to Miffypops for organising cover for me during my recent absences, and express my dismay at his decision to quit the blog.… Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ***
Good morning from South Staffs on another baking day.
I was held up for ages in the SE corner of today’s puzzle, and resorted in the end to revealing a letter or two, hence the **** difficulty marking.… Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
Good morning from South Staffs om a sunny August morning.
We have a pangra missing the X this morning, which suggests a ProXimal production. I was held up by two pairs of crossing clues towards the end of solving the puzzle, and that pushed me well into *** time.… Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
Good morning from South Staffs on another dry day, the sun peering through some high cloud.
A slightly odd feel to today’s puzzle for me, but comfortably solved on the border of *** time.… Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
Good morning from South Staffs on a cool, overcast, slightly damp, morning.
A sound Friday crossword, which took me into *** time to solve.
In the hints below, the definitions are underlined.… Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
Good morning from Woodbury in South Devon, where I’m staying while playing croquet at Budleigh Salterton this week.
I found this puzzle to be very much one of two halves.… Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
Good morning from South Staffs, where the wanderer has returned from an enjoyable but rather hot tour of France. My deepest thanks to the team who filled in for me.… Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
Good morning from South Staffs. I have other commitments today, so no pictures or music for you.
I thought this was a fairly typical Friday puzzle. It took me well into *** time, but that may have been because I was very tired when solving it last night.… Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
Good morning from South Staffs where we have a sunny start, but rain forecast later.
The parsing of a couple of today’s clues gave me some amount of headscratching, but I enjoyed the overall result.… Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
Good morning from chilly, grey South Staffs.
A pretty standard Friday crossword for me, taking just into *** time.
In the hints below, the definitions are underlined.… Continue reading