Putting the words to lights – crossword clues explained in plain English
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proXimal provides a welcome respite from the usual tortuous Friday toughie. Once I had a way in, this went fairly smoothly. NW was last. Nice smooth surfaces
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Friday toughie time – lots to like today. I don’t know how he does it!
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A cute Nina today. We have the usual baffling definitions from Osmosis that look so much better in hindsight. My lateral thinking is beginning to let me down.… Continue reading
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Another great Friday Toughie
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Across
1a Boff one receives from draught horse (6-5)
SUCKER-PUNCH: A word for ‘One receives from draught’ (as in pulling in air or liquid) and a kind of horse.… Continue reading
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Today’s pangram contains a few words I did not know. We also have an intriguing Nina. 85? I don’t think it’s a birthday. What could it be?
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An ‘easier’ Elgar, though it still took me 5* time. Very enjoyable.
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This seemed tricky. I had plenty to parse after filling the grid, and I was still changing the parsing while writing up the blog!. This time the F is missing from a pangram
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Toughie No 3104 by Elgar
Hints and Tips by Dutch
difficulty 5* entertainment 5*
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That was tricky! The pangram might have helped had I seen it earlier. There is a nice Nina of my favourite Wordle start words.
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The pangram may help you with some answers Continue reading “Toughie 3096”