Putting the words to lights – crossword clues explained in plain English
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BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment ***
A nice and gentle offering from Warbler today, no harder than the back-pager, to start our Toughie week, although I was misled by 7d which had me concerned about my lack of Latin education – however, turns out it was my musical education that was to blame.… Continue reading
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I was panicking that this week’s Toughie parsing nightmares would culminate in a Friday blogger’s hell, but I needn’t have worried.… Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment **
I’m covering for Toro today – as we move into the summer period there may be more of this sort of thing happening.… Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
Congratulations Notabilis on your 100th Toughie! What an achievement!… Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ***
Happy Birthday Dad! My father Gerry is visiting me from Holland for a few weeks, and today is his 86th birthday.… Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ***
I am trying something different today which I hope will make the puzzle more widely accessible.… Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ***
Sparks as usual gives us intricate wordplay and cleverly disguised definitions that make for some great “aha” moments.… Continue reading
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This took me just as long as the Elkamere on Wednesday, so I’m not sure why the Telegraph puzzles site offered one star for difficulty while last Wednesday had 5 – maybe it’s just me.… Continue reading
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It was wonderful to see so many of our regulars at the George in London at the Sloggers and Betters meeting.… Continue reading
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Many thanks to all of you for the kind words of encouragement after my first blog last week – means a lot to me.… Continue reading