Putting the words to lights – crossword clues explained in plain English
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This puzzle was published on 9th August 2020
BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Morning All! – Quite a fast solve for me but the usual Sunday enjoyment Continue reading “ST 3068”
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This puzzle was published on 25th July 2020
BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Morning All! I quite enjoyed some of the clues and surface readings here. Continue reading “DT 29425”
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This puzzle was published on 19th July 2020
BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment **
Morning All! – This didn’t take too long to solve but I did find it a bit samey in the constructions. particularly when reviewing.
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This puzzle was published on 18th July 2020
BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Morning All! I found this a fairly standard Saturday puzzle that wasn’t too tricky albeit a couple of references might have stymied some. Continue reading “DT 29419”
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This puzzle was published on 12th July 2020
BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
Morning All! – I didn’t solve this on the day due to Golf and Apres-Golf but certainly enjoyed many of the clues, particularly when sorting them out for the review.
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This puzzle was published on 21st June 2020
BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
Morning All! When I came to review this I realised I hadn’t quite finished it with a cuppa before an early Sunday morning round of golf which makes it at least a *** for difficulty and a fair degree of emjoyment for me.. Continue reading “ST 3061”
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This puzzle was published on 20th June 2020
BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
It was obvious fairly early on to guess which setter was responsible for this Saturday Prize Puzzle, Continue reading “DT 29395”
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This puzzle was published on 14th June 2020
BD Rating – Difficulty */** – Enjoyment ****
MOrning All! We are back in the saddle with the Prize Puzzles so I am back too! This was a run of Sunday puzzles that were very much on the straightforward side for me but as usual there are some fine clues with amusing surface readings. Continue reading “ST 3060”
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This puzzle was published on 22nd March 2020
BD Rating – Difficulty */** – Enjoyment ***
Morning All!
Welcome to the last weekend Prize Puzzle review for the foreseeable. Due to the continuing COVID-19 saga (and it IS becoming a saga!), Chris Lancaster and his team have taken the (correct in my opinion) decision to temporarily halt the submissions for prize puzzles as it is unfair to ask a member of the team to drive into a location and wade through the myriad potentially infected postal submissions . Clearly not everyone can submit online so the sensible thing to do is suspend the prize element. Continue reading “ST 3048”
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This puzzle was published on 7th March 2020
BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Morning All! – A fairly straightforward Saturday puzzle with some very nice surface readings..