Putting the words to lights – crossword clues explained in plain English
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment **
Maybe it was just me, but this felt a bit formulaic today. especially 20d and 22d and some of the other clues seem a bit weak e.g. 6d and 14d. But as always there are some better clues to lift it, my favourite of the day 27a.
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Not an overly complicated crossword today, although I haven’t seen the phrase at 8d since I was in the Navy CCF at school and I don’t think 5d works very well. Otherwise as entertaining as ever. Favourite clue 22a.
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
For some reason I made hard going of this, putting in “IN HAND” at 2d and then getting obsessed with the final word of 13a being BOOK didn’t help. As such this crossword gets three stars for difficulty today, although everybody else probably thought this was a doddle.
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
A little trickier than normal? How many of you waited for checking letters to be sure of some of the answers? Otherwise it’s the usual stuff from the Monday Maestro.
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment **
I thought this was straight forward stuff from Rufus today, but not quite up to his usual high standard. Some of the clues today seemed to be struggling to be cryptic. Overall, it was still a pleasant solve though.
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
I hope everybody is enjoying their bank holiday in the UK, no such luck in France. If a holiday falls on a weekend then we lose it. A typical Rufus crossword today, with a high anagram content. Of all clues, I think I liked 17a the most.
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
A topical and fun crossword for the Easter Bank Holiday today with plenty of appropriate references.
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Fewer anagrams today than usual, but still another classic piece of work from the Monday Maestro. Enjoy.
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
The usual stuff from the Monday maestro. 13d had me thinking for a while, is 4d cryptic? Otherwise an enjoyable crossword.
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
First of all I would like to thank Gazza for stepping in at short notice last week, it was much appreciated. Crisis is now over and I can return to blogging the Monday crossword. I found this easier than normal and all seemed to fall into place quite quickly. Still good fun though.