Putting the words to lights – crossword clues explained in plain English
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
I guess I was in a good mood this morning (despite the strong winds we are having at the moment), as I really enjoyed this one. Rufus doing what he does best! What did you think?
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BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment ***
A straightforward crossword from Rufus this morning, with far too many double definitions for my liking.
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
An entertaining crossword from Rufus to start the week, I liked 23a and 3d, but there were 11 clues in the crossword that were anagrams or involved anagrams, which seemed to be too many.
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
A typical Rufus start to the week that took me slightly longer than normal, although I don’t know why.
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
An enjoyable if not too taxing crossword this morning. I particularly liked 21a. If you have any thoughts please feel free to leave a comment.
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Normal service has been resumed for me today, and we have a fairly typical, although slightly more challenging Rufus crossword to contend with. I particularly liked 19a, which was the last one in and raised a smile as I twigged the answer.
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
Its a bit like musical chairs this week, Gazza is taking a few well earned days off, and I have stepped in to cover for him. Its always a pleasure to blog Giovanni, dissecting the word play makes you realise just how good a setter he is. This is an entertaining puzzle thats not overly difficult. The three long anagrams provide good access to the puzzle if you manage to crack them early.
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Standard stuff from Rufus this morning, but the usual fun. If this seems to be over too soon, Gazza recommends Brendan (Virgilius) in the Grauniad.
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
I don’t know why but this was a game of two halves for me today, most of the crossword went in pretty quickly, as it usually does on a Monday, but then I ground to a halt and struggled to finish.
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
A fairly straightforwrd crossword today from Rufus, helped by the large count of anagrams. 13a held me up for a bit until I twigged what was being referred to.