Putting the words to lights – crossword clues explained in plain English
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This puzzle was published on 23 May 2021
BD Rating – ** – ****
Greetings from Kolkata. Once again, I have the pleasure of writing the full review of a Sunday puzzle for your kind reading and feedback. Dada has given us a very enjoyable and marvellous puzzle with some brilliant clues. Continue reading “ST 3109”
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This puzzle was published on 22 May 2021
BD Rating – ** – ****
Greetings from Kolkata. Once again, I am delighted to write the full review of a Saturday puzzle for your perusal and valuable feedback. A really enjoyable puzzle from Cephas with some nice clues. Continue reading “DT 29682”
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This puzzle was published on 9th May 2021
BD Rating – ** – ****
Greetings from Kolkata. Once again, I have the pleasure of writing the full review of a Sunday puzzle for your kind perusal. Dada has given us a fairly easy and straightforward puzzle with some outstanding clues. Continue reading “ST 3107”
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This puzzle was published on 8th May 2021
BD Rating – ** – ****
Greetings from Kolkata. Looking at 10a, it’s actually the moon which we cannot see because we are facing the unlit half of it and which sets at sunset. It’s only due to the increase in size of the crescent that helps us to witness the crescent moon appearing the next evening and thence the moonset taking place after sunset. Continue reading “DT 29670”
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This puzzle was published on 25th April 2021
BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment *****
Greetings from Kolkata. I now present to you the full review of yet another Sunday puzzle for your kind perusal and opinion. Dada has penned some impressive clues with double and cryptic definitions that go on to adorn his pretty tough yet enjoyable puzzle. Continue reading “ST 3105”
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This puzzle was published on 24th Apr 2021
BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Greetings from Kolkata. I now present to you the full review of yet another Saturday puzzle for your kind perusal. Don’t know who the setter is, but surely a pleasantly straightforward and enjoyable puzzle. Continue reading “DT 29658”
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This puzzle was published on 11th April 2021
BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
Greetings from Kolkata. I now have the pleasure of writing the review for a puzzle of the Sunday Telegraph. While going through 12a, I really started looking back to the good old days of my childhood of 1967 when I got double promotion to a higher class for the second time. The new books had already been bought when, one day, within the first week of the commencement of our class, I was taken from my class on the ground floor to a room on the first floor where Mrs. Wainwright, our School Principal, began to put me to various types of tests and from there, after some time, I was taken to Class II on the first floor itself. A new list of books to be purchased was handed over to me. But I did not discard my previous English book. It had the rhyme, “Jack Sprat could eat no fat. His wife could eat no lean …” with a big cartoon showing a lean Jack Sprat pushing a cart in which his fatty wife with chubby cheeks, occupying almost the entire space, sat facing him. At home, I used to open that book quite often to have a glimpse of those ‘strange’ chubby cheeks. Continue reading “ST 3103”
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Congratulations to KiwiColin for winning this month’s prize competition.… Continue reading
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This puzzle was published on 10th April 2021
BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Greetings from Kolkata. First of all, I would like to state that C.G. Rishikesh Sir of Chennai, one of the bloggers of Big Dave’s Crossword Blog, passed away just two days ago (on the 14th). The last time I met him was at the Grand Finale of the Indian Crossword League (IXL) at Bengaluru in December 2018. Incidentally, that was the first time we sat together for lunch. He asked me about my family members and I answered him. He was a very soft-spoken person. But again, incidentally, it had been only a matter of months when I happened to click on ‘Meet the Bloggers’ here for the first time to discover his name (Rishi), although I had been participating in the Monthly Prize Puzzle Contests since 2014. Had I known then, I would have asked him at the Finale to share his experience with Big Dave’s Blog. Now that he is no more, I pray to the Almighty for his peaceful, eternal rest. Continue reading “DT 29646”
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Greetings from Kolkata. We have, of late, passed a moment which we could have celebrated in some way but it came and went in the twinkling of an eye. However, the moment had a long list or name, whatever you may call – 21st century, 21st year, 21st day, 21st hour, 21st minute, 21st second. But that is past and I am now concerned with the present and feel it a great moment to have just finished writing the Hints and Tips for the second time which I hope you will enjoy. Continue reading “DT 29583”