Putting the words to lights – crossword clues explained in plain English
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A very good Wednesday morning from Winnipeg where, with the thaw in full progress, the river levels are being monitored carefully in case the flood prevention measures need to be invoked.… Continue reading
A very good Sunday morning from Winnipeg where Old Man Winter is not going quietly – temperatures in the minus teens yesterday and Friday, and before today is done we could have 5 cms or more of snow. … Continue reading
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A very good Wednesday morning from Winnipeg on the last full day of Winter with Spring beginning at 0901Z tomorrow.… Continue reading
A very good Sunday morning from Winnipeg where the eponymous geese are returning from their winter trip to our Southern neighbours. I wonder if they are returning voluntarily or if they have been deported?… Continue reading
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A very good Wednesday morning from Winnipeg where I am sensing that the Puzzles Editorial Team’s ‘tinkering’ with the batting order continues. … Continue reading
A very good Sunday morning from Winnipeg where at some time in the middle of the night we had to go through the annual nonsense of advancing our clocks by one hour for reasons that no-one can seem to remember and are probably now invalid. … Continue reading
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A very good Wednesday morning from Winnipeg where we continue to get ‘small’ reminders that Astronomical Winter is not over yet.… Continue reading
A very good Sunday morning from Winnipeg where Mother Nature has given us a short, sharp reminder that, while Meteorological Spring may have started yesterday, there are just under three weeks of Astronomical Winter to go.… Continue reading
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A very good Wednesday morning from Winnipeg from where I must apologise to the meteorologists for doubting their accuracy in forecasting the end of the Arctic Deep Freeze.… Continue reading
A very good Sunday morning from Winnipeg where the meteorologists (didn’t I comment on them recently?) are clinging to their forecast on the end of the Arctic freeze and by today we might be 35 degrees Celsius warmer than we were on Wednesday – minus 31 to plus 4! … Continue reading