Putting the words to lights – crossword clues explained in plain English
A very good Sunday morning from Winnipeg where we are beginning to wake up to sub-zero temperatures.
Following on from part of my comments on Thursday and yesterday, starting tomorrow I am going to be off-line for ten to twelve days as I will be in the UK for important family matters.… Continue reading
A very good Sunday morning from Winnipeg on our Thanksgiving Holiday weekend.
Today is something of a milestone Sunday. When our beloved leader introduced me as the Sunday blogger taking over from him – ST 2885 on February 5th, 2017 – he commented ‘In the eight years of the blog, prior to today, there have been 417 sets of Sunday Hints and I have done 401 of them, so it’s time to hand over the baton.’… Continue reading
A very good Sunday morning from Winnipeg, where Autumn has taken full control and words like fr*st and sn*w are already ‘creeping’ into weather forecasts.
For me, and I stress for me, Dada about as friendly as he has ever been – seven anagrams (two partials), no lurkers, and one homophone all in a value for money symmetric 32 clues; with 16 hints, ‘sprinkled’ throughout the grid, you should be able to get the checkers to enable the solving of the unhinted clues. … Continue reading
A very good Sunday morning from Winnipeg, where, after a couple of Autumnal days, Summer ‘returned’ with days of sunshine and temperatures in the middle/high 20s but it looks like Autumn will ‘regain control’ starting tomorrow!… Continue reading
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Huntsman has a hospital appointment today; that may be code for a very early tee time, but I think it is genuine. … Continue reading
A very good Sunday morning from Winnipeg – Autumn has begun but not before we had some late Summer Prairie Thunderstorms with a Tornado here and there!
For me, and I stress for me, Dada somewhat Jekyll and Hyde, off to a flying start and then I came to an almost dead stop – four long ‘uns, three anagrams (two partials), two lurkers, and no homophones all in an symmetric 28 clues; with 14 hints, ‘sprinkled’ throughout the grid, you should be able to get the checkers to enable the solving of the unhinted clues. … Continue reading
A very good Sunday morning from Winnipeg – the last week of Summer has begun, not long before this little lady, and others, fly South for the Winter!
For me, and I stress for me, as he was last Sunday, Dada reasonably friendly – two long ‘uns, two shorter long ‘uns, five anagrams (four partials), two lurkers, and no homophones all in an asymmetric 28 clues; with 15 hints, ‘sprinkled’ throughout the grid, you should be able to get the checkers to enable the solving of the unhinted clues. … Continue reading
A very good Sunday morning from Winnipeg where we have been alternating between late Summer and, too soon, early Autumn – shorts one day, long trousers the next!
For those of you who been enjoying reading Iona Whishaw’s tales of Lane Winslow the next, 12th, book in the series, The Cost of a Hostage, is scheduled to be published in April next year.… Continue reading
A very good Sunday morning from Winnipeg on this the first day of September, but it is not the first day of Autumn as some meteorologists would have us believe that is three week away!… Continue reading
A very good Sunday morning from Winnipeg where, as you may have seen in my SPP Comment yesterday, on Friday, we woke up to fog!
For me, and I stress for me, unless my brain is still ‘fogged,’ Dada very quirky – two anagrams (one partial), two lurkers, and one homophone all in an asymmetric 29 clues; with 14.5 hints, plus a bonus 0.5 of a hint, ‘sprinkled’ throughout the grid, you should be able to get the checkers to enable the solving of the unhinted clues. … Continue reading