Putting the words to lights – crossword clues explained in plain English
A very good Sunday morning from Winnipeg where the highlight of my week was spending 45 minutes in a MRI doughnut having my prostate examined. I had never realised that such a relatively small object could demand that much attention.… Continue reading
A very good Sunday morning from Winnipeg where we have been enjoying early summer conditions with high temperatures in the low 20s and overnight low temperatures in double figures.
For me, and I stress for me, Dada not very friendly, with seven anagrams (three partials), two lurkers (one reversed), and one homophone all in a slightly asymmetric 30 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 it has certainly been ‘ark weather’ – the forecast was for 50-60mm but I haven’t seen a measured total yet.
For me, and I stress for me, Dada still quite friendly, with a sprinkling of quirkiness, with six anagrams (two partials), no lurkers, and no homophones all in a 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 where the soaking rains have continued, with thunder and hail included for good measure – the grass is growing and so are the dandelions!… Continue reading
A very good Sunday morning from Winnipeg where, yesterday afternoon, we had a Spring thunder storm which included a brief electrical power outage!
For me, and I stress for me, Dada still quite friendly, except for two clues which added considerably to my completion time, with six anagrams (two partials), two lurkers (one reversed), and no homophones all in a 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 the ‘gentle soaking’ rain has continued. It ought to make the farmers happy but that would be a first and I am not going to put a Toonie, not even a Loonie, on it.… Continue reading
A very good Sunday morning from Winnipeg where, after last week’s ‘slide back’ into winter, Spring has returned and we have had some very welcome ‘gentle soaking’ rain but, unfortunately, in BC and Alberta this year’s Wildfire Season has already started.… Continue reading
A very good Sunday morning from Winnipeg where I had to extract my Winter coat from the back of the wardrobe for Thursday and Friday when we had high temperatures of zero degrees with snow!… Continue reading
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As Huntsman told us last Tuesday, once again he has temporarily left the environs of Harpenden, this time for the Florida Panhandle for the purpose of aerodynamic testing of small white spherical objects while avoiding the ‘gators. … Continue reading
A very good Sunday morning from Winnipeg where we are experiencing a good example of Manitoba Spring weather, or anywhere else in Canada come to that; yesterday was a beautiful sunny day with a temperature of 20 degrees and on Thursday the forecast is for 2 degrees and fluffy white precipitation!… Continue reading