Putting the words to lights – crossword clues explained in plain English
Link to an NTSPP crossword
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Welcome to the fortieth in our series of weekly puzzles.
This week Bufo has compiled a puzzle which incorporates a special message for Tilsit who is currently recovering from major surgery.
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Welcome to the thirty fourth in our series of weekly puzzles.
This week we have another excellent puzzle from Bufo.
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Welcome to the sixteenth in our series of weekly puzzles.
Three weeks ago today, I was sitting in the White Horse, Parson’s Green with Bufo and he suddenly said “I’ll compile a puzzle for you, Dave”. None of the usual arm-twisting or blackmail (I put that bit in for Prolixic and Gnomethang!). Well, here is that puzzle, and a very enjoyable one it is too.
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Welcome to the tenth in our series of weekly puzzles.
This is the third by Radler – this puzzle has down clues that are, in general, easier than the across clues, hence Mixed Abilities.
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Welcome to the ninth in our series of weekly puzzles.
Ages ago, before the start of this series, Tilsit promised to write a puzzle for the blog. Well, at long last here it is!
There is a theme, which is particularly appropriate for this weekend (I’ll say no more before I give the game away). What I will say is that you must read the preamble before starting – if you don’t you may finish up scratching your head for quite a while.
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Welcome to the eighth in our series of weekly puzzles.
Prolixic, or should that be Prolific, entertains us again. This one should be medium, say three stars. See if you agree.
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Welcome to the seventh in our series of weekly puzzles. If you were wondering about the title, this is puzzle no. 007.
Anax is experimenting once more. This one should be medium difficult, say four stars. See if you agree.
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Welcome to the sixth in our series of weekly puzzles.
This is the second by Radler – another of our rising stars.
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Welcome to the fifth in our series of weekly puzzles.
This is the second by Prolixic – one of our rising stars.
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Welcome to the fourth in what has become an excellent series of weekly puzzles. Telegraph setters themselves have been known to dip in, perhaps to see how it really should be done!
This one dropped unexpectedly into my mailbox recently. Anax thought he would try his hand at writing an easier puzzle. Easier that what? You might well ask. Easier than his usual fare. Is it easy – that’s for you to judge.