Putting the words to lights – crossword clues explained in plain English
Friday’s current setter is Don Manley who is also known as Giovanni, Duck, Pasquale, Quixote, and Bradman (all punningly connected with the name Don or Donald)
Toughie No 3564 by Sparks
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
This is not too tricky for a Friday Toughie but enjoyable. There are two answers that I’d not heard of but both were very fairly clued. Many thanks to Sparks.
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BD Rating - Difficulty **** - Enjoyment ***
Hello, everyone, and welcome to Friday. There’s some tricky parsing in today’s puzzle. Continue reading "DT 31054"
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BD Rating – Toughie Difficulty ***** – Enjoyment *****
Elgar’s Proper Friday Toughie is a pangram, which may or may not help you finish solving the puzzle. Some nice helpful four-letter solutions together with a few longer ones that did take quite a bit of thought and muttering to parse!
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BD Rating - Difficulty ** - Enjoyment ****
Hello, everyone, and welcome to Friday. A grid fill using every letter but X suggests that this fine puzzle is the work of regular Friday setter proXimal. Thanks to him for an entertaining crossword to solve and to hint. Continue reading "DT 31048"
Toughie No 3556 by Karla
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
This is pretty gentle for a Friday Toughie but very enjoyable. Many thanks to Karla.
Please leave a comment telling us how you fared and what you liked about the puzzle.
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BD Rating - Difficulty *** - Enjoyment ***
Hello, everyone, and welcome to Friday. Today we have a fun puzzle with a few clues that required some thought to parse completely. Smooth surfaces and shoutout to Scottish football are clues to the identity of our setter. Continue reading "DT 31042"
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BD Rating – Toughie Difficulty ***** – Enjoyment *****
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BD Rating - Difficulty *** - Enjoyment ***
Hello, everyone, and welcome to Friday. Late start to the blog today, so no time to search for pictures I’m afraid. Continue reading "DT 31036"
Toughie No 3548 by Osmosis
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ****
This is a proper 19d from Osmosis with loads of clever wordplay, a lack of anagrams and a minimum of obscurities. I made solid progress through the puzzle until I got held up (largely due to 7d) in the NE corner. Many thanks to our setter for the entertainment.
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BD Rating - Difficulty **** - Enjoyment ***
Hello, everyone, and welcome to Friday. We have a fun puzzle today, where a few clues required some head scratching to parse once I had finished the battle to complete the SW portion of the grid. No Idea who set this one, so I hope that they’ll drop in later to claim it. Continue reading "DT 31030"