Putting the words to lights – crossword clues explained in plain English
Monday’s regular setter is Roger Squires, who is also known as Rufus
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Greetings from Ottawa, where lazy days lounging in the warm summer sun by the lake have ended for another year and I am busy preparing for the onslaught of the cold snowy days of winter that lie ahead.… Continue reading
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Hola from Almoradí where summer still lingers on. I’ve heard it said that we’re having the warmest October on record and I can quite believe it! 32°C last Saturday which is silly hot for mid-October.
As to the crossword it wasn’t my favourite, but I can’t put my finger on exactly why. I don’t know who the setter is but it’s X Type’s turn, but there are three puns in the quickie so it could be Campbell I suppose, although it didn’t feel like one of his. I’ll be interested to hear your thoughts on it.
Continue reading “DT 30432”
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Hola from Almoradí where today we have a public holiday. … Continue reading
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Greetings from Ottawa, where summer continues to linger – in fact, the weather is getting more summery by the day.… Continue reading
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Greetings from Ottawa, where summer (which abandoned us for muc 1h of August) is making amends by hanging around late into September.… Continue reading
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Hola from Almoradí where the long, hot summer is finally drawing to a close.… Continue reading
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Greetings from Ottawa, where we have just experienced a week in which temperatures equalled or surpassed mid-summer values – belatedly making up for a cool, wet August.… Continue reading
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Hola from Almoradí where we have an orange sky! It happens occasionally when Saharan dust is blown northwards. Even though I know what it is it seems a bit spooky!
As for the crossword I’m not 100% this is the work of Campbell. It didn’t have the right feel and I can only see one pun in the Quickie. Also there are too many anagrams. I count it as six straight anagrams but there are another five clues that involve an anagram as some part of the answer. However, I’m the world’s worst at spotting setters and I suppose someone will point out the second pun so perhaps it will turn out to be Campbell after all!
Continue reading “DT 30396”
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Greetings from Ottawa, where I have been hunkered down at home for most of the past week dealing with my second bout of Covid – which ironically struck almost a year to the day after my first bout.… Continue reading
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Hola from Almoradí where another heatwave is forecast for later this week. At least when we get to September it may start to cool off a bit.
I thought today’s puzzle was a bit on the tricky side but maybe that’s just me. I’m in a bit of a rush today due to oversleeping so perhaps it just looked a by trickier than it actually is. I’ll be interested to see what you all think of it.
Continue reading “DT 30384”