Putting the words to lights – crossword clues explained in plain English
Currently Thursday does not appear to have a regular setter, although since Autumn 2010 Ray T features frequently. During 2009 almost all of the Thursday puzzles were set by Jay.
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30657
Hints and tips by Shabbo
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
It is cricket week at my local club and Wimbledon has started, so no surprise that the weather has taken a turn for the worse this week here in the beautiful south.… Continue reading
Toughie No 3295 by Beam
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
It’s Beam’s turn today and he’s given us a relatively straightforward puzzle. Thanks to him.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30651
Hints and tips by Shabbo
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
As I approach my first anniversary of writing these hints, a very belated thank you to Gazza for allocating me Thursdays, which is often the best crossword of the week. … Continue reading
Toughie No 3291 by Django
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
Django’s not too tricky today but there are couple of devious parsings to deal with and I needed Google assistance to verify the existence of the 12a examples. All good fun.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30645
Hints and tips by Shabbo
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
We seem to have brought the Seville weather back with us – it is another glorious day here in Welwyn Garden City, so the garden beckons as soon as I have finished writing these hints. … Continue reading
Toughie No 3287 by Silvanus
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Thanks to Silvanus for an enjoyable and not too brain-mangling puzzle. The only clue which held me up was 17d where I needed all the checkers and verification from the BRB.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30,639
Hints and tips by Shabbo
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Good morning from sunny Sevilla. Our second visit here and what a beautiful city. … Continue reading
Toughie No 3283 by Firefly
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
I wasn’t all that taken with this puzzle to start with because of all the cross-references but it grew on me as I finished it and wrote the blog. It has a theme (a show that I’ve always managed to avoid but it is sufficiently well known that the related clues shouldn’t provide too many problems).
Thanks to Firefly.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30633
Hints and tips by Shabbo
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Good morning from a sunny Welwyn Garden City. … Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** Enjoyment ***/****
Nice & bright today with no wet stuff in the forecast so it’s a dash to the golf course to see if I can’t improve on yesterday’s performance where 4 holes spoiled an otherwise good round.… Continue reading