Putting the words to lights – crossword clues explained in plain English
Hints and tips for completing Daily Telegraph Cryptic crosswords
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BD Rating – Difficulty ****/***** – Enjoyment ****
Elgar makes a rare excursion outside his Friday stamping ground to accommodate Micawber’s famous year-end puzzle tomorrow so I have the rare privilege of reviewing one of his puzzles.… Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty ********** due to Saint Sharon not checking that I had my glasses and phone with me when she picked me up from the pub last night.… Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
Serpent provides a Toughie of a difficulty level right in the middle of the Toughie spectrum. Continue reading “Toughie 2774”
BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
Kia ora from Aotearoa.
We’re back home again after being with family in Wellington for Christmas. A special time. Our New Year will be much quieter as there will just be the two of us here at home.… Continue reading
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This puzzle was published on 19th Dec 2021
BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
Greetings from Kolkata. I have the pleasure of presenting to you once again a full review of yet another Sunday puzzle for your kind perusal and important feedback. Dada has given us this time a bit tougher than his usual puzzles, though it was overall an enjoyable one. Continue reading “ST 3139”
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Chris M Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment *****
Today’s Toughie from Robyn is so cleverly clued with hardly any gimmies. Each answer requiring a bit of thought. When the checkers made an answer obvious I still had to question the wordplay. I like these new kids on the block. Continue reading “Toughie 2773”
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BD Rating - Difficulty *** - Enjoyment ****
Hello, everyone, and welcome to the final Tuesday puzzle of 2021. It's a good one. It's got amusing cryptic definitions, a couple of clues where sorting out the vocabulary might require a visit to the dictionary, and some wordplay that needed a scratch of the head to hint. That sounds like X-Type to me. Thanks to him and the other setters who have brightened our Tuesdays throughout the year. And Happy New Year to all members of the BD community and everyone involved in creating our daily crosswording entertainment. Continue reading "DT 29869"
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Hola from the Vega Baja where the weather forecast is for a temperature of 24°C this afternoon! If it happens it would be some sort of record for Christmas week. Hope you all had an enjoyable Christmas and here’s hoping that 2022 turns out to be an improvement on 2021 – a Happy New Year to you all.
As for the crossword I’ll just repeat what I wrote last week – elegant clues, not too hard but a couple to cause some head scratching. I enjoyed it a lot and hope you did too.
Continue reading “DT 29868”
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