Putting the words to lights – crossword clues explained in plain English
Hints and tips for completing Daily Telegraph Cryptic crosswords
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This puzzle was published on 30th October 2021
BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
An enjoyable Saturday Prize Puzzle, made even better by it actually appearing in its rightful place on the back page of the newspaper. Continue reading “DT 29820”
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
I do like the cryptic description of our setter at 5d in today’s back-pager.… Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
Good Morning. It’s a Thursday Puzzle. Enough said. Continue reading “DT 29824”
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ****
Silvanus normally sets Toughies at the friendlier end of the spectrum Continue reading “Toughie 2742”
BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
Kia ora from Aotearoa.
1pm is our puzzle solving and blogging time now that both NZ and UK have adjusted clocks. Not that it makes a lot of difference to our routine.… Continue reading
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This puzzle was published on 24th Oct 2021
BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Greetings from Kolkata. Solving this Sunday puzzle of Dada provided a lot of enjoyment inasmuch as writing thereafter a review that I now present to you for your kind perusal and valuable feedback.
Continue reading “ST 3131”
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
Good morning from the outskirts of Barrel where we have woken up to a cloudless sky and a light frost. Donnybrook has produced a very nice Tuesday Toughie for us today. Continue reading “Toughie 2741”
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BD Rating - Difficulty *** - Enjoyment ***
Hello, everyone. I found this hard going. I’m blaming the Moderna booster I got yesterday. I look forward to reading what others thought of it. Continue reading "DT 29822"
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
Hola from the Vega Baja where we’re having a spell of unseasonably warm weather. Yesterday we had 30°C and I had to dig out a pair of shorts which had been put away for the winter about three weeks ago. The forecast is for high twenties for the next few days so I’m not complaining.
Maybe it’s just me but I thought today’s puzzle was a tad trickier than recent Mondays have been but it has the usual elegance of clueing and enough gimmes to get you a toehold. I thoroughly enjoyed it and hope you did too.
Continue reading “DT 29821”