Putting the words to lights – crossword clues explained in plain English
Saturday’s puzzles alternate between Peter Chamberlain, who is also known as Cephas, and another setter
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On a very dark, cold and windy Saturday morning, we have what I thought was a fairly typical Saturday Prize Puzzle.
Continue reading “DT 30161 (Hints)”
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A damp but sunny morning here in East Kent brings a Saturday Prize Puzzle, which, once I had stopped being disconcerted by the new font in the newspaper version, and noticed quite a few anagrams and hidden words, didn’t take me that long to solve. Continue reading “DT 30155 (Hints)”
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A grey and damp morning brings a fairly typical Saturday Prize Puzzle, which was good for me because, apart from the solving of the crossword, nothing else is going particularly well so far today. I have an idea who is going to turn up to admit to being the setter – I wonder who will agree with me?
Continue reading “DT 30149 (Hints)”
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Good morning from a sunny morning in East Kent – it’s still a bit misty over the marshes but we are promised record temperatures for November again today.
Continue reading “DT 30143 (hints)”
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Good morning from an unseasonably warm autumn day here in East Kent. Continue reading “DT 30131 (hints)”
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Good morning from East Kent on quite a warm morning where the sun and the clouds can’t quite decide which one of them should prevail.
Continue reading “DT 30125 (Hints)”
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30119 (Hints)
The Saturday Crossword Club (hosted by Gazza)
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Crypticsue is not available today so it falls to me to provide a few hints to get you started on the Saturday Prize Puzzle.
Most of the terms used in these hints are explained in the Glossary and examples are available by clicking on the entry under “See also”.… Continue reading
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A lovely autumn morning in East Kent with an enjoyable Saturday Prize Puzzle to solve. We have to play Guess the Setter this morning and my 50p would probably go on this being the work of Chalicea, mostly because of the solution to 19d having a less usual definition.
Continue reading “DT 30107 (Hints)”