Putting the words to lights – crossword clues explained in plain English
Sunday Toughie No 18 by Zandio
Review by Sloop John Bee
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This puzzle was published on the 29th of May 2022
Across
1a Left Spain after report about weather front for ships (10)
FORECASTLE: L for left and E (The IVR code) for Spain, go after a weather report or FORECAST L E.… Continue reading
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I took my time getting going last night but when the three lurkers (one reversed) revealed themselves in the SW corner I got on a roll. I was going to stick at 7 of 14 across and 7 of 14 down hints but a PDM on 12a just made the cut. I am not sure I have seen all there is to see in 18a either so I remain tolerant of some discussion.
Sunday Toughie No 16 by Zandio
Review by Sloop John Bee
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This puzzle was published on the 15th of May 2022
Continue reading “Sunday Toughie 16”
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I was expecting Zandio last week but here he is now.… Continue reading
Sunday Toughie No 12 by Zandio
Review by Sloop John Bee
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This puzzle was published on 17th April 2022
A welcome easing of difficulty this week, but problems with the blog and my WordPress ineptitude made a mess of my hints post.… Continue reading
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Zandio here for the 4th time so as predicted we seem to be settling in to a proXimal, Robyn, Zandio rotation. How long it holds is at the whim of Mr Ed Chris Lancaster.
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This puzzle was published on 27th March 2022
A tricky little devil at first but with a bit of “Biased” help from the blog we got there in the end.… Continue reading
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This puzzle was published on 20th March 2022 Continue reading “Sunday Toughie 8”
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Zandio is back for the first “on the trot” setting of the new toughie. ProXimal, Robyn and Zandio are now on 3 each. I wonder if they are going to settle on a 3-week rotation. Time will tell. As I write this (Saturday evening) I am aware that we get an hour less in bed tonight and tomorrow Mama Bee will be controlling Mothering Sundays activities. As a result, this blog may be a little shorter than usual and I hope I have given enough hints to help you over the line. Thanks to all who chipped in last week with some of my parsing failures, your services may be required again today.
An interesting coincidence today, between 9a here and 13a in 3153 very similar ways to get to the answer. Which is the better clue?
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Hello from a sunny but breezy Yorkshire,
Yesterday was quite a fun day, it started with a great SPP from Chalicea. Tilsit’s Blog came with a delightful pic that inspired me to take a trip out to the Ribble Valley, and as it happens Chalicea was back home in deepest Yorkshire. We probably passed like ships in the night in the many traffic problems in that area yesterday.
It’s a small world but I wouldn’t like to paint it!
Zandio has brought us a fine not too tough toughie, once I saw the metaphor in 1a it flowed quite smoothly. I was still up half the night sorting out a recalcitrant printer driver but restoratives from the fine distillers at Bruichladdich helped me last night, and this morning a rather nice Sparkenhoe Vintage Red Leicester and Coffee from Roost roastery in Malton, kept me going this morning.
28 cules today 14 of each I have hinted half but if you get to the hind I may have nudged a couple more. Cules is a deliberate misspelling (see 14a)