Putting the words to lights – crossword clues explained in plain English
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
As usual, Donnybrook teases and tantalises. There’s a lot to enjoy in this puzzle, and the words which were new to me were clued fairly.… Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ****
Kitty now has a full-time job, so is taking a break from blogging.… Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Hello to you all — I hope you had a lovely Easter weekend. It was certainly hot here. After such a long and hard one, I’m looking forward to going back to work for a rest.*
It’s been a good while since Donnybrook last appeared on a Tuesday, and it’s great to see him today. While I did have to check the odd half-remembered fact or unknown word deduced from wordplay, everything resolved smoothly and it was a pleasure to solve. How was it for you?
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BD Rating – Difficulty **/*** – Enjoyment ***
Given the amount of GK that’s contained in this puzzle I’m surprised that it didn’t actually pose many problems.… Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
This is an interesting mixture of fairly straightforward clues (e.g.… Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***/**** – Enjoyment ****
I emerged from hibernation to do battle with the Toughie and found it to be a puzzle of two halves.… Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
After yesterday’s pretty tough start to the new year we’re back on gentler ground today with an enjoyable puzzle.… Continue reading
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Donnybrook’s last Toughie was a tutorial in the classics but this one is far more user friendly.… Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment **/***
We have rather a lot of GK references (mainly relating to classical times) today which reduced the enjoyment somewhat for me and had me upping the difficulty level.… Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***/**** – Enjoyment ***
This was a fairly gentle puzzle to get me back into blogging mode after a two-week absence gallivanting round Scotland.… Continue reading