Putting the words to lights – crossword clues explained in plain English
Giovanni is Don Manley, who is also known as Duck, Pasquale, Quixote, and Bradman (all punningly connected with the name Don or Donald), and is the current Friday setter
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I found this fairly gentle with only two answers that I didn’t know (the African money and the Indian bed) and in both cases the wordplay and the checkers made the solving straightforward with just a resort to Chambers required to confirm that I’d got the answers right.… Continue reading
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I found this to be something of a slog requiring lots of checking – Google had to put in an extra shift.… Continue reading
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There’s nothing to scare the nags here and I thought that most of the clues could have appeared in one of Giovanni’s Friday back-pagers.… Continue reading
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I thought that this was a bit stiffer than the usual Giovanni Toughie but I did enjoy the tussle.… Continue reading
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Giovanni has given us a fair bit of General Knowledge today but we’ve been spared anything as ancient as the Old Testament.… Continue reading
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No obscure religious terms from Giovanni today but there were several words I didn’t know.… Continue reading
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Today we have a pangram from Giovanni that’s not too tricky and doesn’t have too many religious obscurities.… Continue reading
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Kitty is busy today, but she’ll be back blogging the Notabilis on Friday – we’ve just swapped.… Continue reading
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There are only two terms today that I didn’t know – that’s quite good for me with a Giovanni Toughie.… Continue reading
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Hello everybody. To follow the last bank holiday before you-know-what, we have a Giovanni puzzle in his usual style.… Continue reading