Putting the words to lights – crossword clues explained in plain English
Myops is John McKie who also sets the Wee Stinker in the Glasgow Herald
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ****
Hello everyone. No, it’s not Tuesday again already! Bufo is otherwise engaged today.
This is only about the second Myops I’ve done and I found it a bit different. … Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
I haven’t had the pleasure of blogging a Myops puzzle before, and I hope we see more. It seems he was a regular contributor more than 10 years ago, then he had Toughie 1917 appear last November (blogged by Gazza). … Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ***
We haven’t had a Myops puzzle for a very long time – as far as I can see his last was Toughie number 1145 on 28th February 2014 – so welcome back to him.… Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***** – Enjoyment *****
Another terrific puzzle from one of my favourite setters.
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ****
A genuine Toughie and a very pleasant solve for Boxing Day morning. I made steady progress throughout although it needed a bit of thought to understand some of the wordplay. My only real difficulty was caused by my entering an incorrect answer at 26 down and then wondering why 28 across wouldn’t fit with it.
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***** – Enjoyment ***
I normally struggle with Myops and today was no exception – I was held up for some time in the SE corner. As another blogger emailed this morning ‘If this is Wednesday, what on earth are we getting on Friday?’. There are some very clever clues and there is a theme (see 16d) but I can’t find a 25a so perhaps that’s a red herring. There are a lot of anagrams (11 clues according to my counter). I enjoyed it somewhat more when blogging it than when I was solving it – so thanks to Myops.
Continue reading “Toughie 1083”
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment *****
I always look forward to a puzzle from Myops. This one has the usual scattering of Scottish references and some fiendish wordplay.
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment *****
How do you follow yesterday’s Toughie from Beam – easy, with this excellent offering from another of my favourite setters. Games, of one kind or another, are involved in many of today’s answers.
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment *****
Myops makes his first appearance of 2013 with this excellent Toughie. As a Sassenach, some of the wordplay took a bit of working out, but I think I got there in the end.
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment *****
Bufo is taking a day off, leaving me to review this superb puzzle from Myops, one of my favourite setters. Some easier clues are intermingled with the more complex constructions, giving a way into the puzzle.