Putting the words to lights – crossword clues explained in plain English
ProXimal is Steve Bartlett, who sets crosswords for The Independent as eXternal (which he first used in our NTSPP series), and for the Financial Times as arteXlen.
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***** – Enjoyment ****
It’s well over a year since I blogged a proXimal puzzle but I had remembered that they tend to be on the tricky side.… Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ***
I made heavy weather of this one with most of the answers needing to be teased out, but I enjoyed the tussle so thanks to proXimal for a proper Toughie.… Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment **
I had a bit of a struggle with this one so no complaints from me that it’s not a real Toughie, but I thought that some of the surfaces (e.g.… Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ****
Today is my son’s birthday, he is now a teenager.… Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ****
I reckon that this is the toughest puzzle that we’ve had from proXimal so far and I really had to work to tease out the answers, so all of you who found this a breeze give yourself a pat on the back.… Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
I found the bottom half trickier than the top today, but it was all very enjoyable with some lovely bits of misdirection.… Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
This took me just as long as the Elkamere on Wednesday, so I’m not sure why the Telegraph puzzles site offered one star for difficulty while last Wednesday had 5 – maybe it’s just me.… Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
I thought that this was spot on for the level of difficulty for a Wednesday Toughie and I enjoyed solving it.… Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment *****
ProXimal is fitting very neatly into the Friday slot.… Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
Not as tricky as we have come to expect on a Friday, but enjoyable nonetheless.