Putting the words to lights – crossword clues explained in plain English
Sparks is the name used by Mark Kelmanson for Toughies. He is known elsewhere as Monk (M on K, his initials)
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Sparks often has a Nina or gimmick, but I haven’t seen anything yet – maybe one of you will
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Sparks gives us a fun pangram today
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A nice puzzle from sparks with some ready entries but also quite a few that had me puzzling a while.… Continue reading
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It’s been some considerable time since I had the pleasure of blogging a Sparks production so I was delighted to find him appearing on a Thursday.… Continue reading
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Dutch has become unexpectedly unavailable to blog today and CrypticSue (you can see Crypticsue’s blog below – BD) has suffered a power cut.… Continue reading
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A few answers I was not familiar with and the parsing of 13a took me just over 3* time.… Continue reading
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A gentle offering today from Sparks. Just as well, I started this a bit late.… Continue reading
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Sparks includes a little theme in a fun puzzle – maybe you can help me with 6d! Continue reading “Toughie 2748”
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Not sure where Dutch is today, but here’s a quickly bashed out set of Hints and Tips Continue reading “Toughie 2716”
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A lovely proper Friday Toughie from Sparks Continue reading “Toughie 2700”