Putting the words to lights – crossword clues explained in plain English
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ***
This was a game of two halves for me – the left-hand side went in without too many problems but the right held out for longer (partly because I was trying, in vain, to think of the name of a novel for 9d).… Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
I found this one fairly straightforward with a number of old chestnuts but I did enjoy solving it.… Continue reading
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There’s nothing too tricky here but I did find, especially when writing the hints, that a significant number of the clues require lots of little bits to be assembled including many abbreviations.… Continue reading
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Stick Insect’s last Toughie was a double (verging on a triple) pangram and I thought we might be heading in the same direction today having solved 7d and 14d but it was not to be and we’ve got just a single pangram.… Continue reading
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Nothing too arduous today though I did use the fact that it’s a double pangram for 11 across and the last couple of answers. Continue reading “Toughie 2265”
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This was a puzzle of two halves for me.… Continue reading
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I didn’t find this very difficult but I can’t say that I enjoyed it particularly.… Continue reading
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We have a pangram today with nothing too obscure other than the 1a Drake.… Continue reading
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There’s nothing really frightening in the stables here so it’s not too tough.… Continue reading
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Today we have a pangram – it’s a solid puzzle without, for me anyway, a great deal of oomph.… Continue reading