Putting the words to lights – crossword clues explained in plain English
Hints and tips for completing the regular Daily Telegraph Cryptic crosswords
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BD Rating - Difficulty ** - Enjoyment ***
Hello, everyone. We're back in solid Tuesday puzzle territory this week. I found this well-crafted puzzle to be a steady solve. I shall be interested to read what others thought of it. Continue reading "DT 29923"
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
Greetings from Ottawa, where the occupation has ended, the insurgents routed from the city and the leaders cooling their heels in jail.… Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
Good morning from South Staffs where a bright sunny morning is lightening the gloom caused by the news from the East.… Continue reading
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This puzzle was published on 19th February 2022
BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment ***
Chalicea provided this week’s Saturday Prize Puzzle Continue reading “DT 29915”
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
Once seen it cannot be unseen. 6 down. 4 down. 5 across. Could this be true? Continue reading “DT 29919”
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Another enjoyable Toughie from Django, Continue reading “Toughie 2806”
BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Kia ora from Aotearoa.
A busy day here for us. Colin is having a cataract operation early tomorrow morning so all sorts of things such as mowing the lawns have to be fitted into our Wednesday schedule as well as the blog.… Continue reading
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Hello, everyone, and welcome to Tuesday. We have a very fine puzzle today, which I am 99% sure was created by regular Tuesday compiler X-Type. Many smiles came out of this solve. I needed the delete key a couple of times after being tempted to enter an answer that seem to fit the definition, only to find later that it didn't fit the checkers. Should have just left those slots blank when I couldn't parse them immediately. Continue reading "DT 29917"
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Hola from the Vega Baja where the noise seems to have abated at last. I think the digging has finished and all that’s left to do is re-tarmac all the roads. Might be back to normal in a couple of weeks.
Today we have the usual Monday fare but a little trickier than the last one I blogged. There’s five clues involving anagrams so I know many of you will be pleased but there’s also a couple of head scratchers so it comes out as a very enjoyable solve. I hope you all agree with me.
Continue reading “DT 29916”
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Good morning from South Staffs, where after a bright and breezy start, Storm Eunice is starting to make its presence felt.… Continue reading