Putting the words to lights – crossword clues explained in plain English
Friday’s current setter is Don Manley who is also known as Giovanni, Duck, Pasquale, Quixote, and Bradman (all punningly connected with the name Don or Donald)
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***/**** – Enjoyment ***/****
A very good Friday morning from Winnipeg.
Amazingly, after yesterday’s loss I did find another five bob in loose change by looking down the side of chair cushions, so, as we have a Pangra where the missing letter is the 24th of the alphabet, I am confident in saying that this is a proXimal production.… Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty **/*** – Enjoyment ****/*****
A very good Friday morning from Winnipeg.
The ‘smoothness’ of the clues suggests to me that Silvanus is the red hot odds-on favourite to be today’s setter so I don’t think that Huntsman is going to get much of a return on the five bob that he was prepared to risk yesterday.… Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ***
A very good Friday morning from Winnipeg where we are at the beginning of a holiday weekend – for us it is our version of Thanksgiving, while our Southern neighbours will celebrate Columbus not finding the land mass on which they reside.… Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***/**** – Enjoyment ****
A very good Friday morning from Winnipeg.
After last week’s topsy-turviness, back to a regular roster of setters for this week. … Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ***
A very good Friday morning from Winnipeg.
Somewhat of a topsy-turvy week for setters with the CL ‘special’ on Monday, and Jay and Ray T ‘absent’ from the back page as they were in their Toughie alter egos. … Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty **/*** – Enjoyment ****/*****
A very good Friday morning from Winnipeg.
Somewhat surprisingly, since we had a very enjoyable Toughie from Silvanus yesterday, my five bob is on today’s back pager being a repeat performance from the master of smooth.… Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***/**** – Enjoyment ***/****
Good morning from Winnipeg where we also mourn the passing of HM the Queen as the Queen of Canada for her 70 years and 7 months on the throne which actually means as our sixth monarch she served for more than 70 of the 155 years that Canada has been in existence.… Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty **/*** – Enjoyment *****
A good Friday morning from Winnipeg – Deep Threat has decided to step back from blogging, so I have taken over as the Friday blogger while staying in the Sunday slot.… Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
Good morning from South Staffs. Thanks to Sloop John Bee for covering for me last week.… Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
Good Morning from North Yorkshire. Deep Threat is otherwise engaged today.… Continue reading