Putting the words to lights – crossword clues explained in plain English
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Straightforward and enjoyable (and possibly a relief for some after yesterday’s tougher puzzle) – what more can I say? A comment from you would be very welcome.
If you want to see an answer just highlight the space between the brackets under the clue.
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
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Just doing Gnomey a last minute favour as he was kept on site until very late  on Thursday evening and hadn’t even started this blog.  Lucky for him, and you, I can type fast.   I found this Saturday Mysteron puzzle quite tricky on the day, but having just had to solve it again to sort out the hints for the blog, can see that it wasn’t just me being tired, it was a tricky one. Continue reading “DT 26726”
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
A run-of-the-mill puzzle which was pleasant enough to solve but not very taxing on the brain.
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
I look forward on a Thursday to getting a Ray T puzzle, but one look at the Quick crossword confirmed that today is not his turn. Instead we have this puzzle, probably from Petitjean.
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
I really enjoyed this puzzle, although I thought it was fairly mild in terms of difficulty. Osmosis quite often hides Ninas in his puzzles but I can’t find any today – let us know if you can!
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Hola from the Vega Baja where it’s pretty chilly but the sun’s just come over our back wall so it might warm up a bit soon.
The usual excellent stuff from Jay today which I really enjoyed solving.  Perhaps a bit more than usual because I actually met Jay at the Sloggers and Betters in Derby last week and a very nice chap he is! It’s a bit more personal when you can put a face to the setter! Based on my solving time I’ve gone for 2* difficulty but having written the hints I think there are a few tricky ones here so I won’t be surprised if people disagree.
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment *
Today marks 25 years of crosswords like this by, and I quote, “one of the stars of the crossword world“.
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment **
It could be that I’m just feeling out of sorts this morning but I didn’t enjoy this puzzle very much. There are lots of anagrams and also many clues where you have to cut out individual letters as part of the wordplay. Let us know your opinion.
If you want to see an answer just highlight the spaces between the brackets under the clue.
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Once again we have the delicious prospect of another BBC CiNA (Children in Need Appeal) 3D Calendar Puzzle. Each day has a clue. Each month has a 3D grid to complete. Some of the best setters in the UK have given of their genius freely to provide us with enough clues to solve to keep us out of trouble for most of the year.
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Pretty straight forward stuff today from Rufus, but still as entertaining as ever.