Putting the words to lights – crossword clues explained in plain English
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BD Rating – Difficulty */** – Enjoyment ****
Hola from the Vega Baja.  Well, I’ve easily broken my all-time speed record for a DT cryptic on this one! But, as I said last week, they don’t have to be hard to be fun and I really enjoyed solving this one. What do you think? Was I just on the right wavelength today or are Jay’s recent puzzles getting a bit  easier?
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Beam, aka Ray T, is one of the setters whose puzzles I always look forward to solving. This one was about the same difficulty as some of his back-page puzzles, but enjoyable nonetheless.
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
One of the Tuesday Mysterons has given us a very enjoyable puzzle (with a tasty pun in the Quickie) this morning. Let us know how you fared in a comment.
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BD Rating – Difficulty */** – Enjoyment ***
Libellule is ensnared in work-related problems this morning so I’m blogging this one and he’ll be doing the Friday shift.
This is a typical Rufus puzzle, full of clever cryptic definitions but not too much of a stretch. Let us know what you made of it.
If you want to see an answer just highlight the space between the curly brackets under the clue.
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As is usual for the weekend prize crosswords, I will select a few of the more difficult clues and provide hints for them.
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I think Prolixic is gradually increasing his toughness level – whilst retaining the high enjoyment factor – so a big thank you to him for providing me (and you) with another very enjoyable Saturday lunchtime diversion.
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Welcome to the latest in our series of weekly puzzles.
This week we are entertained by Prolixic.
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As is usual for the weekend prize crosswords, I will select an assortment of clues, including some of the more difficult ones, and provide hints for them.
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***** – Enjoyment ****
What a difference a few days make. After finishing this Elgar puzzle I felt as if I’d been mugged by Vlad the Impaler. I didn’t think it was one of his best, but it was still better than most Toughies.
Tilsit was called away to help a friend, leaving me to explain this one!
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BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment ***
This Sunday Virgilius provided us with an easy cryptic which was a delight to solve (and revisit for the review) with many fine clues;  my top  favourites are highlighted in blue.