Putting the words to lights – crossword clues explained in plain English
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***** – Enjoyment *****
Tilsit is unavailable today, so I’m filling in. Once again he has missed reviewing a superb puzzle. Myops is a retired Classics master (at a school in Glasgow) and his background shows through into his puzzles.
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
Hola from the Vega Baja! No, you’re not cracking up – it’s not Wednesday! I’m just standing in for gnomethang as he’s a bit short of time this week.
This is wonderful stuff from Virgilius as usual and with an added bonus, which everyone (including me) seems to have missed last Sunday, there’s a link connecting 4 of the down clues!
Continue reading “ST 2604”
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
We have a fairly standard puzzle from Giovanni today with several fairly easy clues to get you started, then a few to make you think a little bit more. Let us know how you got on.
If you want to see an answer just highlight the space between the brackets under the troublesome clue.
BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment **
This week’s Saturday puzzle split the camp between those like me who found it easy solving and others who struggled to get sort out the wordplay and find the solutions. Thank you to the Saturday Mysteron – the clue I liked the best was 7d.
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment **
This puzzle was fair enough but it was by no means up to the standard that we have become accustomed to over the past couple of weeks. As usual with MynoT puzzles there is a theme.
{All the answers contain the letter “B”. I wonder if he’s going to work his way through the consonants. If so I look forward to The “J”, “Q” and “X” puzzles.} Select the space between the curly brackets to reveal the theme.
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Either I’m getting better at solving them or Ray T’s puzzles are getting easier! Which do you think it is?
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
I’ve stopped trying to submit puzzles on the website except when I’m blogging (because I’m fed up with getting “Error 0”), but it’s just as well I did this morning because my answer to 25d was rejected – see below.
Apart from that we have a not too taxing but entertaining puzzle from Notabilis. It seems to be the rule now that when setters like Micawber and Notabilis appear mid-week their puzzles are quite a bit gentler than when they turn up on Fridays.
Notabilis usually manages to smuggle something extra into his puzzles just to keep us on our toes and today there are four sets of linked answers (13/14a, 22/23a, 3/15d and 16/26d). If there’s anything else, I’ve failed to spot it.
Give us a comment letting us know how you got on and please take the time to click on one of the stars below to register your level of enjoyment.
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Fortunately, this puzzle is not overly difficult as I was working “without a net” today. Problems with the DT web site caused major headaches (and no doubt loss of sleep) for Big Dave who was able to ship the puzzle across the Atlantic but not the completed grid. I find this to be a typical Jay puzzle, one that leans a bit toward the easier end of the scale.
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment *****
This was my first opportunity to review a puzzle from Dada, and what a great pleasure it has been. As Paul in the Guardian this setter has a fearsome reputation, but he is somewhat kinder to us over here at the Telegraph!
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
What with the horrible weather outside and the ongoing frustrations of CluedUp inside it’s not been a very happy morning. However I was cheered up by this enjoyable puzzle (when I eventually got it). Let us know your thoughts in a comment.
If you’re still baffled after reading a hint, try highlighting the space between the brackets under the clue to reveal the answer.
