Putting the words to lights – crossword clues explained in plain English
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Another non too taxing, yet otherwise pleasant excursion from the Monday Maestro with a number of French references to make me happy.
If you cannot derive the answer from the hint, just highlight the space between the curly brackets.
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With a Radler puzzle you know you are in for a tough workout with well hidden wordplay and themes cleverly worked into the grid. This was no exception. I have a major grumble with a couple of the down clues that do not (for me) satisfy the rules of cryptic cluing. However, Radler, like the hero of this puzzle, has been known to break a rule or two in pursuit of a rollicking good puzzle. Let us know your views.
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As is usual for the weekend prize crosswords, I will select a few of the better clues and provide hints for them.
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Welcome to the fiftieth in our series of weekly puzzles.
The title of this puzzle by Radler is a cryptic reference to its theme.
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As is usual for the weekend prize crosswords, I will select a few of the better clues and provide hints for them.
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
This puzzle from Shamus is very pleasant, but lacks the usual teeth of a Friday Toughie. Although a few of the constructs are a little harder than those found in a regular cryptic, this should be within the scope of the average solver.
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
Being a relative newcomer to the world of the Sunday Telegraph Cryptic, it always takes me quite a few clues to get into the mind of Virgilius. As usual, it was well worth the effort as this was a great crossword which seemed to be enjoyed by all on the day.
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
It felt a bit like being back at school doing “double science” today, but, as usual with Giovanni, the wordplay clearly points you to the answer (although I wasn’t too sure what some of the answers meant, even after consulting the dictionary!). In spite of that I did find it enjoyable – let us know what you thought of it in a comment.
To reveal an answer just highlight the space between the brackets under the clue.
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BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment ***/****
A lovely treat of a crossword from Cephas today so a big thank you to him. Didn’t mind that I solved it quickly because I knew I was going to enjoy it all over again doing this review. I had lots of favourite clues so have marked them in blue.
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
A perfectly reasonable puzzle but I never really warmed to it.