Putting the words to lights – crossword clues explained in plain English
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
I’m still sulking because Micawber has absconded from his rightful place – the Wednesday slot. Instead we have a pretty gentle Toughie where most of the clues would have felt quite at home on the back page, but I did quite enjoy it.
Let us know what you thought and please take the time to click on one of the stars below to record how much you liked it.
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
This is Jeremy Mutch’s 500th Telegraph Crossword.
It’s not often that a back-page setter is identified, but Jay, as we know him, is given a name check in today’s newspaper.
Pommers is busy preparing his apartment for a client who is arriving today, but will be back in the hot seat next week.
Once again Jay produces a not-too-difficult but nonetheless enjoyable puzzle.
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment *****
It’s been nearly two years since we had a Micawber puzzle on a Tuesday, so today is my lucky day! The usual excellent wordplay and witty clues more than make up for the couple of slightly dodgy homophones.
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BD Rating – Difficulty */** – Enjoyment ***
It didn’t take long to write in the answers for this puzzle, but some of the wordplay is a bit trickier (and I needed the help of a fellow blogger to get to the bottom of one clue) so I quite enjoyed it. It seems to have a bit of a food theme. How did you get on?
If you want to see an answer highlight the space between the brackets under the relevant clue.
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
You can tell its Monday just by doing the crossword…
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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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Getting to the bottom of things
It’s a warm welcome back to Boaz with a cracking puzzle (full of cracks to be sure). I have highlighted my favourite clues in blue below. We look forward to an early return to the series from our latest setter.
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Welcome to the latest in our series of weekly puzzles.
This week we have another cheeky puzzle from Boaz. If you enjoyed his last puzzle, then I hope you will find this one is even better.
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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 *****
Greetings from the Calder Valley. It’s time for the Friday Mental Massage and Notabilis is our tormentor today, which always ensures a good battle. No disappointment today but we do seem to have a thespian theme to the puzzle today. The puzzle does have a Nina (hidden message) running round the perimeter, but I can’t think of a link to the four words produced.
Incidentally, I hope you managed to catch this week’s Desert Island Discs which featured the Guardian’s doyen of the puzzle Araucaria. A wonderful listen and still available via the BBC iPlayer.