Putting the words to lights – crossword clues explained in plain English
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
I thought that this was an enjoyable puzzle which had some entertaining and amusing clues without being overly difficult or containing any really obscure words – just what we need for a daily crossword.
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment **
If you’re not into cricket then you may find a couple of the clues in this one quite tricky. Otherwise it’s a fairly straightforward puzzle.
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ****
Here we have a Toughie from our regular Friday setter. Tougher than the daily cryptics, with one or two words you may have to look up, but very enjoyable. But the French department will cause a lot of head scratching.
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Today’s compiler obviously thought that we were in need of a bit of a rest after yesterday’s tricky effort, and has produced a very straightforward puzzle, which, nevertheless, has a number of entertaining clues.
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
A little bit tougher than the last few Mondays with some of the normal cryptic definitions requiring a bit more thought. Today’s was chock-full of double definition clues though.
Quite enjoyable and a fair challenge, so thanks to our Monday Maestro!
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
For the weekend prize crosswords I will select a few of the better clues and provide hints for them. A full analysis of this puzzle will be available at 12.00 next Thursday, 30th April.
Some hints to get you started:
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26/04/2009 – A new, improved, version of Codewords 1285 is now available online.
Another weekend and another screwup in the codewords. Is it really that hard to get it right?
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Results Declared!
This week I thought it would be a bit of fun to select our clue of the week.   Nominations are now in, and you can start voting.
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment *
Peter Biddlecombe’s full review of this puzzle will be published at 12.00 on Thursday, 30th April. I wish him well!
