Putting the words to lights – crossword clues explained in plain English
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Arcadia has not set an EV before but we have solved his Inquisitor, Magpie, and Listener crosswords previously.… Continue reading
A very good Sunday morning from Winnipeg – the last week of Summer has begun, not long before this little lady, and others, fly South for the Winter!
For me, and I stress for me, as he was last Sunday, Dada reasonably friendly – two long ‘uns, two shorter long ‘uns, five anagrams (four partials), two lurkers, and no homophones all in an asymmetric 28 clues; with 15 hints, ‘sprinkled’ throughout the grid, you should be able to get the checkers to enable the solving of the unhinted clues. … Continue reading
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30719(Hints)
The Saturday Crossword Club (hosted by crypticsue)
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Toughie No 3340 by Osmosis
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ****
Our setter continues his practice of providing a ‘nearly pangram’ (there’s no K as far as I can see). He’s also given us an anagram-less puzzle – I particularly admire his ability to clue the four peripheral names without the need to resort to anagrams. I enjoyed this a lot – thanks to Osmosis.
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BD Rating - Difficulty **** - Enjoyment **
Hello, everyone, and welcome to Friday. I thought that this puzzle had some clues that were straightforward to parse and a few that were not. I spent a long time pondering those, which left no time to search for pictures. They should return next week. Continue reading "DT 30718"
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This puzzle was published on 7th September 2024
BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment ***
Toughie No 3339 by Kcit
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
The first few answers went in very quickly and I thought this was going to be pretty straightforward. It did get a wee bit trickier towards the bottom but I don’t think this will cause regular Toughie solvers too many problems.
Thanks to Kcit.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30717
Hints and tips by Shabbo
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
RayT in fairly benign mood today, I thought, but I will let you be the judge of that. … Continue reading