Putting the words to lights – crossword clues explained in plain English
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As is usual for the weekend prize crosswords, an assortment of clues, including some of the more difficult ones, have been selected and hints provided for them.
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BD Rating – Difficulty ****/***** – Enjoyment ***
Hello everybody, and welcome.
I haven’t done many Toughies recently but this did strike me as a “proper” one, though they do come harder. … Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment ****
A very good Friday morning from Winnipeg. What better way of returning to normality after my two weeks of volunteering at the Canada Summer Games than two hours in the dentist’s chair on Monday afternoon at the beginning of the week.… Continue reading
This puzzle was published on Saturday 12th August
BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Morning All! I put this just at the end of two star territory.
Please leave a comment telling us what you thought. You can also add your assessment by selecting from one to five stars at the bottom of the post.
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
A slight hold-up at the very top of the grid pushed this pleasant puzzle up to the average difficulty level.… Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
Morning all and welcome to a non-RayThursday. The weather here continues to be stonking hot and it seems to have fried what’s left of my brain because I had a bit of a struggle getting into this one. However, it all came together eventually after just creeping into *** time. It will be interesting to see how many of you thought it was a doddle.
Continue reading “DT 28508”
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This puzzle was published on Sunday 6th August
BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
The sun was shining, Virgilius provided us with another lovely Sunday prize puzzle – the East Kent courgette mountain was slowly being dealt with – a perfect day all round. I ‘really liked’ 11a, 28a and 1d, but the one I’d give the gold medal to has to be 22d
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
We continue to be entertained by puzzles from the late John Pidgeon over a year after his untimely death.… Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***– Enjoyment ****
Kia ora from Aotearoa.
Another rainy week here.… Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment **
MynoT starts off the Toughie week – the difficulty rating being a reflection of the fact that some of the clues definitely fell into the ‘took longer to explain than solve’ category