Putting the words to lights – crossword clues explained in plain English
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***** – Enjoyment ****
Definitely a toughie – took me a while to find the right parsing for 8a (the lawman), 2d (southern Germany), 17d (theatrical act) & 22d (last of many to raise voice).… Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty */** – Enjoyment ****
From this coming Sunday, April 29th, the closing date for the Sunday puzzles is being extended by six days. The Telegraph Puzzles editor has taken this decision, because of the huge increase in postal rates due to come in on the following day, in order to allow solvers to use second class post. As a result the reviews of the Sunday puzzles will now be published six days later than at present. The next review will be on Thursday 10th May, and there will be no review next week. BD
Many thanks to Virgilius once again for brightening up Sunday morning with a slightly more straightforward than usual crossword, but with the same high enjoyment factor as ever. My favourites are highlighted in blue.
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Morning All!. I’m covering for BD whilst he is recovering from his birthday and the Tilsit-hosted Northern Sloggers and Betters meeting in Todmorden.