Putting the words to lights – crossword clues explained in plain English
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30,465
Hints and tips by Shabbo
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
Greetings from Wells-next-the-Sea, where we are staying in a beautiful apartment overlooking the harbour and the salt marshes. We have been very lucky with the weather so far with hardly a drop of the wet stuff and this is set to continue for the remainder of the week.… Continue reading
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BD Rating – Toughie Difficulty * – Enjoyment ****
A most enjoyable Wednesday Toughie from one of my favourite setters; always a good start when the first clue makes you smile!
BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
Kia ora from Aotearoa.
After rather indifferent weather for most of the past week, today is a beautiful fine clear day. We could do with plenty more of this as we move towards summer.
Our biggest problem with this puzzle was picking a favourite out of so many contenders.… Continue reading
Sunday Toughie No 94 by Zandio
Review by Sloop John Bee
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This puzzle was published on the 12th of November 2023
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Hello everyone from, at the time of writing, a mild and sunny South Devon coast. The prolific Chalicea gets us in the groove this week with a puzzle that despite a couple dated references and clunky surface reads I enjoyed solving.
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BD Rating – Difficulty */** – Enjoyment ***
Grey and overcast here but not much rain in the forecast so a good walk looks on the cards. The same grid for the third week on the bounce so we can safely assume it is an AP production.… Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
Hola from Almoradí where autumn has finally arrived. Temps in now in low twenties and it cools off very rapidly as soon as the sun goes down.
Thanks to Falcon for stepping in last week at short notice as I was otherwise engaged taking pommette to the hospital for a check-up on her arm and shoulder, which fortunately appear to be healing well. The down side is that you now have me this week and next!
As to the crossword I thought it was a tricky little rascal, as pommette might say, but a lot of fun to solve. I’ll be interested to see who agrees.
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***** – Enjoyment *****
Some tricky stuff but very satisfying
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BD Rating - Difficulty **** - Enjoyment ****
Hello, everyone, and welcome to Friday. Befitting the day, I thought that this was the toughest back pager of the week. I’d like to say that I solved it smoothly and unaided, but that would be a lie, because in one or two places I had to make use of the Chambers Dictionary app on my phone. Lots of cleverness in the clues led to many penny drop moments and an above average enjoyment rating. Continue reading "DT 30460"