Putting the words to lights – crossword clues explained in plain English
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
All of Beam’s trademarks are here – single-word answers, short and pithy clues, mention of Queen and lots of tongue-in-cheek double-entendres. It’s all thoroughly enjoyable. It took me longer than it should have because I initially wrote in the wrong answer for 7d.
Tell us how you got on and please take the time to click on one of the stars below to register your enjoyment.
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Greetings from Ottawa where we are having a run of unseasonably mild weather – it may be shaping up to be a green Christmas. Today Jay delivers his typical offering of solid, well constructed clues. I gave it two stars for difficulty as I completed it with minimal outside assistance (despite there being a couple of new British terms for me).
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Messinae entertains us today with a fairly easy but enjoyable puzzle.
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
Today’s puzzle is a bit more meaty than the ones we’ve had on recent Tuesdays. Give us your opinions in a comment.
If you want to see an actual answer just highlight the space between the curly brackets under the clue.
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BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment ***
I am not expecting anybody to need the blog today…
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***** – Enjoyment *****
A week of mixed fortunes in Toughieland ends with this superb puzzle from Notabilis.
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***/**** – Enjoyment ***
A different Virgilius this week – not a single hidden word clue, some very long anagrams and the whole thing tougher than usual but as entertaining as ever. Continue reading “ST 2617”
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Straightforward and enjoyable (and possibly a relief for some after yesterday’s tougher puzzle) – what more can I say? A comment from you would be very welcome.
If you want to see an answer just highlight the space between the brackets under the clue.
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
Just doing Gnomey a last minute favour as he was kept on site until very late on Thursday evening and hadn’t even started this blog. Lucky for him, and you, I can type fast. I found this Saturday Mysteron puzzle quite tricky on the day, but having just had to solve it again to sort out the hints for the blog, can see that it wasn’t just me being tired, it was a tricky one. Continue reading “DT 26726”
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
A run-of-the-mill puzzle which was pleasant enough to solve but not very taxing on the brain.