Putting the words to lights – crossword clues explained in plain English
+ – + – + – + – + – + – + – + – +
BD Rating – Difficulty */** – Enjoyment ****/*****
Good morning. A superb example of a crossword with clues that are elegant and concise, deceptive but fair, and with consistently amusing surface readings. Continue reading “DT 30253”
+ – + – + – + – + – + – + – +
BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment ****
Greetings from Ottawa, where it is finally feeling very springlike with the days rapidly getting longer and the snow cover quickly receding – the roads and driveways are bare but there is still two or three feet of the white stuff on lawns.… Continue reading
+ – + – + – + – + – + – + – +
Continue reading “DT 30251 (Hints)”
+ – + – + – + – + – + – + – +
BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment *****
A lovely puzzle from Osmosis with the usual cleverly-disguised definitions. And another near pangram, this time the Z is missing.
Please leave a comment telling us what you thought.… Continue reading
+ - + - + - + - + - + - + - +
BD Rating - Difficulty *** - Enjoyment ***
Hello, everyone, and welcome to an enjoyable Friday puzzle whose grid contains every letter in the alphabet except X. I’m afraid that work today has left no time to search for pictures. I will try to make up for the omission next week. Continue reading "DT 30250"
+ – + – + – + – + – + – + – +
This puzzle was published on 11th Mar 2023
BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Greetings from Kolkata. A very impressive Saturday puzzle from Cephas that I enjoyed solving and thereafter writing a review of the same for your kind perusal and important feedback and comment.… Continue reading
Toughie No 3027 by Kcit
Hints and tips by Gazza
+ – + – + – + – + – + – + – +
BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment **
I’m afraid my enjoyment of this puzzle was reduced a lot by the number of clues requiring the insertion and/or deletion of single letters.
Thanks to Kcit.
Please leave a comment telling us how you fared and what you thought of the puzzle.… Continue reading
+ – + – + – + – + – + – + – +
BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
Good morning from a, weather wise, very uninspiring South Devon coast.
+ – + – + – + – + – + – + – +
BD Rating – Toughie Difficulty */** – Enjoyment ****
Another splendid crossword from Hudson Continue reading “Toughie 3026”
BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
Kia ora from Aotearoa.
Almost a frost the last two mornings but beautiful fine days following. ‘Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness’ feels to be an appropriate quote.
We found this quite tricky in places and good fun to solve. Thought we were headed for a pangram but a final count showed that we were one letter short.… Continue reading