Putting the words to lights – crossword clues explained in plain English
Sunday Toughie No 244
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Light has brought a great Toughie today, with some clever surfaces and a bit of investigoogling to check the 3d novelist and 23a cocktail. I hesitate to call it floughie as I was off base last week and there were a few crumpet scratches to get across the finish line.
I hope you find the checkers to cross the line too, but as usual I will try and give a nudge if asked.
Here we go, Folks…
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This is Luxor’s twelfth EV, and I have had the pleasure of doing the hints and tips for ten of them.
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A very good Sunday morning from Winnipeg where Mother Nature has been giving us some welcome gentle rain.
For me, and I stress for me,© Dada very friendly once I had cracked two or three clues. Six anagrams (two partials), one lurker (not hinted, you are on your own), and one homophone, all in a symmetric 32 clues; with 16 hints ‘sprinkled’ throughout the grid, all BRB verified where necessary, you should/might be able to get some of the checkers to enable the solving of the unhinted clues. I hope you have your Crimson Tomes at hand! You might even need your favourite e-search ‘assistant’!
Remember that Reading the Hints before commenting can be beneficial!
If it is some time since you read, or if you have never read the instructions in RED below the hints then please consider doing so before commenting today as my electronic blue pencil is at the ready and the Naughty Step is OPEN!
Sunday Toughie No 242 by Silvanus
Full Review by Gazza
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This puzzle was published on 13/09/26
A very enjoyable puzzle from Silvanus this week.
Continue reading “Sunday Toughie 242 (full review)”
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This puzzle was published on 13th September 2026
BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Greetings from Kolkata. A truly gentle puzzle from Dada this Sunday that I enjoyed solving and thereafter writing a full review of his puzzle for your kind perusal and valuable feedback. Continue reading “ST 3386 (Full Review)”
Sunday Toughie No 243
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An almost floughie toughie from Beam, with all the trademarks: single-word answers, no anagrams, queens and sweethearts, and an initialism. Because of his no-anagrams rule, we have rather a lot of double and even a quadruple definition. I hope you find the checkers to finish and will try and give a nudge if needed
Here we go, Folks…
Enigmatic Variations 1765 (Hints)
THE SEVENTH NOTE by CHALICEA
Hints and tips by Gabriel
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At first, I didn’t bother asking AI since the preamble was pretty laconic and unrevealing. … Continue reading
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A very good Sunday morning from Manitoba where, like a number of other Provinces, the practice of Springing Forward and Falling Back is coming to an end. We Sprang Forward in March but it was announced on Thursday that we are not Falling Back in November so, until it changes again at some indeterminate time in the future, our time pieces will show Central Daylight Time, which is the same as Eastern Standard Time, year round. I expect that it will get a more appropriate name. I’m getting too old for all this malarkey!
For me, and I stress for me,© Dada sort of friendly but some lateral thinking required. Seven anagrams (six partials), two lurkers (neither hinted, you are on your own), and one homophone, all in an asymmetric 29 clues; with 15 hints ‘sprinkled’ throughout the grid, all BRB verified where necessary, you should/might be able to get some of the checkers to enable the solving of the unhinted clues. I hope you have your Crimson Tomes at hand! You might even need your favourite e-search ‘assistant’!
Remember that Reading the Hints before commenting can be beneficial!
If it is some time since you read, or if you have never read the instructions in RED below the hints then please consider doing so before commenting today as my electronic blue pencil is at the ready and the Naughty Step is OPEN!
Sunday Toughie No 241 by Zandio
Full Review by Gazza
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This puzzle was published on 06/08/26
A very enjoyable puzzle from Zandio this week.
Across Clues
1a Dad writing stuff, more unwell apparently – here’s the solution (10)
PAINKILLER: assemble an affectionate word for father, some liquid writing stuff and a comparative which could conceivably mean (apparently) ‘more unwell’. Continue reading “Sunday Toughie 241 (full review)”
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This puzzle was published on 6th September 2026
BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Greetings from Kolkata. Dada has given us a very enjoyable solve this Sunday and now I present to you a full review of his puzzle. Hope to have your valuable feedback and comments. Continue reading “ST 3385 (Full Review)”