Putting the words to lights – crossword clues explained in plain English
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
A reasonably interesting puzzle of below average difficulty
Please leave a comment telling us what you thought.… Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty */** – Enjoyment **
Good morning from deepest, darkest Shropshire (actually it’s quite bright) and a Very Happy 7th Birthday to the blog.… Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Morning All! This was a ** Territory for difficulty. There were some lovely constructions and surface readings for me which made it a deffo **** for enjoyment.
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
This is a pleasant puzzle of about the right level of difficulty for a midweek Toughie.… Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ****
As we are writing this, our guests to whom we said farewell a few hours ago, will be on the ferry crossing Cook Strait and threading their way through the labyrinthine passages of the Marlborough Sounds to the South Island. It has been wonderful having them with us and we are missing them already. But back to the matter in hand and today’s Jay puzzle. We thought it was quite tricky with the NE corner the last to yield and, as we found it harder than average, have given it four stars for difficulty to match the enjoyment rating.
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***/****
A surreal treat from Excalibur: no fewer than 16 definition clues (cryptic, straight-plus-cryptic, or double-straight), a playful parallelism, and a shapely trio. Plus the obligatory Yoda-isms (but only two, despite the Space Invaders motif in the grid). Continue reading “Toughie 1540”
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment **
This is a pretty straightforward puzzle from one of the Tuesday Mysterons.… Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Good morning from a dreary Downtown LI. We have a typical Rufus puzzle here today and I don’t think my hints will be much needed.… Continue reading
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As is usual for the weekend prize crosswords, a number of the more difficult clues have been selected and hints provided for them.… Continue reading
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As is usual for the weekend prize crosswords, an assortment of clues, including some of the more difficult ones, have been selected and hints provided for them.