Putting the words to lights – crossword clues explained in plain English
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ****
For the weekend prize crosswords I will select a few of the better clues and provide hints for them. A full analysis of this puzzle will be available at 12.00 next Thursday, 9th April.
Some hints to get you started: Continue reading “ST Cryptic No 2478 – Hints”
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Apr 5 – The Codewords No 1267 has now been changed, with a totally different set of numbers, but still no GK Quick No 89!
We managed to get through last weekend without an edition of ScrewedUp News, but not so this weekend!!
If you try to access the GK Quick No 89 through the home page then, guess what? – yes, you get last week’s GK Quick No 88 and you can play it all over again.
Also there is an error in Codewords No 1267:
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Peter Biddlecombe’s full review of this puzzle will be published at 12.00 on Thursday, 9th April.
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***** – Enjoyment *****
Was because it was the morning after the night before, or was it really tough, let me know? I struggled with this and after half an hour had managed about four clues. I did get to the end without calling on the CluedUp letter hints, but it was heavy going.
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
A cryptic crossword that does “exactly what it says on the tin”.
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
Yet another good Sunday puzzle – not as difficult as last week’s but just as enjoyable.
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Continue reading “ST Cryptic No 2477 – Review”
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ***
A better grid than the last couple – all entries at least 50% checked, and no isolated areas of the grid. I got through most of this pretty easily, but struggled with the NE corner, where 4, 5, 9 and the last word of 6 took longer than the rest put together.
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Today’s Toughie is one of the easier ones, which means it’s a good one to start if you haven’t tried them before. My two star difficulty rating would put it at about three stars for a regular daily cryptic.
[OK BigBoab, there are one or two tricky words, but then you finish this puzzle wiser than when you started!]
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment **
Another pretty straightforward Thursday puzzle.
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
I approached this puzzle with some trepidation, bearing in mind the date, wondering what tricks the compiler had in store. Actually it offers a thoroughly entertaining battle with some tricky wordplay and some delightful clues (the best of which is slightly risqué!).
