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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.
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***** – Enjoyment ****
Greetings from an overcast and gloomy Warrington (what’s new, you may say!).
I’m standing in for the usual Friday blogger and have been given an Artix puzzle to tackle.… Read More
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***/****
A very good Sunday Friday morning from Winnipeg. Deep Threat is unavailable today so I get another opportunity to solve and hint a complete puzzle and it is Day 2 of the Best 4 Days of the Year as I am volunteering at a professional golf tournament where the best golfers in the field will be rewarded on Sunday afternoon and, more importantly, funds will be raised to support worthy causes in the local area.… Read More
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This puzzle was published on 11th August 2018
BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment ***
A Saturday puzzle that didn’t take long to solve or explain
Please leave a comment telling us what you thought.… Read More
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***/**** – Enjoyment ****
Once again I took longer doing a puzzle than perhaps I should have done. It is one of those puzzles of four separate corner puzzles. I managed them without too many problems with the SE corner one the last to yield.… Read More
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
Hola from the Vega Baja where the heat wave seems to have abated a little – it was only 32°C yesterday and it even rained a tad in the morning.
I suspect today’s setter is the same one as in my last blog two weeks ago. Similar quirky style which I quite enjoyed. Again it’s a little tricky in places if you’re not on the wavelength so I’ve given it three stars even though I actually solved it well within two star time. Last time the puzzle seemed to split the commentariat into two camps of tricky and benign so it will be interesting to see if the same is true this week.
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This puzzle was published on 5th August 2018
BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
A hot sunny Sunday and a Virgilius crossword to solve – what more could one want? Too hard to pick just one clue I really like so I’ll just say that my d’oh moment was 10a
Please leave a comment telling us what you thought.… Read More
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BD Rating – Difficulty **/*** – Enjoyment ****
Fairly straightforward but pleasurable – thanks Donnybrook.
Please leave a comment telling us how you fared and what you thought of it.
Across Clues
2a High Church breaking contract for event (12)
STEEPLECHASE: start with an adjective meaning high (of a price, say) then insert an abbreviation for church into a contract.… Read More
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Kia ora from Aotearoa.
A real mixed bag of weather for us this week. We have had a couple of gloriously fine days, a light frost one morning, and now we are getting cold blustery winds with showers.… Read More
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