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Greetings for sunny Warrington and a quick break for yours truly in revising for his OU end of course essay to bring you today’s Blog.
Unless I’m suffering from an overdose of Denglisch, I found this to be one of those puzzles where at first glance everything looks to be baffling, but suddeny a couple of answers drop in and the rest is plain sailing.
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ***
Dutch is on holiday this Friday and next, although he did manage to make it to S&B XV last Tuesday.
This delightful puzzle was, for me, spoilt by 28 Across.… Read More
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ***
Bonjour from Chateau de l’Epervière at Gigny-sur-Saône, where the sun has finally decided to join us after a chilly start to our stay.
We have a pangram from Giovanni this morning, not that it helped me when I ran into a roadblock in the SE corner which made this probably the longest time I’ve taken to solve a Friday puzzle.… Read More
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This puzzle was published on 18th May 2019
BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
I seemed to find this slightly trickier than many commenters but there were some great surface readings and the whole was definitely worth an enjoyment rating of 4*
Please leave a comment telling us what you thought.… Read More
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
A thematic puzzle containing 9 examples of a 13 across, 5 of one kind and 5 of another. I assume that the puzzle was scheduled to mark tomorrow’s opening night of the comeback tour of a certain pop combo (minus 21 across).… Read More
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This puzzle was published on 12th May 2019
BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
The right difficulty for a Sunday crossword with a nice mix of clues and so an enjoyable time was had both solving and blogging
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
Greetings from Ottawa, where spring is struggling to emerge. It has been one of the coldest and wettest springs on record and many low-lying riverfront properties are submerged (so 16d is rather timely).… Read More
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