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BD Rating – Difficulty **/*** – Enjoyment ***
Hi everybody. I didn’t have much trouble with most of this, but had to sleep on the last couple (9a/7d). I’m not quite sure why, but it meant that I felt obliged to up the difficulty rating a little. … Read More
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BD Rating - Difficulty *** - Enjoyment ***
Hello everyone, and welcome to another Tuesday back-page blog. This week we have a solid puzzle with some intricate wordplay that I enjoyed unpicking. In the hints below most indicators are italicized and definitions are underlined. Clicking on the Answer buttons will reveal the answers. In some hints hyperlinks provide additional explanation or background. Clicking on a picture will enlarge it. Please leave a comment telling us how you got on and feel free to ask about anything that's not clear or not covered.
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
Now home amid the beer pumps of Downtown LI. Fresh as a daisy after a great holiday but fed up with football already. As for the Rugby? Don’t ask.… Read More
How many solutions cryptically describe a bad hair day?
Congratulations to LetterboxRoy who submitted a correct answer, had his name drawn from the electronic hat by Mrs BD, and can now choose a Telegraph Puzzle Book as his prize.
There were eight solutions where ENDS were ‘split’ – 5a, 10a, 11a, 14a, 22a, 26a, 27a and 20d – I’m still of the view that split ends are more of a permanent problem than a bad hair day (unless of course you are the current POTUS) which is probably why, when test solving this puzzle, I couldn’t see what I was supposed to be looking for to answer the question.… Read More
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A very good Sunday morning from Winnipeg – where we had a pretty decent storm on Thursday evening/night with 40mm of rain in some parts of the city and very large hail with lots of damage in surrounding areas.… Read More
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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 *****
Another delightful puzzle from Elkamere, with impressively short clues. This was a nice challenge without being OTT difficult – though it took me a while to get going, and I needed two sittings to finish.… Read More
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
Hola from a warm and sunny Los Alcázares where I’m having a few days break and standing in for Deep Threat today. I’m not certain but I’ve a feeling I’ve blogged a Friday puzzle back in the days when Gazza was the regular Man Friday. Anyway it makes a pleasant change from my usual Thursday fare.
We have here a fairly typical Giovanni puzzle with a couple of tricky bits and a couple of religious bits but there’s enough gimmes to get you going. Overall I reckon it’s about average difficulty for a back pager and I really enjoyed it so it was ***/**** for me. It’ll be interesting to see if anyone agrees.
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