Where new ideas are tried out – only the brave enter into this domain
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BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment *** [allocated by BD, not Miffypops]
The Klondike Kid has written today’s hints and tips in clear concise English. The definitions are underlined and the wordplay is deconstructed and explained. As hinting and tipping has no instruction manual the hinty people on this site have their own individual styles.… Continue reading
Congratulations to Gazza, who has entered the competion many times, is usually first or second to submit his answer, but had yet to win. Well, Mrs BD has changed that and drawn his name fom the electronic hat so that he can claim his choice of any of the Telegraph Crossword Books published by Hamlyn.
This month solvers had to follow the instructions:
All clues are normal, and all grid entries are real words and phrases.… Continue reading
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Good Sunday morning (but not from Winnipeg) from Youngstown, Ohio. After four relaxing days with friends in Niagara-on-the-Lake in Ontario, I am finally completing my move from the USA to Canada by emptying out a storage locker in Delaware, and driving a rental box van (containing the contents of said locker) back to Winnipeg – a four day journey (26 hours total driving). … 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.
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ***/****
[I don’t know what’s happened to today’s Toughie blog or who’s meant to be providing it, but in the meantime I’m putting up this stub so that people can post comments and queries about it without using the back-page blog. Gazza]
Thank you to Gazza – what follows has been bashed out at speed and more than likely contains multiple errors but I’m working on the better something than nothing theory.… Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Good morning from a sunny South Staffs. Storm Doris has blown away, leaving us, fortunately, with just a couple of small branches to clear up: others in the region have been rather worse affected.
Giovanni’s unusual word count is back up this week, after a couple of more gentle offerings, but the wordplay should enable solvers to arrive at the answer.… Continue reading
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This puzzle was published on Saturday 18th February
BD Rating – Difficulty */** – Enjoyment ***
The recent improvement in Saturday Prize Puzzles was in evidence again last Saturday. Long may it continue.
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ***/****
An interesting puzzle in which Excalibur displays her usual quirkiness. A slow start while I was getting on the right wavelength was followed by a steady solve of most of the puzzle. I was then held up in the SW corner and finally spent ages staring at 24 across trying to figure out how it worked.… Continue reading