Where new ideas are tried out – only the brave enter into this domain
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Morning all and welcome to a RayThursday. I don’t think you’ll find this puzzle too difficult but it’s a “proper” RayT with a few stretched synonyms, a bit of innuendo and Her Majesty on parade. You’ll need your lateral thinking cap in some places but I found it a lot of fun.
This puzzle was published on Sunday 26th February
BD Rating – Difficulty */**– Enjoyment *****
Another lovely Sunday crossword – thank you Virgilius
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
It’s turning out to be a good week in Toughieland – Dada yesterday and Micawber today. I started off at a pedestrian pace with this one but speeded up in the home straight. My last answer was 15a where I needed all the checkers because I’d been thinking of some sort of palace.… Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty *– Enjoyment ****
Kia ora from Aotearoa.
It had to happen. Our spell of perfect summer weather has taken a couple of days off so that farmers and keen gardeners can have a top up of their water requirements. We have only had a sprinkling here but hear on the news there is some flooding and power outages in more northern parts of the country.… Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty */** – Enjoyment ****
Hi all. Tuesday has come again, bringing with it a fun Toughie from Mr Halpern which caused me less trouble than the back page. After an unfocused start I raced through this, but unusually for me left many loose ends to sort out later (normally I like to “tidy up” as I go along – oh, how I wish I were like that in real life!). … Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
Hello, everyone. I’m currently working my way through Don “Giovanni” Manley’s Chambers Crossword Manual, hoping to get better acquainted with the laws/rules/conventions of cryptic crosswords. I recently encountered an aside in that book saying that the Swahili word for crossword is “chemshebongo”, meaning “boil brains”.… Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment **
Good Morning from a bright but chilly day here in Shropshire. MP is unavailable for blogging duties so you have me instead. First chance that I’ve had to blog a Rufus puzzle and thankfully he is in a very generous mood – so I suspect that not many of you will require the need of my blog.… Continue reading
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Good Sunday morning from Winnipeg where it is trying to warm up, with some success, but we did sink to minus 22C, plus some wind chill, on Thursday morning.
For those of you who might be considering purchasing a BRB; back in December, I was considering purchasing a BRB while I was in London for the Birthday Bash in January. … 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 *****
Notabilis is living up to his cheeky parrot name. A great puzzle which delights in its devious clueing, without being impossibly hard. Very original and a joy to solve. There is even a Nina to feast on. Magnificent.
As always, the definitions are underlined in the clues below.… Continue reading