Lord of the rings creature crossword4/24/2024 Those thematic items which appeared as entries were not cruelly disguised: I liked the way the elements sword, receptacle and drinks were incorporated into BILBO BAGGINS, while there and back again was one of the many titles that reluctant hero himself proposed for his book. The LONELY MOUNTAIN (Erebor) was nicely distributed through the levels, as was THE HOBBIT. I don’t know what happened to the yellow cells: they were rather transparent, making filling in the grid slightly difficult, with my tentative pencil anyway but that was a minor inconvenience. I must say I don’t mind snakes when solving, but they do often suggest (if non-thematic) that something has got slightly out of hand. Patch’s grid is a superbly controlled production: while there is a window, a musical direction and an instrument, there are no bars while there is a dragon and various kinds of non-human, there are no snakes (whatever Day 4 might suggest). However, I actually found this to be one of the year’s easiest so far: it helped that I am very familiar with the works of JRR Tolkien. He was once Editor of crosswords for the Times, and I am sure that on the days when I could not get a foothold in that puzzle, it was usually one of his. I quailed when considering Imogen’s September puzzle, for of all the Guardian daily setters, he is the one I often find the most difficult. Solvers' comments Review of the September 2022 3D crossword. Review of the September 2022 3D crossword.
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