Daily Archives: February 20, 2009

Toughie No 99

February 20, 2009 – 12:02 am

An excellent, challenging puzzle + – + This puzzle has 5 stars for both difficulty and enjoyment. I knew soon after starting that it was going to be a struggle, but as I opened up each clue, I began to enjoy the contest. I will be interested to know what Dr B, my American friend, makes of this one as some of the clues have a uniquely British flavour. As usual, the links provide additional content which is usually useful, occassionally totally frivolous.

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DT Cryptic No 25857

February 20, 2009 – 12:01 am

A full analysis by Big Dave + – + This is a review of the puzzle as published in the newspaper and now available online – the one that was originally published online turned out to be the Saturday Prize crossword!. Neither puzzle was anything special – nothing particularly good or annoyingly bad. For a real puzzle, see today’s Toughie No 99.

By Big Dave | Posted in Crosswords, DT Cryptic Crosswords, Friday | Tagged , , , , , | Comments (6)