July 10, 2010 – Big Dave's Crossword Blog

NTSPP – 022 (Review)

NTSPP – 022 (Review)

First Offence by Radler

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A fine puzzle by Radler for a hot Saturday afternoon. There were some looser definitions but this did not detract from the enjoyment of the challenge.

There is a theme to the puzzle indicated by 14d / 24d. I did wonder about sampling each of the theme words but tried 20a first and could not be bothered with the rest!

If you try hard enough, you can also link 17a, 12a and 17d in to the general theme. I shall leave this as a gentle exercise for the reader!

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NTSPP – 022 (Comments)

Not the Saturday Prize Puzzle – 022

“First Offence” by Radler

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Welcome to the twenty second in our series of weekly puzzles.

This was the first puzzle that Radler compiled and he has recently revisited it to make it suitable for publication.   Knowledge of the theme will assist in solving, but is not essential.

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DT 26289 (Hints)

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26289 (Hints)

Big Dave’s Saturday Crossword Club

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As is usual for the weekend prize crosswords, I will select a few of the better clues and provide hints for them.

Don’t forget that you can give your assessment of the puzzle. Five stars if you thought it was great, one if you hated it, four, three or two if it was somewhere in between.

A full review of this puzzle will be published on Thursday, 15th July.

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