August 26, 2010 – Big Dave's Crossword Blog

Toughie 413

Toughie No 413 by Shamus

Hints and tips by Bufo

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BD Rating – Difficulty ****Enjoyment ****

I’m fairly neutral about this one. It was a competent enough puzzle and the clues were perfectly fair. But there was nothing about it that got me excited.

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DT 26325

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26325

A full review by Gnomethang

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BD Rating – Difficulty ***Enjoyment ***

Afternoon All!. There seemed to be an awful lot of heads and tails being cut off in this puzzle which may have made it easier for some. I personally thought that a couple of the Cryptic Definitions were a tad weak but as usual from Cephas there were a few charades that were not so easy. On the whole I found this as enjoyable as ever. I selected 3 stars for difficulty based on my head-scratching whilst mopping up the last few.
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DT 26329

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26329

It’s all Greek to me!

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BD Rating – Difficulty **Enjoyment ***

A Greek (and Latin) influence in several of the across clues today. This puzzle, by one of our mystery setters, contains a number of hoary old chestnuts – but they are bound to be new to some!

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